[1] The Bearcats were led by 12th-year head coach Mick Cronin and are members of the American Athletic Conference.

In their loss to Nevada, they were up 22 before losing 75–73, tying the second largest comeback in NCAA Tournament history.

They beat Tulsa[2] and UConn[3] in the AAC tournament before losing to SMU in the championship game.

[9] At the conference's annual media day, the Bearcats were narrowly picked to win the AAC receiving seven of the 12 first-place votes.

[10] Gary Clark, Jacob Evans, and Kyle Washington were named to the preseason All-AAC second team.