Armory Fieldhouse is an on-campus facility located at the

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

. It was built in 1954 to replace the old Schmidlapp Gymnasium, and originally was used as the home for the Bearcats men's basketball team, who opened the building with a 97–65 win over

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on December 18, 1954. It was the home of the team for their two

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titles in 1961 and 1962, as well as the site where UC great

Oscar Robertson Oscar Palmer Robertson (born November 24, 1938), nicknamed "the Big O", is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cincinnati Royals and Milwaukee Bucks in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Robertson playe ...

broke the NCAA career scoring record on February 6, 1960, versus

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. From December 6, 1957, the first home game of the season, to December 7, 1963, when they lost to Kansas, the team went undefeated in the building, a streak of 72 games. During that time, they won every home game played at the Cincinnati Gardens, for an overall streak of 90 straight home wins. The team's final game at the arena was February 14, 1976, a 60–45 win over

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. From 1976 until the opening of the Shoemaker Center (now Fifth Third Arena) in 1989, the team played all their home games off-campus at the

Riverfront Coliseum Heritage Bank Center is an indoor arena located in downtown Cincinnati, next to the Great American Ball Park. It was completed in September 1975 and named Riverfront Coliseum because of its placement next to Riverfront Stadium. In 1997, the fac ...

and

Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati Gardens was an indoor arena located in Cincinnati, Ohio, that opened in 1949. The 25,000 square foot (2,300 m²) brick and limestone building at 2250 Seymour Avenue in Bond Hill had a entrance that was decorated with six three-dimens ...

. The building was remodeled in the 1980s to become a recreation center for the campus. It is located directly to the north of the

Fifth Third Arena Fifth Third Arena is an indoor arena in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The arena opened in 1989 and is located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. It primarily serves as the home venue for the Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball, wo ...

, located in (and formerly known as) the Shoemaker Center.

Notable concerts

The

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played there on April 3, 1970.

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performed there on 3/8/73, just 7 days after "Dark Side of the Moon" was released, though they had already performed the album at the Cincinnati Music Hall on 4/23/72.

External links

2005-06 Men's Basketball Guide at UCBearcats.com
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