NCAA Tournament History for Cincinnati

+ indicates wins over a higher seeded team.
- indicates losses to a lower seeded team.

Champ

Runner Up

Final Four

Overall Record: 46-32, 0.590

Year	Conference	Region	Seed
Results
2019	American	South	7
-lost to S 10 Iowa 72-79
2018	American	South	2
beat S 15 Georgia St 68-53 -lost to S 7 Nevada 73-75
2017	American	South	6
beat S 11 Kansas St 75-61 lost to S 3 UCLA 67-79
2016	American	West	9
lost to W 8 St. Joseph's 76-78
2015	American	Midwest	8
beat M 9 Purdue 66-65, OT lost to M 1 Kentucky 51-64
2014	American	East	5
-lost to E 12 Harvard 57-61
2013	Big East	Midwest	10
lost to M 7 Creighton 63-67
2012	Big East	East	6
beat E 11 Texas 65-59 +beat E 3 Florida St 62-56 lost to E 2 Ohio State 66-81
2011	Big East	West	6
beat W 11 Missouri 78-63 lost to W 3 UConn 58-69
2005	Conference USA	South	7
beat S 10 Iowa 76-64 lost to S 2 Kentucky 60-69
2004	Conference USA	South	4
beat S 13 East Tenn St 80-77 -lost to S 5 Illinois 68-92
2003	Conference USA	West	8
-lost to W 9 Gonzaga 69-74
2002	Conference USA	West	1
beat W 16 Boston U 90-52 -lost to W 8 UCLA 101-105, 2 OT
2001	Conference USA	West	5
beat W 12 BYU 84-59 beat W 13 Kent St 66-43 lost to W 1 Stanford 65-78
2000	Conference USA	South	2
beat S 15 UNC Wilmington 64-47 -lost to S 7 Tulsa 61-69
1999	Conference USA	East	3
beat E 14 George Mason 72-48 -lost to E 6 Temple 54-64
1998	Conference USA	West	2
beat W 15 Northern Ariz 65-62 -lost to W 10 West Virginia 74-75
1997	Conference USA	Midwest	3
beat M 14 Butler 86-69 -lost to M 6 Iowa State 66-67
1996	Conference USA	Southeast	2
beat SE 15 UNC Greensboro 66-61 beat SE 7 Temple 78-65 beat SE 3 Georgia Tech 87-70 -lost to SE 5 Mississippi St 63-73
1995	Great Midwest	West	7
beat W 10 Temple 77-71 lost to W 2 UConn 91-96
1994	Great Midwest	West	8
-lost to W 9 Wisconsin 72-80
1993	Great Midwest	East	2
beat E 15 Coppin St 93-66 beat E 7 New Mexico St 92-55 beat E 6 Virginia 71-54 lost to E 1 North Carolina 68-75, OT
1992	Great Midwest	Midwest	4
beat M 13 Delaware 85-47 beat M 5 Michigan St 77-65 beat M 9 UTEP 69-67 beat M 6 Memphis 88-57 -lost to SE 6 Michigan 72-76
1977	Metro	Midwest
lost to Marquette 51-66
1976	Metro	Midwest
lost to Notre Dame 78-79
1975	Independent	Midwest
beat Texas A&M 87-79 lost to Louisville 63-78 beat Notre Dame 95-87, OT
1966	Missouri Valley	Midwest
lost to UTEP 76-78, OT lost to SMU 84-89
1963	Missouri Valley	Midwest
beat Texas 73-68 beat Colorado 67-60 beat Oregon St 80-46 lost to Loyola-Chicago 58-60, OT
1962	Missouri Valley	Midwest
beat Creighton 66-46 beat Colorado 73-46 beat UCLA 72-70 beat Ohio State 71-59
1961	Missouri Valley	Midwest
beat Texas Tech 78-55 beat Kansas St 69-64 beat Utah 82-67 beat Ohio State 70-65, OT
1960	Missouri Valley	Midwest
beat DePaul 99-59 beat Kansas 82-71 lost to California 69-77 beat New York 95-71
1959	Missouri Valley	Midwest
beat TCU 77-73 beat Kansas St 85-75 lost to California 58-64 beat Louisville 98-85
1958	Missouri Valley	Midwest
lost to Kansas St 80-83, OT beat Arkansas 97-62