1916–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

1916–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
1916–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	3–8 (3–8 OAC)
Head coach	Ion Cortright (1st season);
Captain	Howard Justice
Home arena	Schmidlapp Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1915–16 1917–18 →

1916–17 NCAA men's basketball independents standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Navy		–		–	11	–	0	1.000
Montana State		–		–	20	–	2	.909
Louisiana State		–		–	20	–	2	.909
Canisius		–		–	9	–	1	.900
Creighton		–		–	18	–	2	.900
Virginia Tech		–		–	17	–	2	.895
Georgia		–		–	8	–	1	.889
North Dakota		–		–	8	–	1	.889
Brigham Young		–		–	14	–	2	.875
The Citadel		–		–	6	–	1	.857
Penn State		–		–	12	–	2	.857
Arizona		–		–	10	–	2	.833
Trinity		–		–	20	–	4	.833
Seton Hall		–		–	13	–	3	.813
Syracuse		–		–	13	–	3	.813
Clemson		–		–	8	–	2	.800
Colgate		–		–	15	–	4	.789
Lehigh		–		–	15	–	4	.789
Indiana State		–		–	13	–	4	.765
Oklahoma State		–		–	11	–	4	.733
Dayton		–		–	8	–	3	.727
Duquesne		–		–	7	–	3	.700
Michigan State		–		–	11	–	5	.688
Boston		–		–	6	–	3	.667
Georgetown		–		–	8	–	4	.667
Pittsburgh		–		–	12	–	6	.667
Tennessee		–		–	10	–	5	.667
Bradley		–		–	10	–	6	.625
Oklahoma		–		–	13	–	8	.619
Notre Dame		–		–	8	–	5	.615
Ole Miss		–		–	11	–	7	.611
Wake Forest		–		–	9	–	6	.600
Virginia		–		–	7	–	5	.583
St. John's (NY)		–		–	11	–	8	.579
North Carolina		–		–	5	–	4	.556
North Carolina State		–		–	10	–	8	.556
Butler		–		–	7	–	6	.538
Temple		–		–	10	–	9	.526
Auburn		–		–	2	–	2	.500
Idaho		–		–	8	–	8	.500
Utah		–		–	3	–	3	.500
West Virginia		–		–	8	–	8	.500
Wyoming		–		–	4	–	4	.500
Manhattan		–		–	7	–	8	.467
South Carolina		–		–	7	–	8	.467
Rutgers		–		–	4	–	5	.444
Alabama		–		–	6	–	8	.429
Buffalo		–		–	6	–	8	.429
Connecticut		–		–	4	–	6	.400
Kentucky		–		–	4	–	6	.400
Southern California		–		–	8	–	12	.400
William & Mary		–		–	4	–	9	.308
Niagara		–		–	2	–	5	.286
Army		–		–	3	–	8	.273
Cincinnati		–		–	3	–	8	.273
Vanderbilt		–		–	3	–	8	.273
Montana		–		–	4	–	11	.267
Texas Christian		–		–	2	–	6	.250
Wichita State		–		–	2	–	11	.154
Ohio		–		–	2	–	14	.125
Arizona State		–		–	0	–	1	.000


Rankings from AP Poll

The 1916–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1916–17 college men's basketball season. The head coach was Ion Courtwright, coaching his first season with the Bearcats.^[1]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
January 13	Ohio Northern	W 33–20	1–0	Schmidlapp Gymnasium Cincinnati, OH
January 19	at Denison	L 18–39	1–1	Granville, OH
January 20	at Otterbein	L 33–35	1–2	Westerville, OH
January 27	Kenyon	L 29–44	1–3	Schmidlapp Gymnasium Cincinnati, OH
February 3	at Miami (OH)	L 24–37	1–4	Oxford, OH
February 10	Mount Union	L 33–34	1–5	Schmidlapp Gymnasium Cincinnati, OH
February 16	at Wittenberg	L 30–37	1–6	Springfield, OH
February 17	at Ohio	W 28–23	2–6	Ohio Gymnasium Athens, OH
February 24	Wittenberg	W 33–29	3–6	Schmidlapp Gymnasium Cincinnati, OH
March 3	Denison	L 26–38	3–7	Oxford, OH
March 6	Miami (OH)	L 9–25	3–8	Schmidlapp Gymnasium Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References[edit]

^ "1916–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
^ "2016–17 Cincinnati Bearcats Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2019.

[1] "1916–17 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved September 16, 2019.

[2] "2016–17 Cincinnati Bearcats Men's Basketball Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 2, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2019.

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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
Seasons	List of seasons 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics