1962–63 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

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

1962–63 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
MVC champions NCAA tournament, runner-up
National Championship Game, L 58-60OT vs. Loyola-Chicago
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
No. 5 Wichita Municipal	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 State	4	–	8		.333			10	–	14		.417
Drake	3	–	9		.250			11	–	14		.440
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

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

Main article: 1962–63 NCAA University Division men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

NBA draft

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

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