UD and UC announce ticket information for December game

July 15 – The Dayton Flyers and Cincinnati Bearcats officially announced the return of the Hoops Classic on Monday.

CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein reported the game’s date as December 20 in June. Game time and television information will be announced at a later date.

The Hoops Classic will be played at the Heritage Bank Center in Cincinnati for the second year in a row. Last year, Dayton beat Cincinnati 82-68, in the first meeting between the former rivals since 2010.

Tickets go on sale at 10am on Thursday at HeritageBankCenter. with, Ticketmaster. with or through the Ticketmaster app.

Seating for Dayton fans will be located in sections 108-132 in the lower bowl. UC fans will sit in sections 112-128. Sections 110 and 130 will be divided between schools, and places sold in the higher category will also be divided between schools.

Cincinnati finished 22-15 last season in coach Wes Miller’s third season. The Bearcats have lost the last four NCAA Tournaments after making the field nine years in a row.

UC is ranked No. 25 in CBS Sports’ Gary Parrish’s preseason rankings. The Bearcats return five of their seven leading scorers.

“This is the kind of roster retention – when combined with the addition of multiple impactful transfers, most notably former five-star recruit Dillon Mitchell – that should bring Cincinnati back to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2019,” Parrish wrote. .

The game against UC will be one of at least six high-profile non-conference matchups. The schedule also includes a Nov. 9 game against Northwestern at UD Arena, three games at the Maui Invitational, where potential opponents include Connecticut, North Carolina, Michigan State, Auburn, Colorado, Iowa State and Memphis, and a game at December 14th. against Marquette at UD Arena.

Five non-conference games have yet to be revealed.