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Schmidlapp Gymnasium
Cincinnati, OH
Opened: January 17, 1912
Closed: March 31, 1954
Cincinnati men's basketball team's first game at Schmidlapp Gymnasium took place on Jan. 17, 1912, a 40-22 loss to Earlham, a small Quaker college in Richmond, Indiana. The drubbing was foreshadowing for the next decade of Cincinnati basketball, in which the team would manage just one season with a winning record while compiling a pathetic 33 wins against 79 losses.

George Smith, a former UC football star and freshman basketball coach, took over the program immediately following Socko Weithe's resignation. Schmidlapp was in the process of being phased out by that point, with the Bearcats playing the majority of their home games at the Cincinnati Gardens, with only the occasional contest being held on campus. The final game in the gymnasium was the opener of the 1953-54 season. Basketball wouldn't return to UC's campus for another year when Armory Fieldhouse opened.
Last 10 Games
Date Opponents Result
Feb 12, 1944Kentucky @ Cincinnati 38 - 35
Dec 27, 1926Kentucky @ Cincinnati 22 - 51
Jan 3, 1925Kentucky @ Cincinnati 20 - 24
Feb 5, 1923Kentucky @ Cincinnati 24 - 33
Jan 26, 1921Kentucky @ Cincinnati 26 - 19
Jan 31, 1919Kentucky @ Cincinnati 18 - 28
Jan 14, 1916Kentucky @ Cincinnati 39 - 24