Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball

Cincinnati Bearcats
2018–19 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
University	University of Cincinnati
First season	1901
All-time record	1787–1009 (.639)
Athletic director	Mike Bohn
Head coach	Mick Cronin (12th season)
Conference	The American Athletic Conference
Location	Cincinnati, Ohio
Arena	Fifth Third Arena BB&T Arena (2017–2018) (Capacity: 13,477 – Fifth Third Arena 9400 – BB&T Arena)
Nickname	Bearcats
Student section	The rUCkus
Colors	Red and Black[1]
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
NCAA Tournament champions
1961, 1962
NCAA Tournament runner-up
1963
NCAA Tournament Final Four
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1992
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1992, 1993, 1996
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1975, 1992, 1993, 1996, 2001, 2012
NCAA Tournament Round of 32
1975, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018
NCAA Tournament appearances
1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Conference tournament champions
1976, 1977, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2018
Conference regular season champions
1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2014, 2018

The Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball program represents the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school's team competes in NCAA Division I as part of the American Athletic Conference. The Bearcats are coached by Mick Cronin, who has been UC's head coach since 2006.

With nearly 1800 total wins, the Bearcats are one of the 20 winningest basketball programs of all-time. The school's merits include 2 National Titles, 6 Final Fours, and 32 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament appearances. As of 2018, Cincinnati has appeared in 8 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, and 22 of the last 27, with an all-time tournament record of 45–30. There have also been 41 All-American honors issued to Bearcats as well.

Cincinnati has been playing its home games since 1989 at Fifth Third Arena, which holds 13,176 fans plus overflow. The Bearcats played their home games for the 2017–18 season in the 9,400 seat BB&T Arena on the campus of Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky while their home arena was renovated, which will be ready for the 2018-19 season, the renovated arena will hold 12,012. Cincinnati joined the original Big East Conference in 2005, which was rebranded as the American Athletic Conference (AAC) in 2013.

By the numbers[edit]

Statistics and NCAA all-time rankings (through the end of the 2016–17 season):

• Wins: 1757 (16th)^[2]
• Win percentage: .637 (20th)^[2]
• National Titles: 2 (T-9th)^[3]
• Final Fours: 6 (T-10th)^[4]
• NCAA Tournament appearances: 31 (T-16th)^[5]
• NCAA Tournament games played: 75 (17th)^[6]
• NCAA Tournament wins: 45 (17th)^[6]
• Weeks in the AP Top 25: 410 (12th)^[7]
• Weeks in the AP Top 10: 203 (13th)^[8]
• Weeks at No. 1 in the AP Poll: 45 (7th)^[9]
• 14 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances from 1992–2005 (T-11th longest streak)^[10]
• First-team Consensus All-American selections: 8 (T-22nd)^[11]
• Current players in the NBA: 2 (T-42nd)^[12]
• First school to reach three consecutive National Title games (1961–63)^[13]
• First school to reach five consecutive Final Fours (1959–63)^[13]

History[edit]

1901-1940s – The beginning[edit]

Basketball formally debuted as a selected varsity team in 1901 and played nine games. Cincinnati, in its first season lost to Yale but later defeated a team from the University of Kentucky while compiling a 5–4 record, with the remaining games being against non-collegiate teams. Home games during this time were played in a gym in the basement of McMicken Hall. Pillars on the court gave UC a home court advantage. UC experienced moderate success in the early days, with the main highlights being them winning several conference championships in both the Buckeye Athletic Association and the Mid-American Conference.

1954–1958 – The start of something special[edit]

Cincinnati opened its new on-campus arena, Armory Fieldhouse, with a 97–65 win over Indiana in 1954. One of the first of Cincinnati's long list of standouts was Jack Twyman, who earned All-America status in 1954–55. He went on to NBA stardom and is in the Basketball Hall of Fame. Oscar Robertson made his debut in 1957, and quickly emerged as one of the top college players in the country. "The Big O" is still widely recognized as one of the greatest to ever play the sport—college or professional. A unanimous three-time All-American, he was college basketball's all-time leading scorer at the close of his career. His 33.8 scoring average today ranks third on the NCAA career charts, and he has the NBA's third-most career assists. The Bearcats celebrated their entry into the Missouri Valley Conference by winning the league title. Cincinnati made its first NCAA tournament appearance in 1958, losing to Kansas State in overtime at the Midwest Regional.

1958–1964 – A run unlike any other[edit]

Sparked by the exploits of Robertson, who became the first player to lead the nation in scoring in three consecutive seasons, Cincinnati advanced to the Final Four in 1958–59 and 1959–60, settling for third place both years. Then the Bearcats, with a rookie head coach (Ed Jucker) and without Robertson, won their first national title in 1960–61. Then to prove that its 1961 championship was no fluke, UC repeated as national champion in 1961–62. Cincinnati made a fifth-straight trip to the Final Four in 1962–63, and narrowly missed capturing a third-straight national crown when Loyola (Ill.) overcame a 15-point deficit and defeated the Bearcats by a basket, 60–58, in overtime.

During those five seasons, UC recorded a 37-game win streak and posted a 161–16 ledger. The five straight Final Four appearances is a feat topped only by UCLA. Connie Dierking (1958), Ralph Davis (1960), Bob Wiesenhahn (1961), Paul Hogue (1961, 1962), Tom Thacker (1963), Tony Yates (1963), Ron Bonham (1963, 1964) and George Wilson (1963) were accorded All-American recognition with Wilson playing on the U.S. 1964 Olympic gold medal team.

1970s – Continued success[edit]

The Bearcats during the 1970s compiled a 170–85 record (.667). Cincinnati inaugurated the Metro Conference by winning the league's first two tournament championships and made four consecutive post-season appearances from 1974–1977, including a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1975. Jim Ard (1970), Lloyd Batts (1973), Steve Collier (1976), Gary Yoder (1977), Bob Miller (1978) and Pat Cummings (1979) earned All-American recognition. Cummings closed his career as UC's No. 2 leading scorer of all-time.

1980–1988 – Down in the dumps[edit]

Cincinnati fell into exceptionally hard times during the 1980s, going 112–142 over the course of the decade. Tony Yates, a member of the national championship teams in the 1960s, was hired as head coach in 1983. In his first season in 1983–84, UC went 3–25 (0–14 in conference), the school's worst season (winning-percentage-wise) since going 1–9 in 1915. After several unremarkable campaigns thereafter, Yates was fired after the 1989 season. The Bearcats of the 1980s failed to make a single NCAA tournament, and only had one postseason appearance in the 1985 NIT.

