In this Martin Luther King Jr. Day edition of the preview. Cincinnati Men’s Basketball continues a gritty stretch against Texas schools. Plus, tennis’ year-opening grand slam is underway.

College Basketball

Xavier Men’s Basketball vs Butler

Tuesday at 6:30 PM (all times Eastern) on FS1 and WKRC-AM (550).

Cincinnati Men’s Basketball vs TCU

Tuesday at 7 PM on ESPN+ and WLW-AM (700).

Xavier Women’s Basketball at DePaul

Tuesday at 8 PM on Big East Digital Network/Flo Sports.

Mount St. Joseph Women’s Basketball vs Transylvania University

Wednesday at 7 PM on Mount St. Joseph Athletics’ YouTube channel.

Northern Kentucky Women’s Basketball vs Robert Morris

Wednesday at 7 PM on ESPN+.

Mount St. Joseph Men’s Basketball at Transylvania University

Wednesday at 7:30 PM.

Thomas More Women’s Basketball at Ursuline College

Thursday at 5:30 PM.

Northern Kentucky Men’s Basketball vs Milwaukee

Thursday at 7 PM on Bally Sports Ohio and WCKY-AM (1530).

Thomas More Men’s Basketball vs Malone University

Thursday at 7 PM on Great Midwest Digital Network.

Xavier Men’s Basketball vs Georgetown

Friday at 6:30 PM on FS1 and WLW-AM (700).

Cincinnati Men’s Basketball vs Oklahoma

Saturday at 1 PM on ESPN+ and WLW-AM (700).

Mount St. Joseph Men’s Basketball at Manchester University

Saturday at 1 PM.

Thomas More Men’s Basketball at Lake Erie College

Saturday at 1 PM on Great Midwest Digital Network.

Xavier Women’s Basketball at Georgetown

Saturday at 2 PM on Big East Digital Network and Flo Sports.

Mount St. Joseph Women’s Basketball at Manchester University

Saturday at 3 PM.

Thomas More Women’s Basketball at Lake Erie College

Saturday at 3 PM on Great Midwest Digital Network.

Cincinnati Women’s Basketball vs West Virginia

Saturday at 4 PM on ESPN+.

Northern Kentucky Women’s Basketball vs Wright State

Saturday at 4 PM on Bally Sports Ohio.

Northern Kentucky Men’s Basketball vs Green Bay

Saturday at 6:30 PM on ESPN+ and WSAI-AM (1360).

Cincinnati Cyclones Hockey

Cincinnati Cyclones at Iowa Heartlanders

Today at 3:05 PM on Flo Hockey and CyclonesHockey.com.

Cyclones vs Toledo Walleye

Friday at 7:30 PM on Flo Hockey and CyclonesHockey.com.

Cyclones at Kalamazoo Wings

Saturday at 7 PM on Flo Hockey and CyclonesHockey.com.

Australian Open

Tennis’ first grand slam of the year is underway in Melbourne, Australia. Coverage of the open can be found on ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPN+ now through January 28th. Internet radio coverage is also available via ausopen.com/listen. Cincinnati area native Peyton Stearns will play Daria Kasatkina tonight at 7 PM. Stearns and doubles partner Caroline Dolehide are set to play Anna Danillina and Viktoria Hruncakova Tuesday at 7 PM.

Cincinnati area native J.J. Wolf lost to No.26 seed Argentinian Sebastian Baez in the first round. Meanwhile, Caty McNally is not playing in the Australian Open. She is striving to return from an elbow injury she suffered last year. McNally spent part of the weekend co-hosting a Cincinnati Tennis Foundation event for youth players. WLWT-TV reporter Fletcher Keel has an in-depth report on that event here.

USMNT Soccer vs Slovenia

The United States Men’s National Soccer Team will play Slovenia in a friendly match. This Saturday at 3 PM at Toyota Field in San Antonio, TX. The match can be seen on TNT, Telemundo, Universo, MAX and Peacock. It’s unknown whether a trio of FC Cincinnati players called up to the USMNT’s January camp will play in Saturday’s match. Those players are goalkeeper Roman Celentano, along with defenders Miles Robinson and Ian Murphy.

Robinson is a new addition to FC Cincinnati’s roster. Joining through a one-year deal with a club option for 2025 announced on January 3rd. After a seven-year stint with Atlanta United. Robinson has 27 caps with the USMNT. Including appearances in last year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup and 11 World Cup qualifying matches.

It’s also unknown if recently transferred Brandon Vazquez will play in Saturday’s friendly. Vazquez was transferred to Liga MX’s Monterrey last week; FCC will get at least $8.5 million through this transfer. With Vazquez concluding a four-season stint with FC Cincinnati.