1944–45 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team

The 1944–45 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati during the 1944–45 NCAA men's basketball season. The head coach was Ray Farnham, coaching his first season with the Bearcats. The team finished with an overall record of 8–9.^[1]

1944–45 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	8–9
Head coach	Ray Farnham (1st season)
Captain	John Mueller
Home arena	Schmidlapp Gymnasium
Seasons ← 1943–44 1945–46 →

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record	Site city, state
December 1	Morehead (KY)	L 24–35	0–1	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
December 9	at Kentucky	L 24–66	0–2	Alumni Gymnasium  Lexington, KY
December 16	Wilmington	W 66–21	1–2	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
December 22	Cincinnati Ferry Com.	W 64–42	2–2	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
January 5	at Wayne (MI)	L 39–49	2–3
January 6	at Michigan State	W 39–37	3–3	Jenison Fieldhouse  East Lansing, MI
January 12	Michigan State	W 54–50	4–3	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
January 15	at Marshall	L 37–75	4–4	Huntington, WV
January 19	Ohio	L 36–61	4–5	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
January 25	at Wilmington	W 52–40	5–5	Wilmington, OH
February 3	Marshall	W 36–34	6–5	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
February 7	at Miami (OH)	L 36–55	6–6	Withrow Court  Oxford, OH
February 10	at Ohio	L 40–48	6–7	Men's Gymnasium  Athens, OH
February 15	Miami (OH)	W 45–40	7–7	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
February 17	at Akron	L 38–66	7–8	Akron Armory  Akron, OH
February 20	Wayne (MI)	W 57–40	8–8	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
February 24	Wright Field	L 35–65	8–9	Schmidlapp Gymnasium  Cincinnati, OH
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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