1976–77 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team
The 1976–77 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 1976-77 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats were led by head coach Gale Catlett, as members of the Metro Conference.[1] They finished the season 25–5, 4–2 in Metro play, finishing in second place.[1] They defeated St. Louis, Memphis State, and Georgia Tech to win the Metro Tournament for the second consecutive year, and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.[1] They lost 66–51 to national champions Marquette.[2]
1976–77 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball | |
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Metro Tournament champions | |
NCAA Tournament, Round of 32 | |
Conference | Metro Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 12 |
1976–77 record | 25-5 (4-2 Metro) |
Head coach | |
Home arena | Riverfront Coliseum |
1976–77 Metro Conference men's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 6 | – | 1 | .857 | 21 | – | 7 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati † | 4 | – | 2 | .667 | 25 | – | 5 | .833 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 13 | – | 10 | .565 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tulane | 3 | – | 3 | .500 | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Memphis | 3 | – | 4 | .429 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 1 | – | 5 | .167 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 0 | – | 2 | .000 | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1977 Metro Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Previous season
The Bearcats finished the 1975–76 season 25–6, 2–1 in Metro play to win the regular season championship. As the number 1 seer, they defeated Georgia Tech and Memphis State to win the Metro Tournament and received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.[3] They lost 79–78 to Notre Dame in the first round of the Midwest region.[4]
Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
December 4, 1976* |
South Florida | W 103–69 | 1–0 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
December 8, 1976* |
Bowling Green State | W 67–63 | 2–0 |
Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH | |||||||
December 15, 1976* |
Miami (OH) | W 79–68 | 3–0 |
Millett Hall Oxford, OH | |||||||
December 18, 1976 |
St. Louis | W 86–53 | 4–0 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
December 29, 1976* |
South Carolina | W 79–62 | 5–0 |
Neutral | |||||||
December 30, 1976* |
Indiana | W 52–43 | 6–0 |
Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA | |||||||
January 5, 1977* |
Temple | W 61–46 | 7–0 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 12, 1977* |
Dayton | W 84–61 | 8–0 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 16, 1977 |
St. Louis | W 54–52 | 9–0 |
Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, MO | |||||||
January 19, 1977 |
No. 12 | Louisville | L 77-83 | 9–1 |
Freedom Hall Louisville, KY | ||||||
January 22, 1977 |
Tulane | L 75-78 | 9–2 |
Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, LA | |||||||
January 26, 1977* |
Wichita State | W 68-60 | 10–2 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 29, 1977* |
Duquesne | W 83-65 | 11–2 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
January 31, 1977 |
No. 20 | Memphis | W 88-82 | 12–2 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
February 2, 1977* |
Pittsburgh | L 64-65 | 12–3 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 6, 1977* |
No. 6 | Marquette | W 63-62 | 13–3 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | ||||||
February 9, 1977* |
Eastern Kentucky | W 78-60 | 14–3 |
McBrayer Arena Richmond, KY | |||||||
February 12, 1977 |
Georgia Tech | W 84-73 | 15–3 |
Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
February 19, 1977* |
Rutgers | L 70-89 | 16–4 |
College Avenue Gymnasium New Brunswick, NJ | |||||||
February 26, 1977* |
Jacksonville | W 78-61 | 17–4 |
Jacksonville Memorial Coliseum Jacksonville, FL | |||||||
Metro Conference Tournament | |||||||||||
March 3, 1977 |
(2) | vs. (6) Saint Louis Quarterfinals |
W 76–68 | 18–4 |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN | ||||||
March 4, 1977 |
(2) | vs. (5) Memphis State Semifinals |
W 68–67 | 19–4 |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN | ||||||
March 5, 1977 |
(2) | vs. (3) Georgia Tech Final |
W 74–61 | 20–4 |
Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, TN | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
March 12, 1977* |
vs. Marquette First Round |
W 66–51 | 20–5 |
Myriad Convention Center Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=South. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
Week | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final | ||||
AP | NR | 12 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 11 | NR |
References
- "1976-77 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- "Marquette vs. Cincinnati Box Score, March 12, 1977". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- "1975-76 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- "Notre Dame vs. Cincinnati Box Score, March 13, 1976". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-07-09.
- "1976-77 Cincinnati Bearcats Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-07-09.