Now in their second year in the Big 12, the University of Cincinnati Bearcats (10-5 overall, 0-4 Big 12) are hungry as ever for a Big 12 win this season — though, after their 54-40 loss to the Kansas Jayhawks on Saturday, that win is still elusive. “Needless to say, it’s been disappointing couple of weeks, there’s no doubt about that,” UC Bearcats Head Coach Wes Miller said in a statement. “Every part of our team and our program feels that disappointment, I thought our guys came out and played with the kind of energy and the kind of effort and the kind of approach that we should expect, and they played to our standard in that way, coming out of the gates, I was proud of that fight.”

Keep scrolling for everything we saw during UC’s game against Kansas on Saturday.

Photos by Jack Garvey

This UC fan is telling the Jayhawks to go back to Kansas | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Another view of the whiteout | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
KJ Adams Jr. and Jizzle James lock in | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Coach Wes Miller is fired up | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
UC takes the floor as fire shoots off in the background | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
UC’s Dillon Mitchell throws it down for the first UC points of the game | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Day Day Thomas drives to the rim | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
The Bearcat is ready | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Coach Wes Miller looks on | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
The UC student section locks in | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
UC had a whiteout for the game vs. Kansas | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
UC head coach Wes Miller and Kansas head coach Bill Self talk before tipoff | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
CJ Fredrick Jr. takes the court | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
UC’s getting ready | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Day Day Thomas brings the ball up the court | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
UC player wearing Jayson Tatum’s Jordan brand shoes | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Day Day Thomas calls out a play | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Simas Lukosius checks in during the first half | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Jizzle James locked in before tipoff | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
UC players huddling up after shoot around | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Dillon Mitchell scores for UC | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Shakeel Moore has a monster dunk to lock up the victory for Kansas | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Dillon Mitchell throws it down | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Dillon Mitchell senses the big man KJ Adams Jr. creeping in behind him | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Wes Miller’s team falls to 0-4 in the Big 12 | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Dillon Mitchell throws it down as Hunter Dickinson looks on | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
UC players take the floor | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Kansas players huddle together | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Shakeel Moore is hyped after his alley-oop dunk | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
UC wore their white home jerseys on Saturday | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
UC players are warming up as they get ready to host number 11 Kansas | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
Dillon Mitchell with another dunk | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
The UC students are awaiting tipoff | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey
The Bearcat is getting the crowd hyped | University of Cincinnati Bearcats vs. University of Kansas Jayhawks | Jan. 11, 2025 Photo: Jack Garvey