1968–69 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

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

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
Cincinnati	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

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	Rank#	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.