1997–98_Cincinnati_Bearcats_men's_basketball_team

1997–98 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1997–98 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference USA regular season champions; Conference USA tournament champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Conference USA
	American
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 9
Record	27–6 (14–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Bob Huggins (9th season);
Assistant coach	Mick Cronin (2nd season)
Home arena	Myrl Shoemaker Center
	Seasons ← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 1997–98 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati as a member of Conference USA during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bob Huggins, serving in his 9th year at the school. The team won regular season and Conference USA tournament titles to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 2 seed in the West region. After an opening round victory over Northern Arizona, Cincinnati was upset in the second round by West Virginia, 75–74.^[2] The Bearcats finished with a 27–6 record (14–2 C-USA).

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular Season
Nov 17, 1997*		Detroit	W 76–66	1–0	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Nov 19, 1997*		Arizona State	L 79–87	1–1	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Nov 30, 1997*		Morehead State	W 87–57	2–1	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 3, 1997*		Alcorn State	W 90–76	3–1	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 6, 1997*		Wright State	W 85–60	4–1	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 13, 1997*		at No. 7 Xavier	L 68–88	4–2	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 17, 1997*		Minnesota	W 81–71	5–2	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 20, 1997*		Eastern Kentucky	W 106–53	6–2	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 27, 1997*		vs. UMass Gatorade Rock 'n Roll Shootout	W 74–66 ^OT	7–2	Gund Arena (12,324) Cleveland, Ohio
Dec 30, 1997*		Winthrop	W 79–36	8–2	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 4, 1998		at Houston	W 81–68	9–2 (1–0)	Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, Texas
Jan 8, 1998		Memphis	W 61–54	10–2 (2–0)	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 11, 1998		No. 20 Marquette	W 68–51	11–2 (3–0)	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 15, 1998		Southern Miss	W 77–61	12–2 (4–0)	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 18, 1998		at Louisville	W 71–57	13–2 (5–0)	Freedom Hall Louisville, Kentucky
Jan 20, 1998	No. 21	at Tulane	W 60–50	14–2 (6–0)	Avron B. Fogelman Arena New Orleans, Louisiana
Jan 22, 1998	No. 21	at Marquette	L 63–66 ^OT	14–3 (6–1)	Bradley Center Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Jan 25, 1998*	No. 21	No. 22 Rhode Island	W 88–82	15–3	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Jan 29, 1998		Louisville	W 67–61	16–3 (7–1)	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Feb 1, 1998*		at No. 13 South Carolina	L 65–67	16–4	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, South Carolina
Feb 5, 1998		at DePaul	W 109–73	17–4 (8–1)	Rosemont Horizon Rosemont, Illinois
Conference USA Tournament
Mar 5, 1998*	(1) No. 14	(9) Louisville Quarterfinals	W 64–50	24–5	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Mar 6, 1998*	(1) No. 14	(4) UAB Semifinals	W 100–85	25–5	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
Mar 7, 1998*	(1) No. 14	(2) Charlotte Championship Game	W 71–57	26–5	Myrl Shoemaker Center Cincinnati, Ohio
NCAA Tournament
Mar 12, 1998*	(2 W) No. 9	vs. (15 W) Northern Arizona First Round	W 65–62^[4]	27–5	BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho
Mar 14, 1998*	(2 W) No. 9	vs. (10 W) West Virginia Second Round	L 74–75	27–6	BSU Pavilion Boise, Idaho
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. W=West.

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1997–98_Cincinnati_Bearcats_men's_basketball_team

1997–98 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

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1997–98 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference USA regular season champions Conference USA tournament champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Conference USA
Division	American
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 9
Record	27–6 (14–2 C-USA)
Head coach	Bob Huggins (9th season)
Assistant coach	Mick Cronin (2nd season)
Home arena	Myrl Shoemaker Center
Seasons ← 1996–97 1998–99 →

v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
American
No. 9 Cincinnati †	14	–	2	.875	27	–	6	.818
UNC Charlotte	13	–	3	.813	20	–	11	.645
Saint Louis	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
Marquette	8	–	8	.500	20	–	11	.645
Louisville	5	–	11	.313	12	–	20	.375
DePaul	3	–	13	.188	7	–	23	.233
National
Memphis	12	–	4	.750	17	–	12	.586
UAB	10	–	6	.625	21	–	12	.636
Southern Miss	9	–	7	.563	22	–	11	.667
South Florida	7	–	9	.438	17	–	13	.567
Houston	2	–	14	.125	9	–	20	.310
Tulane	2	–	14	.125	7	–	22	.241

† 1998 Conference USA Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	21	18	20	19	17	17	14	9	Not released
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	25	20	20	21	18	17	13	11	14