The 1961–62 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati won the Missouri Valley Conference regular season title and defended its national championship with a 71–59 defeat of top-ranked in-state foe Ohio State again before 18,469 at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.Joseph M. Sheehan, Ohio State Bows, Bearcats Win, 71-59, for 2d N.C.A.A. Title -- Hogue Is Star, New York Times, March 24, 1962 The head coach was Ed Jucker.
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Awards and honors All-American USBWA First Team: Paul Hogue NABC, NEA Second Team: Paul Hogue AP, NEA Third Team: Paul Hogue
National honors Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year: Paul Hogue
Missouri Valley Conference honors All-MVC Paul Hogue Tom Thacker Ron Bonham
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NBA draft 1 2 Paul Hogue New York Knicks
In the spring of 1962, Cleveland Pipers owner George Steinbrenner signed Jerry Lucas to a player-management contract worth forty thousand dollars.Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.42, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, With the Lucas signing, Steinbrenner had a secret deal with NBA commissioner Maurice Podoloff. The Pipers would merge with the Kansas City Steers and join the NBA. A schedule was printed for the 1963–64 NBA season with the Pipers playing the New York Knicks in the first game.Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball, p.42, Bill Madden, Harper Collins Publishing, New York, 2010, Steinbrenner and partner George McKean fell behind in payments to the NBA and the deal was cancelled.
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