1958–59 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1958–59 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Missouri Valley Conference Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Third Place
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#4
AP	#5
1958–59 record	26–4 ( MVC)
Head coach	George Smith
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse
« 1957–58	1959–60 »

The 1958–59 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 92–66. The match was held at the Cincinnati Gardens.

NCAA basketball tournament

Midwest
- Cincinnati 77, Texas Christian 73
- Cincinnati 85, Kansas State 75
Final Four
- California 64, Cincinnati 58
Third Place Game
- Cincinnati 98, Louisville 85

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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
3	17	Mike Mendenhall	Cincinnati Royals

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References

[1] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1959

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

[3] ttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1959

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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

1958–59 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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