The team played its home games in Cincinnati, Ohio at the Fifth Third Arena, which has a capacity of 13,176.

The Bearcats advanced to the Quarterfinals, before losing to the eventual champion 3 seed South Carolina team.

The Bearcats were awarded an at-large bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

Much of the offseason was filled with continued drama between then head coach Bob Huggins and University of Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher.

[2] Zimpher said that the Bearcat program under Huggins didn't fit with her plan to upgrade UC's academic reputation.