2009–10 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

2009–10 Big East men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Syracuse	15	–	3	.833	30	–	5	.857
No. 6 West Virginia †	13	–	5	.722	31	–	7	.816
No. 9 Villanova	13	–	5	.722	25	–	8	.758
No. 18 Pittsburgh	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Marquette	11	–	7	.611	22	–	12	.647
Louisville	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
No. 14 Georgetown	10	–	8	.556	23	–	11	.676
Notre Dame	10	–	8	.556	23	–	12	.657
South Florida	9	–	9	.500	20	–	13	.606
Seton Hall	9	–	9	.500	19	–	13	.594
Cincinnati	7	–	11	.389	19	–	16	.543
Connecticut	7	–	11	.389	18	–	16	.529
St. John's	6	–	12	.333	17	–	16	.515
Rutgers	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469
Providence	4	–	14	.222	12	–	19	.387
DePaul	1	–	17	.056	8	–	23	.258


† 2010 Big East tournament winner As of April 3, 2010^[1] Rankings from AP Poll

The 2009–10 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played its home games in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Fifth Third Arena, which has a capacity of 13,176. They are members of the Big East Conference. The Bearcats finished the season 19–16, 7–11 in Big East play and advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2010 Big East Men's Basketball Tournament before losing to eventual champion West Virginia. They were invited to the 2010 National Invitation Tournament where they advanced to the second round before falling to Dayton.

2009-10 schedule and results

Source^[2]

All times are Eastern

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/5/2009* 7:30pm		Saginaw Valley State	W 86–58		Fifth Third Arena (6,558) Cincinnati, OH
11/12/2009* 7:30pm		Bellarmine	W 76–69		Fifth Third Arena (6,653) Cincinnati, OH
Regular Season
11/16/2009* 7:30pm		Prairie View A&M	W 69–62	1–0	Fifth Third Arena (6,777) Cincinnati, OH
11/18/2009* 7:30pm, FS Ohio		Toledo	W 92–68	2–0	Fifth Third Arena (7,010) Cincinnati, OH
11/23/2009* 5:30pm, ESPN2		vs. No. 24 Vanderbilt Maui Invitational	W 67–58	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI
11/24/2009* 7:00pm, ESPN		vs. No. 21 Maryland Maui Invitational	W 69–57	4–0	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI
11/25/2009* 10:00pm, ESPN		vs. Gonzaga Maui Invitational	W 61–59 ^OT	4–1	Lahaina Civic Center (2,400) Maui, HI
12/1/2009* 7:30pm, FS Ohio	No. 22	Texas Southern	W 94–57	5–1	Fifth Third Arena (6,825) Cincinnati, OH
12/10/2009* 8:30pm, ESPN2	No. 19	Miami (OH)	W 63–59	6–1	U.S. Bank Arena (6,280) Cincinnati, OH
12/13/2009* 7:00pm, ESPNU	No. 19	at Xavier	W 83–79 ^2OT	6–2	Cintas Center (10,250) Cincinnati, OH
12/16/2009* 7:00pm, CBSCS	No. 25	at UAB	W 64–47	6–3	Bartow Arena (6,939) Birmingham, AL
12/19/2009* 2:00pm, FS Ohio	No. 25	Lipscomb	W 80–52	7–3	Fifth Third Arena (6,647) Cincinnati, OH
12/22/2009* 7:30pm, FS Ohio		Winthrop	W 74–57	8–3	Fifth Third Arena (7,292) Cincinnati, OH
12/30/2009 7:00pm, ESPNU		No. 10 Connecticut	W 71–69	9–3 (1–0)	Fifth Third Arena (10,409) Cincinnati, OH
1/2/2010 8:00pm, FS Ohio		at Rutgers	W 65–58	10–3 (2–0)	The RAC (5,651) Piscataway, NJ
1/4/2010 7:00pm, ESPN		No. 23 Pittsburgh	W 71–69	10–4 (2–1)	Fifth Third Arena (8,699) Cincinnati, OH
1/6/2010* 7:30pm, FS Ohio		Cal State Bakersfield	W 87–58	11–4 (2–1)	Fifth Third Arena (7,168) Cincinnati, OH
1/9/2010 6:00pm, FS Ohio		at Seton Hall	W 83–76	11–5 (2–2)	Prudential Center (7,551) Newark, NJ
1/13/2010 6:00pm, ESPNU		at St. John's	W 52–50	11–6 (2–3)	Madison Square Garden (7,040) New York, NY
1/16/2010 4:00pm, ESPNU		Notre Dame	W 60–58	12–6 (3–3)	Fifth Third Arena (11,589) Cincinnati, OH
1/20/2010 7:00pm, ESPN2		South Florida	W 78–70	13–6 (4–3)	Fifth Third Arena (7,306) Cincinnati, OH
1/24/2010 12:00pm, FS Ohio		at Louisville	W 68–60	13–7 (4–4)	Freedom Hall (18,617) Louisville, KY
1/30/2010 8:00pm, ESPNU		Providence	W 92–88	14–7 (5–4)	Fifth Third Arena (10,045) Cincinnati, OH
2/4/2010 9:00pm, ESPN2		at Notre Dame	W 83–65	14–8 (5–5)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,530) Notre Dame, IN
2/7/2010 2:00pm, FS Ohio		No. 3 Syracuse	W 71–54	14–9 (5–6)	Fifth Third Arena (11,045) Cincinnati, OH
2/13/2010 12:00pm, WKRC		at Connecticut	W 60–48	15–9 (6–6)	XL Center (14,605) Hartford, CT
2/16/2010 7:00pm, ESPNU		at South Florida	W 65–57	15–10 (6–7)	Sun Dome (6,607) Tampa, FL
2/21/2010 2:00pm, FS Ohio		Marquette	W 79–76 ^OT	15–11 (6–8)	Fifth Third Arena (10,192) Cincinnati, OH
2/24/2010 7:00pm, FS Ohio		DePaul	W 74–69	16–11 (7–8)	Fifth Third Arena (8,111) Cincinnati, OH
2/27/2010 2:00pm, WKRC		at No. 8 West Virginia	W 74–68	16–12 (7–9)	WVU Coliseum (12,598) Morgantown, WV
3/2/2010 7:00pm, ESPN2		No. 9 Villanova	W 77–73	16–13 (7–10)	Fifth Third Arena (11,076) Cincinnati, OH
3/6/2010 12:00pm, ESPN		at No. 19 Georgetown	W 74–47	16–14 (7–11)	Verizon Center (17,054) Washington, DC
Big East Tournament
3/9/2010 9:30pm, ESPNU		vs. Rutgers First Round	W 69–68	17–14	Madison Square Garden (19,375) New York, NY
3/10/2010 9:30pm, ESPN		vs. Louisville Second Round	W 69–66	18–14	Madison Square Garden (19,375) New York, NY
3/11/2010 9:30pm, ESPN		vs. No. 7 West Virginia Quarterfinals	W 54–51	18–15	Madison Square Garden (19,375) New York, NY
2010 National Invitation Tournament
3/17/2010* 7:00pm, ESPN2		Weber State First round	W 76–62	19–15	Fifth Third Arena (2,410) Cincinnati, OH
3/22/2010* 9:00pm, ESPN		Dayton Second round	W 81–66	19–16	Fifth Third Arena (6,479) Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking Movement	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
USA Today/ESPN Coaches			24	19	RV
Associated Press			22	19	25

^{1 - Note that rankings above 25 are not official rankings. They are representations of ranking based on the number of points received in the weekly poll.}

References

^ "Big East Conference Standings - 2009-10." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-25-10.
^ "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[standings-1] "Big East Conference Standings - 2009-10." ESPN.com. Retrieved 03-25-10.

[schedule-2] "2009-10 Schedule". Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-14. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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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
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NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics