1977–78 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

1977–78 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1977–78 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference	Metro Conference
Record	17–10 (6–6 Metro)
Head coach	Gale Catlett;
Home arena	Riverfront Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1976–77 1978–79 ⊟

The 1977–78 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1977–78 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats were led by head coach Gale Catlett, as members of the Metro Conference.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 26*		Akron	W 91–81	1–0	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 1*		North Carolina A&T	W 58–57	2–0	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 3*		Biscayne	W 77–62	3–0	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 6*	No. 7	Miami (OH)	W 61–60	4–0	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 12*		Eastern Kentucky	W 73–58	5–0	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 17*		at North Carolina	L 59–67	5–1	Greensboro Coliseum
December 21*		Austin Peay	W 81–67	6–1	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
December 27		Florida State	W 77–75	7–1 (1–0)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 2		Georgia Tech	L 56–59	7–2 (1–1)	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, Georgia
January 4		at Tulane	W 102–67	8–2 (2–1)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
January 7		Louisville	L 75–78	8–3 (2–2)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 10		St. Louis	W 66–55	9–3 (3–2)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 14		at Memphis State	L 63–67	9–4 (3–3)	Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee
January 17		at Florida State	L 66–76	9–5 (3–4)	Tully Gymnasium Tallahassee, Florida
January 21		Memphis State	L 76–83	9–6 (3–5)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 23*		Pittsburgh	W 87–80	10–6 (3–5)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
January 30		Tulane	W 70–63	11–6 (4–5)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
February 2*		at St. John’s	L 66–75	11–7 (4–5)	Madison Square Garden New York, NY
February 4		at Louisville	L 76–83	11–8 (4–6)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
February 9		Georgia Tech	W 75–67	12–8 (5–6)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
February 11*		at Dayton	W 42–40	13–8 (5–6)	University of Dayton Arena Dayton, Ohio
February 13*		Xavier	W 59–54	14–8 (5–6)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
February 15		at St. Louis	W 80–62	15–8 (6–6)	Kiel Auditorium St. Louis, Missouri
February 18*		at Marquette	L 45–57	15–9 (6–6)	MECCA Arena Milwaukee, Wisconsin
February 24*		West Virginia	W 96–80	16–9 (6–6)	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio
February 26*		at Duquesne	W 72–64	17–9 (6–6)	Civic Arena Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Metro Tournament
March 2		Georgia Tech	L 38–39	17–10 (6–6)	Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Players selected in NBA drafts

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
3	59	Pat Cummings	Milwaukee Bucks
4	85	Bob Miller	Phoenix Suns

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References

^ "1977–78 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
^ 2008-09 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Sep-7.
^ "Draft Picks from Cincinnati".

[1] "1977–78 Cincinnati Bearcats Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.

[2] 2008-09 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball media guide. Retrieved 2019-Sep-7.

[3] "Draft Picks from Cincinnati".

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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	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
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