The Arizona Wildcats have won four in a row and are starting to look like the team that was No. 10 in the preseason AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll. The

This will be another crack at a Quad 1 win for the Bearcats who hope to leave their conference-opener sluggishness in 2024 in Manhattan as they greet the new year.

UC dropped out of the AP Top-25 rankings on Monday following back-to-back losses at the start of Big 12 play. They went from No. 17 to No. 27 based on the total vote tallies this week. Cincinnati lost to Kansas State and Arizona last week,