1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1961–62 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
1961–62 record	29–2 (10–2 MVC)
Head coach	Ed Jucker (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Tay Baker
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse

The 1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati. For the second time in a row, Cincinnati defeated Ohio State for the National Title 71–59 before 18,469 at Freedom Hall, Louisville, KY.^[1] The head coach was Ed Jucker.

Season Summary

Cincinnati played its way out from under the shadow of in-state rival Ohio State by winning two straight National Championships in 1961 and 1962, each time beating the Buckeyes in the title game. In 1962, the Bearcats were a deep, balanced team led by leading scorer and rebounded Paul Hogue, a 6-foot-9 center. Five other player averaged between 8.2 and 14.3 points per game, and the Bearcats played stifling defense.

Regular season

In the Crosstown Shootout, Cincinnati beat Xavier by a score of 61–58. The match was held at the Cincinnati Gardens.

NCAA basketball tournament

Mideast
- Cincinnati 66, Creighton 46
- Cincinnati 73, Colorado 46
Final Four
- Cincinnati 72, UCLA 70
- Cincinnati 71, Ohio State 59

^[2]

Cincinnati led 37–29 at half-time.
Twice in the final period, the Bearcats were ahead by 18 points.

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	2	Paul Hogue	New York Knicks

^[3]

In the spring of 1962, Cleveland Pipers owner George Steinbrenner signed Jerry Lucas to a player-management contract worth forty thousand dollars.^[4] With the Lucas signing, Steinbrenner had a secret deal with NBA commissioner Maurice Podoloff. The Pipers would merge with the Kansas City Steers and join the NBA. A schedule was printed for the 1963–64 NBA season with the Pipers playing the New York Knicks in the first game.^[5] Steinbrenner and partner George McKean fell behind in payments to the NBA and the deal was cancelled.

References

↑ Joseph M. Sheehan, Ohio State Bows, Bearcats Win, 71-59, for 2d N.C.A.A. Title -- Hogue Is Star, New York Times, March 24, 1962
↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1962
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
↑ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.42, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0
↑ Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.42, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0

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[1] Joseph M. Sheehan, Ohio State Bows, Bearcats Win, 71-59, for 2d N.C.A.A. Title -- Hogue Is Star, New York Times, March 24, 1962

[2] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1962

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2009-04-24.

[4] Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.42, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0

[5] Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.42, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, ISBN 978-0-06-169031-0

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

1961–62 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
1961–62 record	29–2 (10–2 MVC)
Head coach	Ed Jucker (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Tay Baker
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse