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- The University of Cincinnati hosted one of the first night football games in the country in '23.
- George Smith, captain of the '43 football Bearcats, wore a device to protect a facial injury, the forerunner of the face mask on football helmets.
- In '61, the Bearcats' Hendrik "Henk" Hartong became college football's first soccer-style kicker.
- Cincinnati
became the first school to make five consecutive appearances
in the Final Four of the NCAA tournament, '59-63.
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- UC's 61-percent graduation rate for student-athletes exceeds both the national
average for Division 1 programs, as well as the university's graduation
rates for all students.
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A total of 138 student athletes in 2002 were named to the C-USA Commissioner's
Honor Roll.
- Six
members of the '02-03 men's basketball team were named to the
C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll. Tony Bobbitt, Eric Hicks, Armein Kirkland,
Kareem Johnson, Jamaal Lucas and Chadd Moore posted GPAs of 3.0 or higher. UC
tied St. Louis for placing the most players on the honor roll. Cincinnati also
had the highest men's basketball team GPA for '01-02. In addition,
the NCAA Graduation Rate Report lists UC with a 100 percent graduation rate in
men's basketball for the entering class of '95-96.
- UC
football was recognized for the second year in a row for its
outstanding graduation rate. UC was one of only 31 Division
1 schools to boast a graduation rate of
70 percent for the class that entered UC in the '97-98 academic year. Cincinnati's
72.4 percent graduation rate far exceeds the national average
of 59 percent for Division 1-A football programs.
- U.S.
News and World Report ranked UC as fifth best in '02
for providing athletic opportunities for women.
BEARCAT
OVERVIEW
The
University of Cincinnati's 18 different varsity athletic teams
are made up of about 500 student-athletes, who currently compete
in Conference USA. Together, the teams wrapped up another impressive
year in 2002-03 as UC won the women's C-USA soccer tournament
and was co-champ of C-USA football. The football squad also competed
in its third straight bowl game. Nevertheless, even those accomplishments
were not on par with the previous season when Bearcat athletes brought
home seven conference championship trophies.
Perhaps the biggest disappointment was UC Men's Basketball, which finished
17-12, breaking a streak of seven 25-win seasons and seven straight years as
conference champs. There is good reason, however, to expect the nationally renowned
program to return to its winning ways. The men's recruiting class has been
rated as high as No. 3 nationally.
 Sophomore Cristina Reyes won 18 singles titles as a freshman in 2002. photo/Andrew Higley |
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