1943–44 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

1943–44 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1943–44 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	6–5
Head coach	Bob Reuss (1st season);
Home arena	Schmidlapp Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1942–43 1944–45 →

The 1943–44 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1943–44 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Bob Reuss, coaching his first season with the Bearcats. The team finished with an overall record of 6–5.^[1]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 11	at Wilmington	W 49–34	1–0	Wilmington, OH
December 18	at Kentucky	L 30–58	1–1	Alumni Gymnasium Lexington, KY
January 10	at Wilmington	W 46–21	2–1	Wilmington, OH
January 15	at Ohio	W 41–40	3–1	Men's Gymnasium Athens, OH
January 22	at Marshall	L 49–55	3–2	Huntington, WV
January 28	at Miami (OH)	L 52–66	3–3	Withrow Court Oxford, OH
January 31	at Wright Field	W 71–32	4–3
February 5	Ohio	L 32–34	4–4	Schmidlapp Gymnasium Cincinnati, OH
February 12	at Kentucky	L 34–38	4–5	Schmidlapp Gymnasium Cincinnati, OH
February 16	Marshall	W 65–37	5–5	Schmidlapp Gymnasium Cincinnati, OH
February 19	Wright Field	W 28–23	6–5	Schmidlapp Gymnasium Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[edit]

^ "1943–44 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
^ "2016–17 Cincinnati Bearcats Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2019.

[1] "1943–44 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.

[2] "2016–17 Cincinnati Bearcats Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2019.

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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