1989–2005 – Back into the national spotlight[edit]

Bob Huggins, the former head coach at the University of Akron, was named head coach at UC prior to the 1989–90 season. Taking over a team with a proud history but one that had not had any legitimate success in over a decade, Huggins quickly turned things around and rekindled the national championship expectations of the past. Posting winning records in each of his first two seasons, Huggins would soon prove that his team was for real and in only his third season at the helm he directed UC to the 1992 Final Four. The 1992 team that went on to lose to Michigan's "Fab Five" in the Final Four, would set a high standard of success that would last for years to come. The Bearcats advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA tournament three times, and reached the Sweet 16 four times while Huggins was coach. Cincinnati also won its conference season and/or tournament title in 12 years out of a 13-year span (1992–2004). UC was also one of the top ranked teams of this time, often being ranked in the top 10 if not number one in the country. Huggin's team merits include claiming eight league tournament titles and 10 regular season crowns in addition to appearing in 14 consecutive NCAA Tournaments (1992–2005).

Fifteen Bearcats had garnered first team all-conference honors during this era with three of those, Danny Fortson, Kenyon Martin and Steve Logan, picking up a total of four C-USA Most Outstanding Player Awards. Fortson, Nick Van Exel, Ruben Patterson, Bobby Brannen, Melvin Levett, Logan, Martin and Pete Mickeal have joined Cincinnati's list of All-Americans. Fortson was a consensus first team All-American in 1996–97 after receiving second team recognition in 1995–96. Martin was college basketball's top player of the 1999–2000 season, making a clean sweep of the national player of the year awards. Logan was a consensus All-American in 2001–02 and a finalist for every national player of the year award. Several Bearcats were NBA Draft Picks, including Martin being the number one overall pick in 2000.

Huggins was forced to resign by school president Nancy Zimpher in August 2005. Zimpher was angered by the lackluster academic performance of Huggins' teams (he routinely only graduated 30 percent of his players), and felt that Huggins didn't fit in with her plan to upgrade UC's academic reputation. Huggins hadn't helped his standing with Zimpher when he was arrested for DUI in 2004.^[14][15][16] This decision was met wide widespread criticism among virtually everyone connected to the program, creating a situation that would not bode well for the team in the near future. Looking to stay within the program, the school immediately promoted assistant coach Andy Kennedy as interim head coach for the 2005–06 season.

2006–2009 – Resurrecting a gutted program[edit]

In the spring of 2006, Mick Cronin was hired as head coach, replacing interim coach Andy Kennedy after the dismissal of Bob Huggins.^[17] Cronin was tasked with picking up the pieces from a depleted program after Huggins was abruptly asked to resign three months before the 2005 season, and a temporary coach in Kennedy for the previous season. Due to the school having little-to-no recruiting going on for around a full calendar year, Cronin was forced to scrounge for players. He even had a couple players on the school's football team play, one being current Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Connor Barwin.

Although Cronin's teams struggled early in his UC career, he improved the school's win total each of his first five seasons. After two straight losing seasons, UC began to get back on track under Cronin in the 2008–09 season with an 18–14 record. This was then followed by an NIT appearance and a brief return to the Top 25 polls during the 2009–10 campaign.

2010–Present – Return to winning ways[edit]

Since the beginning of the 2010–11 season, the Bearcats have amassed a 206–71 record (.744), have spent 71 weeks ranked in the AP Poll, and have reached 8 straight NCAA Tournaments (all as of March 12, 2018). UC also, for the first time in its storied history, defeated a team with a higher seed than theirs in the NCAA Tournament (6 seeded Cincinnati defeated 3 seeded Florida State in 2012).

Following the team's breakthrough season in 2010–11, the 2011–12 team was looked upon with high expectations coming into the season. The team, of which had many returning players like Yancy Gates, Cashmere Wright, and Dion Dixon, was the first team under Cronin to be nationally ranked going into a season and was thought to be able to compete for a conference title that year in the Big East. These high expectations were quickly diminished however, as the team lost early to two Mid Major's on their home court. This, added to the team's involvement in the Crosstown Shootout Brawl left most people to write them off. UC showed that they were not done though, winning the remainder of their non-conference games and a good showing in conference play defeating 8 ranked teams (tops in college basketball), leading to a 6-seed in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The team would then go onto the Sweet Sixteen, which was their first since 2001.

At the start of the 2013–14 season and the team's first in the newly formed American conference, Cincinnati received just one vote in the Preseason AP Poll. Under the leadership of 2nd team All-American senior guard Sean Kilpatrick, the Bearcats got off to a hot start and picked up their 20th win on January 30, 2014, which was the fastest they've gotten to 20 wins since the 2001–02 season (went 31–4 that year). They also reached as high as #7 in the AP Poll, their highest since being ranked #6 in the 2003–04 season. On March 8, UC clinched a share of the AAC Conference regular season championship, their first conference title since 2004.^[13] Although very successful, the season would come to a sour end with a 1st round loss to underdog 12 seed Harvard in the 2014 NCAA Tournament.

During the 2014–15 season, UC was forced to play without head coach Mick Cronin for the majority of the season due to health concerns. Under assistant coach Larry Davis, the Bearcats rallied to reach the 2015 NCAA Tournament for their 5th consecutive tournament appearance, and knocked off #9 seed Purdue before falling to #1 seed Kentucky in the second round.

The 2016-17 season would see Cincinnati celebrated its 400th week in the AP Poll On January 2, 2017, becoming just the 12th program all-time to spend that many weeks in the Top 25. On March 17, 2017, Cincinnati defeated Kansas State in the 1st Round of the NCAA Tournament to win its 30th game of the season, reaching 30 wins for the first time in 15 years, and a new high in the Mick Cronin era.

In 2017-18 due to renovations to Fifth Third Arena, the Bearcats played their home games at BB&T Arena. The team went on to win AAC regular season and AAC Tournament title, earning the No. 2 seed in the West region. Unfortunately, the season came to an early end with a crushing loss to Nevada in the Round of 32.

