1959–60 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

1959–60 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
MVC champion
NCAA tournament, Third place
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 1
Record	28–2 (13–1 MVC)
Head coach	George Smith
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse
Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

1959–60 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Cincinnati	13	–	1		.929			28	–	2		.933
No. 4 Bradley	12	–	2		.857			27	–	2		.931
No. 15 Saint Louis	9	–	5		.643			19	–	8		.704
Wichita Municipal	6	–	8		.429			14	–	12		.538
Houston	6	–	8		.429			13	–	12		.520
Tulsa	5	–	9		.357			9	–	17		.346
Drake	4	–	10		.286			11	–	14		.440
North Texas State	1	–	13		.071			7	–	19		.269

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

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

1960 Bearcats Team Photo

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

Awards and honors

Oscar Robertson, USBWA College Player of the Year,^[3] NCAA scoring leader (3x)

NBA draft

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

References

^ sports-reference.com 1959-60 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
^ "The Oscar Robertson Trophy - Past Oscar Robertson Trophy Winners". Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved June 11, 2008.
^ "1960 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". www.databasebasketball.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2006. Retrieved June 6, 2022.

v t e Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Venues	Schmidlapp Gymnasium (1901–1954) Cincinnati Gardens (1949–1954; 1987–1989) Armory Fieldhouse (1954–1976) Riverfront Coliseum (1976–1987) Fifth Third Arena (1989–2017; 2018–present) BB&T Arena (2017–2018)
Rivalries	Louisville Memphis West Virginia Xavier
Culture & lore	Bearcat "Cheer Cincinnati" 2011 Crosstown Shootout brawl Longest game in Division I history UC Pep Band
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
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 1999–2000 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 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics