Saw this on another site; thought it was pretty well done:

http://www.bloggingthebracket.com/2016/1...cincinnati

Their analysis;

Originally, the Bearcats planned to take on the Michigan Wolverines as part of a non-conference slate that already included three 2016 NCAA teams, with the possibility of a fourth—preseason No. 1 Duke in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off. However, John Beilein's team backed out. But Cincinnati still managed to increase its confirmed total of NCAA opponents to four by adding a game against NEC Tournament champ Fairleigh Dickinson as a replacement. Granted, the Knights lost to the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles in the First Four, but a tourney team is a tourney team.

FDU will contend in the NEC again, but the traditional Crosstown Shootout game against Xavier and those tantalizing road trips to Iowa State and Butler are the most important games on a home-heavy slate that doesn't provide much margin for error if things go south. But don't overlook the Hall of Fame Tip-Off semifinal against a Rhode Island squad that will contend for an at-large, thanks to the return of E.C. Matthews. With a win over the Rams, a shot at the Blue Devils would follow on a mid-November Sunday in the wilds of Connecticut.

So are we ever getting the basketball series with Michigan?

(10-03-2016 03:10 PM)rtaylor Wrote:  So are we ever getting the basketball series with Michigan?

Originally set for 2016-17 at UC and 2017-18 at Michigan

Our home game has supposedly been moved to 2018-19 season . We'll see

Giles is out up to 6 weeks with knee surgery, which could put him out for the possible matchup.

I am so ready for basketball.