Notable seasons[edit]

• 1959–60 Oscar Robertson scored a school record 62 points in an early-February game vs. North Texas State and in the process became the NCAA's all-time leading career scorer. Robertson claimed national player of the year honors for the third straight year while Cincinnati won its third straight Missouri Valley title. The Bearcats made their second trip to the Final Four. California again turned back UC's title hopes as UC finished third. George Smith stepped down as head coach to become athletic director, capping a career in which he posted a 154–56 record in eight years.
• 1960–61 Largely an unknown team, without Robertson, and with a new head coach, Ed Jucker, in command, Cincinnati stumbled to a 5–3 start. The Bearcats then won their next 22 contests, garnering a league title, a third straight trip to the Final Four, and a national championship. In the first-ever championship game matchup of two teams from the same state, UC defeated Ohio State in overtime, 70–65.
• 1961–62 Cincinnati fashioned a 28–2 record, but the Bearcats had to defeat Bradley in a league playoff game to defend their national title. UC won the Midwest Regional to earn its fourth straight trip to the Final Four. After edging UCLA, 72–70, in the semifinals, Cincinnati became a repeat champion with a 71–59 win over Ohio State. Paul Hogue was the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
• 1962–63 UC breezed to its fifth straight Missouri Valley Conference crown and, after winning the Midwest Regional, a fifth straight trip to the Final Four. An 80–46 win over Oregon in the semifinals put the Bearcats in position to win a third straight national title. Cincinnati held a 15-point lead over Loyola (Ill.) in the second half of the championship game, only to have the Ramblers come back to win, 60–58, in overtime. Cincinnati led the nation in defense.
• 1991–92 The Bearcats opened play in the Great Midwest Conference and marked their debut in this new league by sharing the regular season title and winning the tournament crown. Cincinnati made its first appearance in two decades in the Top 20 rankings. The Bearcats were seeded fourth in the Midwest Regional. UC defeated its four regional foes by an average margin of 20.8 points to make its sixth appearance in the Final Four. Michigan edged UC, 76–72, in the semifinal.
• 1999–00 Cincinnati was the nation's top team and Kenyon Martin was college basketball's top player. UC was ranked No. 1 in the national polls for 12 of 18 weeks and Martin made a clean sweep of the national player of the year awards (Naismith, Wooden, Rupp, Robertson, NABC). The Bearcats tied a school record for victories with a 29–4 record and won their fifth straight Conference USA regular season title. UC seemed poised for a run for the national title until Martin suffered a broken leg in the Conference USA Tournament. Martin was a unanimous first team All-American with Pete Mickeal earning honorable mention honors. Cincinnati went from the #1 team in the country to a 2-seed in the NCAA Tournament, and fell to Tulsa in the 2nd round.
• 2001–02 Unranked in the major polls at the start of the season, the Bearcats posted a 31–4 record—setting a new standard for victories—won a seventh consecutive Conference USA regular season championship, captured the C-USA tournament crown and earned their first-ever No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Steve Logan earned his second straight Conference USA Player of the Year award, was a consensus All-American and a finalist for every national player of the year honor. The Bearcats were upset in the 2nd round to 8-seed UCLA in a double-overtime thriller.
• 2011–12 After starting the season 5–3 with bad losses and dealing with the aftermath and suspensions from the Crosstown Shootout brawl, UC's season was already on the brinks halfway through December. The Bearcats then went on a run against fantastic competition and wound up beating 8 ranked teams, the most ranked wins in any Cincinnati season in history. The biggest win came against the 31–1 and #2 Syracuse Orange in the Big East Tournament semifinals. The Bearcats went on to the Sweet 16 where they lost to Ohio State. The latter half of this season is considered by many to be a big turning point in Mick Cronin's coaching career. The Bearcats are now the 2012 Big East Champions after Louisville has vacated all the wins from 2011 thru 2014.^[18]
• 2017–18 Cincinnati began the season with high hopes, featuring a team hallmarked by four "1000 point career scorers" (Gary Clark, Jacob Evans, Kyle Washington, and Cane Broome). They spent the entire season in the national polls, peaking at #5 - this was fueled by their defensive prowess which ranked second overall nationally. They earned their first outright American Athletic Conference regular season and tournament championships and tied the school record for wins, going 31-5. Their season ended with a second round NCAA tournament upset to Nevada who tied the record for the 2nd largest NCAA Tournament comeback- surmounting a 22-point deficit to win by 2.

Notable games[edit]

01/09/1958 – Cincinnati 118, Seton Hall 54: 19-year-old sophomore Oscar Robertson ("The Big O") dropped 56 points, scoring more than all of Seton Hall, and caught the attention of New York City in a road win. His 56 points, at the time, was a Madison Square Garden record.

03/25/1961 – Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65: The Buckeyes were the defending champs, 27–0 and No. 1 in the nation. They took on state rival No. 2 Cincinnati in the National Championship. A layup by Ohio State's Bobby Knight sent the game into overtime, tied at 61. Cincy, led by Paul Hogue and Bob Wiesenhahn, took it from there, winning, 70–65, giving the Bearcats their first basketball title in school history.

03/24/1962 – Cincinnati 71, Ohio State 59: Cincinnati and Ohio State, again ranked Nos. 1 and 2 at the end of the regular season, became the first teams to play each other in two consecutive NCAA championship games. Unlike the year before, this game was not close. Cincy led by eight at the half and won by 12 as Paul Hogue and Tom Thacker led the way with 22 and 21 points, respectively. When it was over, the Bearcats' second-year coach Ed Jucker had a pair of NCAA titles in two tries.

03/23/1963 – Loyola (Ill.) 60, Cincinnati 58: Despite its No. 3 ranking and a scoring average of 91.8, nobody expected Loyola of Chicago to beat Cincinnati,^{[citation needed]} especially when the Ramblers fell behind by 15 in the second half. But Loyola rallied to send the game into OT and won the title on a last-second rebound and basket by Vic Rouse.

12/21/1981 – Cincinnati 75, Bradley 73: This contest is still listed as the longest game of NCAA Division I history, reaching seven overtimes.^{[citation needed]} Reserve forward Doug Schloemer hit the decisive shot, a left-wing 15-footer with one second remaining in the seventh overtime. If he had missed that jump shot, it would have gone to an eighth overtime.

12/12/1984 – Cincinnati 69, UAB 67: UAB had a one-point lead, but in the waning seconds, Tony Wilson, who was on a track scholarship, hit a 54-foot shot beyond half-court at the buzzer to give Cincinnati a 2-point win at Riverfront Coliseum.^{[citation needed]}

11/25/1989 – Cincinnati 66, Minnesota 64: It was the school's first game under Bob Huggins, in their new arena, the Shoemaker Center. Walk-on Steve Sanders, who was also the school's football team's wide receiver for four years, hit the buzzer-beating three-pointer to give UC a 66–64 win over No. 20 Minnesota.

01/23/1993 – Cincinnati 40, UAB 38: The No. 9 Bearcats were heavily favored playing at home vs an 11–7 UAB team. It was an ugly, very low-scoring affair, where UAB led at halftime 15–11. In a tie game with seconds left, Corie Blount for UC had his shot blocked. It was kicked around and Nick Van Exel recovered it to put up a long two-pointer at the buzzer. Nothing but net. Cats won 40–38.^{[citation needed]}

12/17/1994 – Cincinnati 81, Wyoming 80: UC trailed to Wyoming all game, but when down 2 in the final seconds, LaZelle Durden put up a 3-point attempt as the final horn sounded. He was fouled, but hit all three free throws with no time on the clock. UC won, 81–80, and Durden's 45 points were the most by a Bearcat in 34 years.

03/12/1995 – Cincinnati 67, St. Louis 65: LaZelle Durden fired in the game-winning three-pointer with 1.2 seconds to play in the conference championship game over Saint Louis, giving the Bearcats a 67–65 victory and clinching an NCAA Tournament berth.

02/11/1996 – Arizona, 79, Cincinnati 76: The Bearcats had the ball under their own hoop in a tie game vs Arizona with just a few seconds left. Miles Simon stripped the ball from Danny Fortson, and hit a three-quarter-court buzzer-beater to beat UC, 79–76.

02/06/1997 – Cincinnati 65, Tulane 64: The game was tied at 63 with 2 seconds left, and UC had the ball. Bobby Brannan threw the ball the length of the court. Danny Fortson made the catch near the hoop and laid it in with 0.2 seconds remaining. The majority of the Bearcats bench stormed the court in excitement, thinking the game was over. Cincinnati was given a technical foul for the incident, awarding Tulane two free throws and the ball. Honeycutt only made one of two free throws, and Tulane was unable to score with 0.2 seconds left. Cincinnati won by one.^{[citation needed]}

02/19/1998 – Cincinnati 93, UAB 76: All-American Ruben Patterson was awoken at 6:00 in the morning by Bob Huggins. The coach broke the news to him that his mother had a heart attack overnight and died. Patterson played the game that night anyway, after spending all day crying. He scored a career-high 32 points in a 93–76 win over UAB.^{[citation needed]}

03/15/1998 – West Virginia 75, Cincinnati 74: Cincinnati took a 2-point lead with 7.1 seconds remaining against West Virginia in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Jarrod West of WV then banked in a 30-foot three-pointer with 0.8 seconds left, a shot that was tipped by Ruben Patterson. West Virginia advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with a 75–74 win.

11/29/1998 – Cincinnati 77, Duke 75: No. 14 Cincinnati took on No. 1 Duke in the Great Alaska Shootout championship. In a tie game with 3 seconds left, Cincinnati ran a "hook-and-ladder" type play, that had Kenyon Martin hit an open Melvin Levett sprinting towards the hoop. Levett dunked the ball with one second left, and the Bearcats won, 77–75. To this day,^[when?] it is their lone win vs a No. 1 team.

03/02/2000 – Cincinnati 66, DePaul 64: DePaul led the No. 2 Bearcats by 17, and by 10 with under 4 minutes remaining. The National POY Kenyon Martin took over, scoring 5 straight field goals for UC and had 2 key blocks down the stretch. With the game tied at 62, freshman DerMarr Johnson hit the game-winning jumper with 2.7 seconds left.

02/22/2002 – Cincinnati 63, Marquette 62: 9th-ranked Marquette led No. 4 Cincinnati by 4 with 30 seconds remaining. Steve Logan hit a three-pointer with 22 seconds left, then after a missed one-and-one free throw by Dwyane Wade, Donald Little hit a jumper with 3 seconds remaining. Cincinnati won 63–62 in their biggest win of the season.^[19]

03/08/2006 – Syracuse 74, Cincinnati 73: In the first round of the Big East Tournament, the Bearcats led by one with 8.3 seconds remaining. Devan Downey of UC was at the line shooting two free throws. After making the first, he missed the second. Trailing by 2, Gerry McNamara of Syracuse came down and hit a running one-handed three pointer with 0.5 seconds left, giving Syracuse a one-point win. Cincinnati, who was a bubble team, just barely missed the NCAA Tournament (even with a Joe Lunardi prediction of a 9 seed on the morning of Selection Sunday), snapping their streak of 14 straight appearances.^[20]

12/10/2011 – Xavier 76, Cincinnati 53: The 2011 rivalry game with Xavier ended in a bench-clearing brawl between the two teams, with the officials calling an end to the game with less than 10 seconds left. For more details, see 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl.

03/09/2012 – Cincinnati 71, Syracuse 68: Unranked Cincinnati took on No. 2 Syracuse (31–1) in the Big East Tournament semifinals. The Bearcats were hot out of the gate, hitting 8 of their first 10 three-point attempts and jumping out to a 25–8 lead. Syracuse came roaring back in the game, getting it to a one-point game with a few seconds left. A Justin Jackson dunk with a second remaining capped the Bearcats 71–68 win, the school's highest-ranked victory since 1998.^[21]

03/19/2015 – Cincinnati 66, Purdue 65: 8-seeded Cincinnati and 9-seeded Purdue met for the first time in the NCAA Tournament in this round of 64 matchup. In a game that was close the majority of the way, Purdue began to pull away down the stretch. Down 7 with 48 seconds to go, the Bearcats hit a three pointer, forced a turnover, and made an and-one layup, all within 6 seconds to cut it to one. Down two with 7 seconds left, sophomore Troy Caupain drove to the hoop and hit a floater that dramatically spun around the rim, hung on the rim for a second, and fell in, as time expired. In overtime, UC prevailed 66–65, to advance to the round of 32.^[22]

03/11/2016 – UConn 104, Cincinnati 97: In a 4-overtime thriller for the ages, Cincinnati and UConn faced off in the AAC Tournament. In the closing seconds of the 3rd overtime, in a tie game, UC guard Kevin Johnson drained a long 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds left to take a three-point lead. In a desperation heave, Jalen Adams of UConn banked in a 75-footer to extend the game. UConn outscored Cincinnati in the 4th overtime, 16–9, advancing in the conference tournament in which they would end up winning.^[23]

03/18/2016 – St. Joe's 78, Cincinnati 76: In the first round of the NCAA Tournament, 9-seeded Cincinnati took on 8-seeded St. Joe's. After the Cats clawed back from a second half deficit of 12 points, St. Joe's drained a 3-pointer with under 10 seconds left to take a two-point lead. Cincy guard Troy Caupain drove the length of the floor to the hoop, and got the ball to Octavius Ellis after being swarmed by a double-team. Ellis attempted to quickly slam it home, only to discover his dunk was 0.1 seconds too late. Time expired. St. Joe's advanced.^[24]

03/11/2018 – Houston 55, Cincinnati 56: Cincinnati met the nationally ranked Houston Cougars for the third time this season, having split the regular season 1-1. The rubber match came in the finals of the American Athletic Conference Tournament, with both schools seeking their first ever AAC tournament title. Gary Clark and company were able to cut down the nets for the first time in their collegiate careers, as Houston's star Rob Gray turned the ball over on the game's final possession.^[25]

03/18/2018 – Nevada 75, Cincinnati 73: With the "South bracket" in the 2018 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament shaping up in Cincinnati's favor, the Bearcats seemed prime for continued March success as they led Nevada by 22 points with 11 minutes remaining. Nevada mounted a furious comeback, scoring 16 straight points over the next 3 minutes. The game continued to be touch and go for the remainder of the half, with an overwhelming amount of foul calls against the Bearcats. With 9 seconds left, Nevada took their first and only lead of the game at 75-73. The Bearcats dribbled the full length of the court but bobbled the ball and never got a clean look as time expired and Nevada tied the second largest comeback to-date in NCAA Tournament history.^[26]

Postseason history[edit]

NCAA Tournament seeding history[edit]

Years →	'92	'93	'94	'95	'96	'97	'98	'99	'00	'01	'02	'03	'04	'05	'11	'12	'13	'14	'15	'16	'17	'18
Seeds→	4	2	8	7	2	3	2	3	2	5	1	8	4	7	6	6	10	5	8	9	6	2

NCAA tournament results[edit]

The Bearcats have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 32 times. Their combined record is 46–29. They have been to six Final Fours, including five in a row from 1959–1963, and are two time National Champions (1961, 1962).

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1958		Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Kansas State Arkansas	L 80–83OT W 97–62
1959		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	TCU Kansas State California Louisville	W 77–72 W 85–75 L 58–64 W 98–85
1960		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National 3rd Place Game	DePaul Kansas California NYU	W 99–59 W 82–71 L 69–77 W 95–71
1961		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Texas Tech Kansas State Utah Ohio State	W 78–55 W 69–64 W 82–67 W 70–65OT
1962		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Creighton Colorado UCLA Ohio State	W 66–46 W 73–46 W 72–70 W 71–59
1963		Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four National Championship	Texas Colorado Oregon State Loyola–Chicago	W 73–68 W 67–60 W 80–46 L 58–60OT
1966		Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Texas Western SMU	L 76–78 L 84–89
1975		First Round Sweet Sixteen Regional 3rd Place Game	Texas A&M Louisville Notre Dame	W 87–79 L 63–78 W 95–87
1976		First Round	Notre Dame	L 78–79
1977		First Round	Marquette	L 51–66
1992	No. 4	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four	No. 13 Delaware No. 5 Michigan State No. 9 UTEP No. 6 Memphis No. 6 Michigan	W 85–47 W 77–65 W 69–67 W 88–57 L 72–76
1993	No. 2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	No. 15 Coppin State No. 7 New Mexico State No. 6 Virginia No. 1 North Carolina	W 93–66 W 92–55 W 71–54 L 68–75OT
1994	No. 8	First Round	No. 9 Wisconsin	L 72–80
1995	No. 7	First Round Second Round	No. 10 Temple No. 2 Connecticut	W 77–71 L 91–96
1996	No. 2	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight	No. 15 UNC Greensboro No. 7 Temple No. 3 Georgia Tech No. 5 Mississippi State	W 66–61 W 78–65 W 87–70 L 63–73
1997	No. 3	First Round Second Round	No. 14 Butler No. 6 Iowa State	W 86–69 L 67–66
1998	No. 2	First Round Second Round	No. 15 Northern Arizona No. 10 West Virginia	W 65–62 L 74–75
1999	No. 3	First Round Second Round	No. 14 George Mason No. 6 Temple	W 72–48 L 54–64
2000	No. 2	First Round Second Round	No. 15 UNC Wilmington No. 7 Tulsa	W 64–47 L 61–69
2001	No. 5	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	No. 12 BYU No. 13 Kent State No. 1 Stanford	W 84–59 W 66–43 L 65–78
2002	No. 1	First Round Second Round	No. 16 Boston University No. 8 UCLA	W 90–52 L 101–105
2003	No. 8	First Round	No. 9 Gonzaga	L 69–74
2004	No. 4	First Round Second Round	No. 13 East Tennessee State No. 5 Illinois	W 80–77 L 68–92
2005	No. 7	First Round Second Round	No. 10 Iowa No. 2 Kentucky	W 76–64 L 60–69
2011	No. 6	First Round Second Round	No. 11 Missouri No. 3 Connecticut	W 78–63 L 58–69
2012	No. 6	First Round Second Round Sweet Sixteen	No. 11 Texas No. 3 Florida State No. 2 Ohio State	W 65–59 W 62–56 L 66–81
2013	No. 10	First Round	No. 7 Creighton	L 63–67
2014	No. 5	First Round	No. 12 Harvard	L 57–61
2015	No. 8	First Round Second Round	No. 9 Purdue No. 1 Kentucky	W 66–65 L 51–64
2016	No. 9	First Round	No. 8 Saint Joseph's	L 76–78
2017	No. 6	First Round Second Round	No. 11 Kansas State No. 3 UCLA	W 75–61 L 67–79
2018	No. 2	First Round Second Round	No. 15 Georgia State No. 7 Nevada	W 68–53 L 73–75

All-Americans[edit]

Cincinnati has had 30 different players receive All-American honors while at UC. The award has been given to a Consensus 1st-Team All-American 8 times.^[27]

Consensus 1st Team All-Americans[edit]

• 1958, 1959, 1960 – Oscar Robertson
• 1963 – Ron Bonham
• 1963 – Tom Thacker
• 1997 – Danny Fortson
• 2000 – Kenyon Martin
• 2002 – Steve Logan

Consensus 2nd Team, 3rd Team, Freshmen, and Honorable Mention All-Americans[edit]

McDonald's All-Americans[edit]

The following were McDonald's All-Americans in high school that committed to, and played for, the University of Cincinnati.

