Topic summary
Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1st season, 0–0 (–)
(capacity: 12,012)
GMC: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995
C-USA: 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004
AAC: 2018, 2019
MAC: 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951
MVC: 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966
GMC: 1992, 1993
C-USA: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004
AAC: 2014, 2018, 2020
The Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball program represents the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school's team competes in NCAA Division I as part of the Big 12 Conference, and are coached by Jerrod Calhoun.
With over 1800 all-time wins, the Bearcats are the 12th winningest basketball program of all time. The school's merits include 2 National Titles, 6 Final Fours, and 33 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament appearances, including 5 consecutive appearances in the Final Four from 1959 to 1963, and 3 consecutive appearances from 1961–1963, the first school to accomplish both feats. As of 2026, Cincinnati had an all-time tournament record of 46–32. 42 All-American honors have been issued to Bearcats, while 39 Bearcat players have gone on to play in the NBA.
Cincinnati has played its home games at Fifth Third Arena since 1989, which received an $87 million renovation for the 2018 season. Cincinnati has been a member of nine athletic conferences in their history. They were members of the original Big East Conference from 2005 to 2013, and remained in conference when it was rebranded as the American Athletic Conference (AAC), during realignment. Cincinnati joined their current conference, the Big 12, in 2023.