1961–62_Cincinnati_Bearcats_men's_basketball_team

1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
NCAA tournament National champions; MVC Co-champions
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	29–2 (10–2 MVC)
Head coach	Ed Jucker (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Tay Baker
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1960–61 1962–63 →

1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title and defended its national championship with a 71–59 defeat of top-ranked in-state foe Ohio State again before 18,469 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.^[2] The head coach was Ed Jucker.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Cincinnati	10	–	2	.833	29	–	2	.935
No. 5 Bradley	10	–	2	.833	21	–	7	.750
Wichita State	7	–	5	.583	18	–	9	.667
Drake	6	–	6	.500	16	–	8	.667
Saint Louis	5	–	7	.417	11	–	15	.423
Tulsa	4	–	8	.333	7	–	19	.269
North Texas	0	–	12	.000	3	–	23	.115

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
December 2, 1961*	No. 2	Indiana State	W 63–30	1–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
December 5, 1961*	No. 2	Miami (OH)	W 63–30	2–0	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH
December 6, 1960*	No. 2	at Wisconsin	W 86–67	3–0	Wisconsin Field House Madison, WI
December 11, 1961	No. 2	at Drake	W 60–59	4–0 (1–0)	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, IA
December 16, 1961*	No. 2	Marshall	W 77–49	5–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
December 18, 1961	No. 2	at Wichita State	L 51–52	5–1 (1–1)	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
December 21, 1961*	No. 2	Colorado	W 84–67	6–1	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
December 26, 1961*	No. 2	vs. St. John's Holiday Festival	W 97–68	7–1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 28, 1961*	No. 2	vs. La Salle Holiday Festival	W 64–56	8–1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
December 30, 1961*	No. 2	vs. Wisconsin Holiday Festival	W 101–71	9–1	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
January 4, 1962	No. 2	Saint Louis	W 62–47	10–1 (2–1)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
January 6, 1962	No. 2	Tulsa	W 72–43	11–1 (3–1)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
January 10, 1962	No. 2	at Bradley	L 68–70 ^OT	11–2 (3–2)	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
January 16, 1962*	No. 3	Dayton	W 80–61	12–2	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH
January 18, 1962*	No. 3	at No. 5 Duquesne	W 62–54	13–2	Duquesne Gymnasium Pittsburgh, PA
January 25, 1962	No. 3	North Texas	W 89–61	14–2 (4–2)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
January 30, 1962	No. 3	Drake	W 73–52	15–2 (5–2)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
February 1, 1962*	No. 3	at Houston	W 60–52	16–2	Jeppesen Field House Houston, TX
February 3, 1962	No. 3	at North Texas	W 77–50	17–2 (6–2)	North Texas Men's Gym Denton, TX
February 8, 1962	No. 3	at Saint Louis	W 54–48	18–2 (7–2)	Kiel Auditorium Saint Louis, MO
February 10, 1962	No. 3	at Tulsa	W 70–52	19–2 (8–2)	Expo Square Pavilion Tulsa, OK
February 12, 1962*	No. 3	George Washington	W 83–43	20–2	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
February 16, 1962*	No. 3	Houston	W 59–47	21–2	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
February 19, 1962	No. 3	No. 5 Bradley	W 72–57	22–2 (9–2)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
February 24, 1962	No. 2	Wichita State	W 84–63	23–2 (10–2)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
March 1, 1962*	No. 2	Xavier Crosstown Shootout	W 61–58	24–2	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH
March 12, 1962	No. 2	vs. No. 6 Bradley Missouri Valley Conference Playoff	W 61–46	25–2 (11–2)	Roberts Memorial Fieldhouse Evansville, IN
NCAA Tournament
March 16*	No. 2	vs. Creighton Midwest Region Semifinals	W 66–46	26–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
March 17*	No. 2	vs. No. 9 Colorado Midwest Region Finals	W 73–46	27–2	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
March 23*	No. 2	vs. UCLA Final Four	W 72–70	28–2	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
March 24*	No. 2	vs. No. 1 Ohio State National Championship	W 71–59	29–2	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

1961–62_Cincinnati_Bearcats_men's_basketball_team

1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

Awards and honors

All-American

National honors

Missouri Valley Conference honors

All-MVC

NBA draft

References

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1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball

NCAA tournament National champions MVC Co-champions
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	29–2 (10–2 MVC)
Head coach	Ed Jucker (2nd season)
Assistant coach	Tay Baker
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1960–61 1962–63 →