1959–60 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1959–60 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Missouri Valley Conference Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Third Place
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#1
1959–60 record	28–2 ( MVC)
Head coach	George Smith
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse
« 1958–59	1960–61 »

The 1959–60 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati. The Head Coach was George Smith.

Regular season

In the Crosstown Shootout, Cincinnati beat Xavier by a score of 85–68. The match was held at the Cincinnati Gardens.

NCAA basketball tournament

Midwest
- Cincinnati 99, DePaul 59
- Cincinnati 82, Kansas 71
Final Four
- California 77, Cincinnati 69
Third Place Game
- Cincinnati 95, New York 71

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Awards and honors

Oscar Robertson, USBWA College Player of the Year^[2]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	1	Oscar Robertson	Cincinnati Royals
3	17	Ralph Davis	Cincinnati Royals

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References

[1] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1960

[2] ttp://www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/

[3] ttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1960

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v t e 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–present)
Rivalries	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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

1959–60 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

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Regular season

NCAA basketball tournament

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

References

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