1962–63 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

1962–63 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1962–63 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
MVC champions
NCAA tournament, runner-up
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
Record	26–2 (11–1 MVC)
Head coach	Ed Jucker (3rd season);
Home arena	Armory Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 1961–62 1963–64 →

1962–63 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Cincinnati	11	–	1	.917	26	–	2	.929
Wichita State	7	–	5	.583	19	–	8	.704
Bradley	6	–	6	.500	17	–	9	.654
Saint Louis	6	–	6	.500	16	–	12	.571
Tulsa	5	–	7	.417	17	–	8	.680
North Texas	4	–	8	.333	10	–	14	.417
Drake	3	–	9	.250	11	–	14	.440

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1962–63 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati. The team's head coach was Ed Jucker.

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
December 3, 1962*	No. 1	Virginia	W 91–42	1–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
December 5, 1962*	No. 1	Miami (OH)	W 58–36	2–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
December 8, 1962*	No. 1	George Washington	W 86–59	3–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
December 14, 1962*	No. 1	at Kansas State	W 75–61	4–0	Ahearn Field House Manhattan, KS
December 15, 1962*	No. 1	at Kansas	W 64–49	5–0	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
December 20, 1962*	No. 1	Dayton	W 44–37	6–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
December 22, 1962*	No. 1	Davidson	W 72–46	7–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
December 29, 1962*	No. 1	Ohio	W 73–43	8–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
January 2, 1963*	No. 1	Houston	W 79–56	9–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
January 5, 1963	No. 1	No. 8 Wichita State	W 63–50	10–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
January 10, 1963	No. 1	at North Texas	W 78–58	11–0	North Texas Men's Gym Denton, TX
January 12, 1963	No. 1	at Tulsa	W 67–57	12–0	Expo Square Pavilion Tulsa, OK
January 17, 1963	No. 1	at Bradley	W 52–46	13–0	Robertson Memorial Field House Peoria, IL
January 26, 1963*	No. 1	at No. 3 Illinois	W 62–53	14–0	Huff Hall Champaign, IL
January 31, 1963	No. 1	Drake	W 65–60	15–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
February 2, 1963	No. 1	Saint Louis	W 70–40	16–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
February 4, 1963	No. 1	at Drake	W 71–60	17–0	Veterans Memorial Auditorium Des Moines, IA
February 9, 1963	No. 1	Bradley	W 65–61	18–0	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
February 16, 1963	No. 1	Wichita State	L 64–65	18–1	Levitt Arena Wichita, KS
February 21, 1963	No. 1	North Texas	W 91–61	19–1	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
February 23, 1963	No. 1	Tulsa	W 55–54	20–1	Armory Fieldhouse Cincinnati, OH
February 26, 1963*	No. 1	Xavier Crosstown Shootout	W 72–61	21–1	Cincinnati Gardens^[2] Cincinnati, OH
March 2, 1963	No. 1	at Saint Louis	W 66–52	22–1	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO
NCAA tournament
March 15, 1963*	No. 1	vs. Texas	W 73–68	23–1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 16, 1963*	No. 1	vs. No. 10 Colorado	W 67–60	24–1	Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 22, 1963*	No. 1	vs. Oregon State	W 80–46	25–1	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
March 23, 1963*	No. 1	vs. No. 3 Loyola–Chicago	L 58–60	25–2	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

NBA draft[edit]

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	5	Tom Thacker and Jimmy McIntosh	Cincinnati Royals

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References[edit]

^ sports-reference.com 1962-63 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary
^ "Complete Crosstown Shootout Guide". Xavier University. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ "1962–3 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
^ "1963 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2009.

[1] sports-reference.com 1962-63 Missouri Valley Conference Season Summary

[2] "Complete Crosstown Shootout Guide". Xavier University. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[3] "1962–3 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved June 21, 2023.

[4] "1963 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 18, 2010. Retrieved April 24, 2009.

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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	List of 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