“The Bearcats are a high-profile team. For us to play them for three straight years with them coming to our court in 2010-11 is good,” said Miami University head coach Charlie Coles. “We’ve had some exciting games with Cincinnati, and some have come down to the last three or four minutes. I think this will prove to be a very exciting, challenging and fun series.”

ESPN2 is televising this year’s match-up. The game will be played at U.S. Bank Arena on Thursday, Dec. 10.

For the first time since Feb. 1, 1993, Cincinnati will play at Millett Hall for a game to take place during the 2010-11 season. The game marks the 66th time the Bearcats have visited Oxford in the all-time series. Miami holds a 34-31 edge when playing in Oxford.

Miami will go to Cincinnati for a game during the 2011-12 campaign.

“Now we are playing all the area teams, and that’s very good,” added Coles. “I believe in trying to play the teams in your area as there is a lot of local interest in the match-ups.”