1959–60 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

1959–60 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1959–60 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
MVC champion
NCAA Tournament, Third Place
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 1
1959–60 record	28–2 (13–1 MVC)
Head coach	George Smith
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse

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[3]

NBA Draft

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

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References

sports-reference.com 1959-60 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
"RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1960%5B%5D

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[1] sports-reference.com 1959-60 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

[2] "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More".

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] ttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1960%5B%5D

1959–60 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
	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 State	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	1	–	13	.071	7	–	19	.269

Rankings from AP Poll[1]

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 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 1999–2000 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
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics