2024–25 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

2024–25 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
2024–25 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Head coach	Wes Miller (4th season);
Associate head coach	Chad Dollar (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Andre Morgan (4th season); Drew Adams (2nd season); Jake Thelen (2nd season);
Home arena	Fifth Third Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Arizona	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Arizona State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Baylor	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
BYU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Cincinnati	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Colorado	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Houston	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Iowa State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kansas	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kansas State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Oklahoma State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
TCU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Texas Tech	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UCF	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Utah	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
West Virginia	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2025 Big 12 tournament winner As of May 1, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team will represent the University of Cincinnati in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats will be led by fourth-year head coach Wes Miller. The team will play their home games at Fifth Third Arena as second-year members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season[edit]

The Bearcats finished the 2023–24 season 22–15, 7–11 in Big 12 play, to finish in 11th place. They defeated West Virginia, and Kansas in the Big 12 tournament before losing to Baylor in the quarterfinals.^[1]

The Bearcats were invited to play in the NIT, where they defeated San Francisco and Bradley before falling to Indiana State in the quarterfinals.^[2]

Offseason[edit]

Player departures[edit]

Cincinnati departing players
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason
John Newman III	G/F	6' 5"	215	Graduate student	Greensboro, NC	Completed college eligibility
Landen Long	G	5' 11"	185	Graduate student	Cincinnati, OH	Completed college eligibility
Ody Oguama	F	6' 9"	230	Graduate student	Raleigh, NC	Completed college eligibility
Viktor Lakhin	C	6' 11"	240	Junior	Moscow, Russia	Transferred to Clemson^[3]^[4]
Jamille Reynolds	F	6' 11"	275	Senior	St. Petersburg, FL	Transferred to South Florida^[5]
Sage Tolentino	C	7' 1"	240	Sophomore	Honolulu, HI	Transferred to UNC Asheville^[6]^[7]

Incoming transfers[edit]

Cincinnati incoming transfers
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Old school	Remaining Eligibility
Arrinten Page	C	6' 11"	245	Sophomore	Atlanta, GA	USC	Three years^[8]
Connor Hickman	G	6' 3"	200	Senior	Bloomington, IN	Bradley	One year^[9]

Class of 2024[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Tyler Betsey SF	Windsor, CT	St. Thomas More	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Oct 6, 2023
Tyler Betsey SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 87
Tyler McKinley PF	Cincinnati, OH	Winton Woods High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Nov 8, 2023
Tyler McKinley PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 83
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Cincinnati 2024 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2024 Cincinnati Basketball Commits". ESPN.com. "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. "Cincinnati 2024 Basketball Commits". 247sports.com.

Roster[edit]

Roster below is based on the 2023–24 roster with outgoing players removed and incoming players added. The roster will undergo multiple changes as players leave via the NBA draft or transfers and players are added via the transfer portal and recruiting.

2024–25 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	–	Tyler Betsey	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	St. Thomas More	Windsor, CT
F	–	Tyler McKinley	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Winton Woods High School	Cincinnati, OH
G	–	Connor Hickman	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Bradley	Bloomington, IN
F	–	Arrinten Page	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	USC	Atlanta, GA
G	0	Daniel Skillings	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Roman Catholic High School	Philadelphia, PA
G	1	Day Day Thomas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Kilgore College	Columbia, SC
G	2	Jizzle James	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Olympia High School	Orlando, FL
G/F	3	Rayvon Griffith	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Fr	AZ Compass Prep	Cincinnati, OH
G	5	CJ Fredrick	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	GS	Kentucky	Cincinnati, OH
G	10	Josh Reed	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Pace Academy	Atlanta, GA
G	11	CJ Anthony (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Putnam Science Academy	Columbus, OH
G	21	Chase Kirkwood (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Arkansas	Phoenix, MD
G/F	41	Simas Lukošius	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Butler	Kaunas, Lithuania
C	55	Aziz Bandaogo	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Utah Valley	Dakar, Senegal

Head coach

Wes Miller (North Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Chad Dollar (South Florida)
Andre Morgan (North Georgia)
Drew Adams (Iowa)
Jake Thelen (Bellarmine)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: April 5, 2024

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular season
December 3 TBD	Villanova Big East–Big 12 Battle	Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[10]

References[edit]

^ "Cincinnati's Big 12 Championships Run Ends in Quarterfinals". gobearcats.com. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ "Bearcats Fall Short in Quarterfinals to Indiana State, 85-81". gobearcats.com. March 27, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
^ Smith, Kaiden (April 2, 2024). "Cincinnati center Viktor Lakhin enters NCAA transfer portal". on3.com. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
^ Heltman, Russ. "Former Cincinnati Bearcats Forward Viktor Lakhin Transferring to ACC School". si.com. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
^ Rapien, James (April 4, 2024). "Cincinnati Bearcats Forward Jamille Reynolds Transferring to American Athletic Conference School". si.com. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
^ Heltman, Russ. "Cincinnati Forward Entering Transfer Portal". si.com. Retrieved April 18, 2024.
^ @@Knickoson42 (April 24, 2024). "Former #Bearcats center Sage Tolentino has committed to UNC Asheville, he announced on Instagram" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Heltman, Russ. "Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Lands Commitment From USC Center". si.com. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
^ Heltman, Russ. "Bradley Transfer Guard Commits to Cincinnati". si.com. Retrieved April 21, 2024.
^ "Wildcats to Host Cincinnati in Big 12-BIG EAST Battle". villanova.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.

[1] "Cincinnati's Big 12 Championships Run Ends in Quarterfinals". gobearcats.com. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[2] "Bearcats Fall Short in Quarterfinals to Indiana State, 85-81". gobearcats.com. March 27, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.

[3] Smith, Kaiden (April 2, 2024). "Cincinnati center Viktor Lakhin enters NCAA transfer portal". on3.com. Retrieved April 3, 2024.

[4] Heltman, Russ. "Former Cincinnati Bearcats Forward Viktor Lakhin Transferring to ACC School". si.com. Retrieved April 18, 2024.

[5] Rapien, James (April 4, 2024). "Cincinnati Bearcats Forward Jamille Reynolds Transferring to American Athletic Conference School". si.com. Retrieved April 4, 2024.

[6] Heltman, Russ. "Cincinnati Forward Entering Transfer Portal". si.com. Retrieved April 18, 2024.

[7] @@Knickoson42 (April 24, 2024). "Former #Bearcats center Sage Tolentino has committed to UNC Asheville, he announced on Instagram" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[8] Heltman, Russ. "Cincinnati Bearcats Basketball Lands Commitment From USC Center". si.com. Retrieved April 21, 2024.

[9] Heltman, Russ. "Bradley Transfer Guard Commits to Cincinnati". si.com. Retrieved April 21, 2024.

[10] "Wildcats to Host Cincinnati in Big 12-BIG EAST Battle". villanova.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.

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v t e Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Venues	Schmidlapp Gymnasium (1901–1954) Cincinnati Gardens (1949–1954; 1987–1989) Armory Fieldhouse (1954–1976) Riverfront Coliseum (1976–1987) Fifth Third Arena (1989–2017; 2018–present) BB&T Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Louisville Memphis West Virginia Xavier
Culture & lore	Bearcat "Cheer Cincinnati" 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl Longest game in Division I history UC Pep Band
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics