1960–61 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1960–61 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
NCAA champion; MVC champion
NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Champions
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
1960–61 record	27–3 (10–2 MVC)
Head coach	Ed Jucker (1st season)
Assistant coach	Tay Baker
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse

The 1960–61 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati won the 1961 NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, defeating Ohio State, 70–65, in the Championship Game in Kansas City, Missouri. The team's head coach was Ed Jucker.

Regular season

In the Crosstown Shootout, Cincinnati beat Xavier by a score of 89–53. The match was held at the Cincinnati Gardens.

NCAA basketball tournament

Mideast
- Cincinnati 78, Texas Tech 55
- Cincinnati 69, Kansas State 64
Final Four
- Cincinnati 82, Utah 67
- Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65^[1]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
2	11	Bob Wiesenhahn	Cincinnati Royals

^[2]

References

↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1961
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

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[1] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1961

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Venues	Schmidlapp Gymnasium (19??–1954) Cincinnati Gardens (1949–1954; 1987–1989) Armory Fieldhouse (1954–1976) Riverfront Coliseum (1976–1987) Fifth Third Arena (1989–2017; 2018–future) BB&T Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Louisville Xavier
Culture & lore	Bearcat "Cheer Cincinnati" 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl Longest game in Division I history UC Pep Band
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1960–61 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
NCAA champion MVC champion
NCAA University Division Basketball Tournament, Champions
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
1960–61 record	27–3 (10–2 MVC)
Head coach	Ed Jucker (1st season)
Assistant coach	Tay Baker
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse