1968–69 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

1968–69 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1968–69 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	17–9 (8–8 MVC)
Head coach	Tay Baker;
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse

1968–69 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Drake	13	–	3	.813	26	–	5	.839
No. 15 Louisville	13	–	3	.813	21	–	6	.778
Tulsa	11	–	5	.688	19	–	8	.704
	8	–	8	.500	17	–	9	.654
North Texas State	8	–	8	.500	15	–	10	.600
Bradley	7	–	9	.438	14	–	12	.538
Wichita State	7	–	9	.438	11	–	15	.423
Saint Louis	5	–	11	.313	6	–	20	.231
Memphis State	0	–	16	.000	6	–	19	.240

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1968–69 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1968–69 NCAA men's basketball season.

Missouri Valley Conference standings

#	Team	Conference	Pct.	Overall	Pct.
1	Drake	13–3	.813	26–5	.839
2	Louisville	13–3	.813	21–6	.778
3	Tulsa	11–5	.688	19–8	.704
4	Cincinnati	8–8	.500	17–9	.654
5	North Texas State	8–8	.500	15–10	.600
6	Bradley	7–9	.438	14–12	.539
7	Wichita State	7–9	.438	11–15	.423
8	Saint Louis	5–11	.313	6–19	.240
9	Memphis State	0–16	.000	6–19	.240

Roster

1968–69 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	11	Jim Ard	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Markham, Illinois
F	35	Rick Roberson	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Memphis, Tennessee

Head coach

Tay Baker

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*	South Dakota	W 84–62	1–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
December 2*	Kansas State	W 86–70	2–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
December 6*	North Dakota State	W 83–54	3–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
December 14*	at Miami (OH)	W 56–48	4–0	Millett Hall
December 16*	at USC	L 68–83	4–1	Los Angeles Sports Arena Los Angeles, California
December 18*	at California	W 71–70	5–1	Harmon Gym
December 20*	at Stanford	W 60–49	6–1	Maples Pavilion Stanford, California
December 28	North Texas	W 74–62	7–1 (1–0)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
January 2	at Tulsa	L 50–57	7–2 (1–1)	Expo Square Pavilion
January 4	at Wichita State	L 66–67	7–3 (1–2)	Levitt Arena
January 8*	Xavier	W 52–50	8–3 (1–2)	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio
January 11	Louisville	W 87–75	9–3 (2–2)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
January 14	Drake	L 64–69	9–4 (2–3)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
January 18*	NOH Michigan	W 106–59	10–4 (2–3)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
January 25	Memphis	W 62–53	11–4 (3–3)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
January 28	at Bradley	W 82–62	12–4 (4–3)	Robertson Memorial Field House
February 1	at St. Louis	W 96–72	13–4 (5–3)	St. Louis Arena
February 6	at North Texas	L 74–94	13–5 (5–4)	North Texas Men's Gym
February 8	at Memphis	W 69–47	14–5 (6–4)	Mid-South Coliseum
February 13	Wichita State	L 73–75	14–6 (6–5)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
February 15	No. 7 Tulsa	W 76–63	15–6 (7–5)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
February 19*	Dayton	W 96–60	16–6 (8–5)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
February 22	at No. 13 Louisville	L 68–72	16–7 (8–6)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
February 25	at Drake	L 68–85	16–8 (8–7)	Veterans Memorial Auditorium
March 4	Bradley	L 61–64	16–9 (8–8)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
March 8	St. Louis	W 94–63	17–9 (9–8)	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "1968-69 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2022.
^ "1968–69 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ 2008-09 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Sep-7.

[1] "1968-69 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference. Retrieved April 16, 2022.

[2] "1968–69 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[3] 2008-09 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Sep-7.

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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 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