Men's Basketball

University of Cincinnati

- Cincinnati, OH - 45221
Team Office: Tel: (513) 556-5847 Fax: (513) 556-0672
Team website: www.ucbearcats.com/

The University of Cincinnati is a research institution with Carnegie Level 1 status with its medical center receiving high marks. Cinicnnati's co-op program, which permits students to combine on the job experience with classroom instruction, is the second largest in the nation. The university is highly regarded in music, opera, architecture, and interior design. It offers nearly 90 Bachelor and Master degrees and over 60 PhDs. Other majors offered include Nursing, Real Estate, Paralegal, Nuclear Medical Technologist, Judaic Studies, Fire Protection, and Black Studies. US News 2008 report on America's Best Colleges ranked Cincinnati in the third tier among national institutions.

The campus is located in Cincinnati which has a metroplitan area population of nearly 2 million.

School website
www.uc.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public, Co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

34,000

Getting In:

Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 21-27

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$17,000
Out-of-State: ~$32,000

Most Popular Majors

Business - Engineering - Visual and Performing Arts

Misc. Information

Head coach Mick Cronin begins his second season in 2007-08. Cronin took over from Andy Kennedy in 2006-07. (Kennedy served in an interim capacity in 2005-06, taking over from Bob Huggins who was asked to resign.) Cronin has a tough act to follow. Huggin's teams won over 20 games in all but four of his 22 years as a head coach. During the 90's, the Bearcats averaged 25 wins per season and made nine post season appearances. Cronin is widely-recognized as one of the nation's top up-and-coming coaches. He compiled a 69-23 record during his three seasons as head coach at Murray State. Cronin comes back to UC where he began his coaching career in 1997-98 after being promoted from video coordinator to assistant coach. Cronin left UC to become associate head coach and recruiting coordinator at Louisville in 2001-02 before hooking up with Murray State. Cronin earned all-city honors in basketball at LaSalle High where led the city in assists and was second in 3-point field goal percentage in 1989-90. In 2006-07, Cronin's inaugural seaon, the Bearcats went 11-19.

Team Name	Bearcats
Colors	Red and Black
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	1531-887 (.633)

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	11-19	21-13	25-7	127-37 (.774)
Conference	2-14	8-8	12-4	62-18 (.775)
Conf. Finish	11	5	2	1, 3, 1, 1, 1
Post Appear.	n/a	n/a	2nd Rnd	NCAA 5x
Final 25 Rank	NR	NR	#25	3x

Coaches

Head Coach	Mick Cronin
	Birthday: 0000-00-00
Started at Cincinnati	2006-07
Contract Expires	?
Record as Head Coach	80-42 (.655)
Record at Cincinnati	11-19
Coaching Awards	n/a

Asst. Coaches	Larry Davis, Chris Goggin, Tony Stubblefield

Recruiting Coordinator

Larry Davis, (513) 556-0805, Larry.Davis@uc.edu

Conference and Schedule

Cincinnati plays in the Big East (www.bigeast.org) which is now comprised of 17 teams. The Big East currently represents the majority of the large, athletically competitive private Catholic schools. League play, which consists of 16 games, starts after the first of the year. Cincinnati will play three opponents twice, 10 once, and 3 none at all. (This will change in 2007-08; Big East teams will play everyone once and three teams twice.) League games are usually played on Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoons. The season concludes with the Big East tourney with the winner being an automatic qualifier to the NCAA tournament.

Conference Opponents

St. John's, Providence, Villanova, Syracuse, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, Seton Hall, South Florida, Marquette, DePaul, Connecticut, Georgetown, West Virginia, Rutgers, and Louisville

Facilities

Fifth Third Arena
Capacity 13,000, Average attendance 12,000