• 1991 – Keith LeGree**
• 1993 – Dontonio Wingfield
• 1993 – Damon Flint
• 1994 – Danny Fortson
• 1999 – DerMarr Johnson
• 1999 – Kenny Satterfield
• 2001 – James White**
• 2004 – Mike Williams**
• 2009 – Lance Stephenson

(**) Originally played collegiate basketball elsewhere, but transferred to Cincinnati.

Player of the Year awards[edit]

• 1959, 1960 – Oscar Robertson, USBWA College Player of the Year ^[28]
• 2000 – Kenyon Martin, Consensus National Player of the Year (USBWA, AP, Naismith, Wooden, Rupp)

^[29]

Retired jerseys[edit]

Cincinnati Bearcats retired numbers
No.	Player	Position	Tenure
4	Kenyon Martin	C	1996–00
12	Oscar Robertson	G	1957–60
27	Jack Twyman	F	1951–55

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All-time scoring leaders[edit]

Rank	Player	Number	Years	Games	Points	AVG
1	Oscar Robertson	#12	1957–1960	88	2,973	33.8
2	Sean Kilpatrick	#23	2010–2014	140	2,145	15.3
3	Steve Logan	#22	1998–2002	135	1,985	14.7
4	Deonta Vaughn	#5	2006–2010	129	1,885	14.6
5	Danny Fortson	#25	1994–1997	100	1,881	18.8
6	Roger McClendon	#21	1984–1988	114	1,789	15.7
7	Pat Cummings	#6	1975–1979	103	1,762	17.1
8	Ron Bonham	#21	1961–1964	85	1,666	19.6
9	Louis Banks	#25	1987–1991	118	1,644	13.9
10	Jack Twyman	#27	1951–1955	90	1,598	17.8

1000-Point Club – Career Scoring Leaders^[31]

Bearcats in the NBA[edit]

The Bearcats have had 34 players play in the NBA, spanning seven decades.^[32]

Player	Years	Seasons	Draft	NBA Earnings	NBA Accomplishments
Jim Holstein	1952–1956	4	Territorial choice	N/A	2× NBA champion
Jack Twyman*	1955–1966	11	Territorial choice	N/A	6× NBA All-Star, 2× All-NBA Second Team, No. 27 retired by Cincinnati Royals. An NBA award introduced in 2013, the Twyman–Stokes Teammate of the Year Award, is named in part for him.
Connie Dierking	1958–1971	13	1st round, 6th overall	N/A
Wayne Stevens	1959–1960	1	7th round, 49th overall	N/A
Ralph Davis	1960–1962	2	3rd round, 17th overall	N/A
Oscar Robertson*	1960–1974	14	1st round, 1st overall	N/A	12× NBA All-Star, 9× All-NBA First Team, NBA champion, NBA Most Valuable Player, NBA Rookie of the Year, 6× NBA assists leader, all-time triple-double leader, No. 14 and No. 1 retired by the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks
Bob Wiesenhahn	1961–1962	1	2nd round, 11th overall	N/A
Paul Hogue	1962–1964	2	1st round, 2nd overall	N/A
Tom Thacker	1963–1971	8	Territorial choice	N/A	NBA champion
Ron Bonham	1964–1968	3	2nd round, 16th overall	N/A	2× NBA champion
George Wilson	1964–1971	7	Territorial choice	N/A
Roland West	1967–1968	1	8th round, 73rd overall	N/A
Rick Roberson	1969–1976	7	1st round, 15th overall	N/A
Jim Ard	1970–1978	8	1st round, 6th overall	N/A	NBA champion
Derrek Dickey	1973–1978	5	2nd round, 29th overall	N/A	NBA champion
Lloyd Batts	1974–1975	1	4th round, 60th overall	N/A
Pat Cummings	1979–1989	10	3rd round, 59th overall	N/A
Bob Miller	1983–1984	1	4th round, 58th overall	N/A
Corie Blount	1993–2005	12	1st round, 25th overall	$14,441,735
Nick Van Exel	1993–2006	13	2nd round, 37th overall	$74,408,867	NBA All-Star, NBA All-Rookie Second Team, Top 25 all-time in made 3-point FGs
Dontonio Wingfield	1994–1998	4	2nd round, 37th overall	$1,475,000
Danny Fortson	1997–2007	10	1st round, 10th overall	$42,145,240
Ruben Patterson	1998–2008	10	2nd round, 31st overall	$36,858,397
DerMarr Johnson	2000–2008	7	1st round, 6th overall	$9,283,842
Kenyon Martin	2000–2015	15	1st round, 1st overall	$113,035,975	NBA All-Star, NBA All-Rookie First Team, started in 10 NBA Finals games
Art Long	2001–2004	3	Undrafted	$720,093
Kenny Satterfield	2001–2003	2	2nd round, 54th overall	$845,252
Tony Bobbitt	2004–2005	1	Undrafted	$305,403
Jason Maxiell	2005–2015	10	1st round, 26th overall	$28,614,821
Robert Whaley	2005–2006	1	2nd round, 51st overall	$481,788
James White	2006–2013	3	2nd round, 31st overall	$1,672,542	NBA champion, NBA Slam Dunk Contest participant
Lance Stephenson	2010–present	8	2nd round, 40th overall	$30,986,672	2013–14 triple-doubles leader
Sean Kilpatrick	2015–present	4	Undrafted	$2,989,591
Jacob Evans	2018–present	1	1st round, 28th overall	$3,370,822

*Basketball Hall of Famer

Fifth Third Arena[edit]

The Bearcats have played their home games in Fifth Third Arena since 1989. The arena is on-campus and has a capacity of 13,176 (with room for overflow). It is located in the Myrl H. Shoemaker Center, which was also the name of the arena until 2005, when it was named for Cincinnati-based Fifth Third Bank. It is still popularly known as "The Shoe". The Bearcats closed out Fifth Third Arena (pre-2018 renovation) with an all-time home record of 389–79 (.831), along with an active 26-game home winning streak. The Bearcats held a 42-game win streak from 1997–2000 as well. In the 1999–2000 season, every Bearcat home game was sold out. During the Bob Huggins era, it was known as one of the most hostile arenas in the nation due to the high decibel levels typical of his tenure.

On December 15, 2015, The UC Board of Trustees approved an $87-million, privately funded renovation of Fifth Third Arena.^[33] Proposed improvements to the facility, include the creation of a 360-degree seating bowl, new HD scoreboard, ribbon boards, sound system, an LED lighting system which will allow for enhanced gameday presentation, new restroom and concession facilities, a new upper-level concourse with its own fan amenities, expanded food and beverage options and a new main entrance and plaza with centralized ticketing and guest services. The renovated arena also will feature upgraded locker room spaces, expanded premium seating options, including a courtside club, arena club and concourse club as well as enclosed suites, loge seating, a new Bearcats Lounge and super suites. During the meeting, trustee Rob Richardson Jr. said the upgraded facility would support the university's objective to join a power athletic conference and in student-athlete recruitment. Construction is scheduled to begin in April 2017 and be completed in fall 2018.^[34] During the 2017–18 school year, men's basketball home games will be moved to BB&T Arena at Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights, Kentucky, while women's basketball and volleyball home games will be moved to the campus of St. Ursula Academy.^[35]

Season-by-season record at Fifth Third Arena[edit]

• 1989–90: 10–4
• 1990–91: 12–4
• 1991–92: 15–2
• 1992–93: 14–0
• 1993–94: 18–2
• 1994–95: 9–4
• 1995–96: 13–1
• 1996–97: 13–3
• 1997–98: 19–1
• 1998–99: 14–0
• 1999–00: 13–1
• 2000–01: 11–3
• 2001–02: 15–0
• 2002–03: 13–3
• 2003–04: 18–1
• 2004–05: 15–2
• 2005–06: 14–5
• 2006–07: 10–8
• 2007–08: 10–7
• 2008–09: 14–5
• 2009–10: 12–4
• 2010–11: 15–3
• 2011–12: 14–4
• 2012–13: 13–5
• 2013–14: 18–1
• 2014–15: 15–3
• 2015–16: 14–3
• 2016–17: 18–0
• 2017–18: 0–0 (14–1 record at BB&T Arena)

OVERALL: 389–80 (.829)

Season by season results[edit]

Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Henry Pratt (Independent) (1901–1902)
1901–02	Cincinnati	5–4	—	—	—
Anthony Chez (Independent) (1902–1904)
1902–03	Cincinnati	4–4	—	—	—
1903–04	Cincinnati	8–6	—	—	—
Anthony Chez:		12–10 (.545)
Amos Foster (Independent) (1904–1909)
1904–05	Cincinnati	6–3	—	—	—
1905–06	Cincinnati	2–1	—	—	—
1906–07	Cincinnati	7–2	—	—	—
1907–08	Cincinnati	9–0	—	—	—
1908–09	Cincinnati	6–4	—	—	—
Amos Foster:		30–10 (.750)
C.A. Schroetter (Independent) (1909–1910)
1909–10	Cincinnati	3–2	—	—	—
Russ Easton (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1910–1914)
1910–11	Cincinnati	3–6	1–2	—	—
1911–12	Cincinnati	2–9	1–6	—	—
1912–13	Cincinnati	4–7	3–3	—	—
1913–14	Cincinnati	2–8	2–5	—	—
Russ Easton:		11–30 (.268)	7–16 (.304)
George Little (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1914–1916)
1914–15	Cincinnati	3–8	3–7	—	—
1915–16	Cincinnati	1–9	1–7	—	—
George Little:		4–17 (.190)	4–14 (.222)
Ion Cortright (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1916–1917)
1916–17	Cincinnati	3–8	3–8	—	—
Whitelaw Morrison (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1917–1918)
1917–18	Cincinnati	2–6	2–6	—	—
Boyd Chambers (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1918–1925)
1918–19	Cincinnati	3–11	1–7	—	—
1919–20	Cincinnati	5–9	4–6	—	—
1920–21	Cincinnati	10–11	4–8	—	—
1921–22	Cincinnati	15–8	8–4	—	—
1922–23	Cincinnati	13–9	7–7	—	—
1923–24	Cincinnati	11–8	10–4	—	—
1924–25	Cincinnati	5–14	1–11	—	—
Boyd Chambers (Buckeye Athletic Association) (1925–1928)
1925–26	Cincinnati	17–2	9–1	1st	—
1926–27	Cincinnati	13–5	5–5	3rd	—
1927–28	Cincinnati	14–4	8–2	1st	—
Boyd Chambers:		106–81 (.567)	57–55 (.509)
Frank Rice (Buckeye Athletic Association) (1928–1932)
1928–29	Cincinnati	13–4	7–3	1st	—
1929–30	Cincinnati	14–4	7–3	1st	—
1930–31	Cincinnati	2–15	2–6	5th	—
1931–32	Cincinnati	4–11	2–10	7th	—
Frank Rice:		33–34 (.493)	18–22 (.450)
John Halliday (Buckeye Athletic Association) (1932–1933)
1932–33	Cincinnati	9–9	4–6	4th	—
Tay Brown (Buckeye Athletic Association) (1933–1937)
1933–34	Cincinnati	12–7	6–4	2nd	—
1934–35	Cincinnati	16–3	6–2	2nd	—
1935–36	Cincinnati	10–7	8–2	2nd	—
1936–37	Cincinnati	9–10	6–4	3rd	—
Tay Brown:		47–27 (.635)	26–12 (.684)
Rip Van Winkle (Independent) (1937–1939)
1937–38	Cincinnati	6–11	—	—	—
1938–39	Cincinnati	12–5	—	—	—
Rip Van Winkle:		18–16 (.529)
Clark Ballard (Independent) (1939–1942)
1939–40	Cincinnati	8–9	—	—	—
1940–41	Cincinnati	6–12	—	—	—
1941–42	Cincinnati	10–10	—	—	—
Clark Ballard:		24–31 (.436)
Bob Ruess (Independent) (1942–1944)
1942–43	Cincinnati	9–10	—	—	—
1943–44	Cincinnati	6–5	—	—	—
Bob Ruess:		15–15 (.500)
Ray Farnham (Independent) (1944–1946)
1944–45	Cincinnati	8–9	—	—	—
1945–46	Cincinnati	8–13	—	—	—
Ray Farnham:		16–22 (.421)
John Wiethe (Mid-American Conference) (1946–1952)
1946–47	Cincinnati	17–9	6–2	1st
1947–48	Cincinnati	17–7	7–2	1st	—
1948–49	Cincinnati	23–5	9–1	1st	—
1949–50	Cincinnati	20–6	10–0	1st	—
1950–51	Cincinnati	18–4	7–1	1st	NIT First round
1951–52	Cincinnati	11–16	5–5	5th	—
John Wiethe:		106–47 (.693)	44–11 (.800)
George Smith (Mid-American Conference) (1952–1953)
1952–53	Cincinnati	11–13	9–3	2nd	—
George Smith (Independent) (1953–1957)
1953–54	Cincinnati	11–10	—	—	—
1954–55	Cincinnati	21–8	—	—	NIT Third Place
1955–56	Cincinnati	17–7	—	—	—
1956–57	Cincinnati	15–9	—	—	NIT First round
George Smith (Missouri Valley Conference) (1957–1960)
1957–58	Cincinnati	25–3	13–1	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1958–59	Cincinnati	26–4	13–1	1st	NCAA Final Four
1959–60	Cincinnati	28–2	13–1	1st	NCAA Final Four
George Smith:		154–56 (.733)	48–6 (.889)
Ed Jucker (Missouri Valley Conference) (1960–1965)
1960–61	Cincinnati	27–3	10–2	1st	NCAA Champion
1961–62	Cincinnati	29–2	10–2	1st	NCAA Champion
1962–63	Cincinnati	26–2	11–1	1st	NCAA Runner-Up
1963–64	Cincinnati	17–9	6–6	4th	—
1964–65	Cincinnati	14–12	5–9	7th	—
Ed Jucker:		113–28 (.801)	42–20 (.677)
Tay Baker (Missouri Valley Conference) (1965–1970)
1965–66	Cincinnati	21–7	10–4	1st	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1966–67	Cincinnati	17–9	6–8	4th
1967–68	Cincinnati	18–8	11–5	3rd	—
1968–69	Cincinnati	17–9	8–8	4th	—
1969–70	Cincinnati	21–6	12–4	2nd	NIT First round
Tay Baker (Independent) (1970–1972)
1970–71	Cincinnati	14–12	—	—	—
1971–72	Cincinnati	17–9	—	—	—
Tay Baker:		125–60 (.676)	47–29 (.618)
Gale Catlett (Independent) (1972–1975)
1972–73	Cincinnati	17–9	—	—	—
1973–74	Cincinnati	19–8	—	—	NIT First round
1974–75	Cincinnati	23–6	—	—	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Gale Catlett (Metro Conference) (1975–1978)
1975–76	Cincinnati	25–6	2–1	2nd	NCAA First Round
1976–77	Cincinnati	25–5	4–2	2nd	NCAA First Round
1977–78	Cincinnati	17–10	6–6	4th	—
Gale Catlett:		126–44 (.741)	12–9 (.571)
Ed Badger (Metro Conference) (1978–1983)
1978–79	Cincinnati	13–14	4–6	4th	—
1979–80	Cincinnati	13–15	3–9	6th	—
1980–81	Cincinnati	16–13	6–6	3rd	—
1981–82	Cincinnati	15–12	4–8	5th	—
1982–83	Cincinnati	11–17	1–11	7th	—
Ed Badger:		68–71 (.489)	18–40 (.310)
Tony Yates (Metro Conference) (1983–1989)
1983–84	Cincinnati	3–25	0–14	8th	—
1984–85	Cincinnati	17–14	8–6	3rd	NIT Second round
1985–86	Cincinnati	12–16	5–7	5th	—
1986–87	Cincinnati	12–16	3–9	7th
1987–88	Cincinnati	11–17	3–9	7th	—
1988–89	Cincinnati	15–12	5–7	5th	—
Tony Yates:		70–100 (.412)	24–52 (.316)
Bob Huggins (Metro Conference) (1989–1991)
1989–90	Cincinnati	20–14	9–5	2nd	NIT Second round
1990–91	Cincinnati	18–12	8–6	3rd	NIT Second round
Bob Huggins (Great Midwest Conference) (1991–1995)
1991–92	Cincinnati	29–5	8–2	T–1st	NCAA Final Four
1992–93	Cincinnati	27–5	8–2	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1993–94	Cincinnati	22–10	7–5	4th	NCAA First Round
1994–95	Cincinnati	23–11	7–5	3rd	NCAA Second Round
Bob Huggins (Conference USA) (1995–2005)
1995–96	Cincinnati	28–5	11–3	1st	NCAA Elite Eight
1996–97	Cincinnati	26–8	14–2	1st	NCAA Second Round
1997–98	Cincinnati	27–6	12–4	1st	NCAA Second Round
1998–99	Cincinnati	27–6	12–4	1st (American)	NCAA Second Round
1999–00	Cincinnati	29–4	16–0	1st (American)	NCAA First Round
2000–01	Cincinnati	25–10	11–5	1st (American)	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2001–02	Cincinnati	31–4	14–2	1st (American)	NCAA Second Round
2002–03	Cincinnati	17–12	9–7	T–4th	NCAA First Round
2003–04	Cincinnati	25–7	12–4	T–1st	NCAA Second Round
2004–05	Cincinnati	25–8	12–4	T–2nd	NCAA Second Round
Bob Huggins:		398–128 (.757)	170–60 (.739)
Andy Kennedy (Big East Conference) (2005–2006)
2005–06	Cincinnati	21–13	8–8	8th	NIT Elite Eight
Mick Cronin (Big East Conference) (2006–2013)
2006–07	Cincinnati	11–19	2–14	16th
2007–08	Cincinnati	13–19	8–10	10th	CBI First round
2008–09	Cincinnati	18–14	8–10	10th
2009–10	Cincinnati	19–16	7–11	11th	NIT Second round
2010–11	Cincinnati	26–9	11–7	6th	NCAA Second Round
2011–12	Cincinnati	26–11	12–6	3rd	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2012–13	Cincinnati	22–12	9–9	8th	NCAA First Round
Mick Cronin (American Athletic Conference) (2013–present)
2013–14	Cincinnati	27–7	15–3	T-1st	NCAA First Round
2014–15	Cincinnati	23–11	13–5	3rd	NCAA First Round
2015–16	Cincinnati	22–11	12–6	3rd	NCAA Round of 64
2016–17	Cincinnati	30–6	16–2	2nd	NCAA Round of 32
2017–18	Cincinnati	31–5	16–2	1st	NCAA Round of 32
Mick Cronin:		268–140 (.657)	129–85 (.603)
Total:		1786–1008
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion

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See also[edit]

• University of Cincinnati
• Cincinnati Bearcats
• Fifth Third Arena
• Mick Cronin
• NCAA Men's Division I Final Four appearances by coaches

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website