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Cincinnati Bearcats
The Cincinnati Bearcats are the NCAA athletic teams representing the University of Cincinnati. Since July 1, 2005, the school's athletic teams have been members of the Big East Conference. They were previously founding members of Conference USA. The creation of Conference USA was the result of a merger between the Great Midwest Conference and the Metro Conference in 1995.

The university has a diverse number of intercollegiate club sports teams. Notable teams include the rowing team, the lacrosse team, and the men's ice hockey team which competes in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) DIII.

In basketball, where the university has had its greatest success in recent years, the Bearcats' chief rival is the Xavier University Musketeers. Xavier is a Jesuit university also located in Cincinnati. The Bearcats and the Muskies meet annually in the popular Skyline Chili Crosstown Shootout.

In 1888 Cincinnati's oldest football rivalry began with Miami University, Oxford. The Victory Bell awarded to the winner of each contest. It is believed to be the third-oldest rivalry in college football after "The Game" played between Harvard and Yale since 1875. Cincinnati and the University of Louisville also battle for the Keg of Nails annually. This rivalry dates back to 1929.

The school also has an intermittent rivalry with Ohio State University in football. However, when the schools' men's basketball teams met in the John Wooden Classic in Indianapolis in 2006, it was their first meeting since the 1962 NCAA men's championship game.

However, Cincinnati won its national championships twice against Ohio State in 1961 and 1962. Cincinnati's men's basketball squads are a recurrent "bracket team" in the NCAA tournament, yet their record in tournament play has been inconsistent. Arguably, the most prolific era in Bearcats basketball was during the late 1950s and early 1960s, when the Bearcats posted five consecutive Final Four appearances.

Cincinnati fell out of prominence during the early 1970s. After a brief resurgence in 1970s, it faced hard times in 1980s, but revitalized under head coach Bob Huggins in 1989. Under Huggins, the Bearcats compiled a 399-127 record in sixteen seasons, and posted fourteen straight NCAA tournament appearances. The most notable of the teams from the Huggins era was the 1991-1992 team, which lost to the Michigan Wolverines in the Final Four.

Bob Huggins' arrest on June 8, 2004 for driving while drunk, led the new university president Dr. Nancy Zimpher to state: "People can speculate, but our actions will speak for themselves and we'll do that just as soon as possible. We have a great deal of integrity in this institution, both academic and athletic integrity, and you'll see that over time".

Bob Huggins was suspended. He later resigned and accepted a buyout offer from the university for a reported $3 million. Assistant coach Andy Kennedy took over on an interim basis and coached the Bearcats during the 2005-06 season. However, his 21-13 record was not enough to convince the university to retain him on a non-interim basis, and Kennedy was allowed to go to the University of Mississippi. Murray State coach Mick Cronin, a Cincinnati graduate in 1998 and former Bearcats assistant coach under Bob Huggins, was hired. For the 2007-2008 season, Coach Cronin has put together a top 15 ranked recruiting class by Rivals in 2007.

Since 1992, WLW has been the radio home for Bearcats athletics. WXIX is the local TV flagship station for basketball and football games. They have been airing the basketball games since 1980.`

Competing as the members of Big East Conference of NCAA Division I, Cincinnati Bearcats represent the University of Cincinnati in eighteen different athletic programs. They have been playing as the members of Big East Conference with effect from July 1, 2005. Prior to joining Big East, they used to compete in Conference USA, and joined the conference as one of its founding members.

Through their years of play, Bearcats managed to get a hold of six team championships as well as four individual championships. In 1961 and 1962, Bearcats' Men's basketball team brought home NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship as they defeated Ohio State on both occasions. Bearcats' men's swimming team also won national championship twice, once in 1946 and the other one in 2010. Bearcats' Becky Ruehl and Pat Evans also brought home two national titles for the sport of Diving.

Bearcats' Dance Team also made the University of Cincinnati proud when they won national titles for three consecutive years. Overall the dance team has claimed four titles. Due to their successful run, Bearcats' Dance Team remains to be one of the top most dance programs all across the nation. Bearcats Dance Team rose to further prominence when it was selected to represent United States in World Dance Championship, and won the Gold Medal.

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