He chose to attend the University of Cincinnati, largely due to the program's prominence and the chance to play with its star, Oscar Robertson.

The Bearcats advanced to the championship game of the 1961 NCAA tournament, capturing the national title with a 70–65 overtime win over Ohio State.

[3] In his three-year career at Cincinnati, Hogue scored 1,391 points, which was third at the time behind Robertson and Jack Twyman.

[6] In 1963–64, he played six games for the Knicks before being traded to the Baltimore Bullets on October 29, 1963, along with Gene Shue for Bill McGill.

Postal Service in Cincinnati, including as the supervisor of the Employee Assistance Program.

The event was attended by Knoxville Mayor Daniel Brown, Hogue's wife Patti and other family members, and some of Hogue's former UC teammates including Tom Thacker, George Wilson and John Harshaw.