1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
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1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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MAC Regular Season champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 17–8 (10–2 MAC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Men's Gymnasium |
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Ohio | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 18 | – | 6 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green State | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (Ohio) | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 4 | – | 8 | .333 | 10 | – | 13 | .435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 2 | – | 10 | .167 | 7 | – | 16 | .304 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1959–60. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 16–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.[2] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Notre Dame before losing to Georgia Tech in the Sweet Sixteen.[3]
Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
12/1/1959* |
at West Virginia Wesleyan | W 73–72 | 1–0 |
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12/3/1959* |
at Marietta | W 89–72 | 2–0 |
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12/8/1959* |
at Morehead State | W 76–65 | 3–0 |
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12/12/1959* |
at Indiana | L 68–80 | 3–1 |
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12/17/1959* |
at DePaul | L 54–77 | 3–2 |
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12/19/1959* |
at Illinois | L 79–85 | 3–3 |
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1/2/1960 |
at No. 16 Toledo | L 53–63 | 3–4 (0–1) |
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1/5/1960 |
Miami (OH) | W 104–89 | 4–4 (1–1) |
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1/9/1960 |
at Bowling Green | W 86–72 | 5–4 (2–1) |
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1/12/1960 |
at Marshall | W 87–77 | 6–4 (3–1) |
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1/16/1960 |
Western Michigan | W 88–70 | 7–4 (4–1) |
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1/18/1960* |
St. Francis (PA) | W 82–79 | 8–4 |
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1/23/1960 |
Kent State | W 100–72 | 9–4 (5–1) |
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1/30/1960 |
at Western Michigan | W 86–71 | 10–4 (6–1) |
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2/6/1960 |
Marshall | W 86–82 | 11–-4 (7–1) |
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2/9/1960* |
Stewart AFB | W 95–74 | 12–-4 |
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2/12/1960 |
at Kent State | W 84–68 | 13–4 (8–1) |
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2/15/1960 |
No. 12 Toledo | W 71–67 | 14–4 (9–1) |
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2/20/1960 |
No. 18 | Bowling Green | W 85–70 | 15–4 (10–1) |
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2/23/1960 |
No. 18 | at Miami (OH) | L 74–88 | 15–5 (10–2) |
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2/29/1960* |
Morehead State | W 96–66 | 16–5 |
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3/2/1960* |
Marietta | L 66–74 | 16–6 |
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NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/8/1969* |
vs. Notre Dame | W 74–66 | 17–6 |
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3/11/1960* |
vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech Sweet Sixteen |
L 54–57 | 17–7 |
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3/12/1960* |
vs. Western Kentucky Regional Consolation |
L 87–97 | 17–8 |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Statistics
[edit]Team statistics
[edit]- Final 1959–60 statistics
Record | Ohio | OPP |
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Scoring | 1902 | 1779 |
Scoring Average | 79.25 | 74.13 |
Field goals – Att | 760–1780 | 679–1674 |
Free throws – Att | 382–643 | 421–621 |
Rebounds | 1397 | 1079 |
Assists | ||
Turnovers | ||
Steals | ||
Blocked Shots |
Source[5]
Player statistics
[edit]Minutes | Scoring | Total FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | |||||||||||||||
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Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
Bunk Adams | 25 | - | 411 | 16.4 | 166 | 393 | 0.422 | 79 | 167 | 0.473 | 274 | 11.0 | 67 | ||||||
Howie Jolliff | 25 | - | 400 | 16.0 | 165 | 364 | 0.453 | 70 | 122 | 0.574 | 445 | 17.8 | 87 | ||||||
Larry Kruger | 24 | - | 393 | 16.4 | 158 | 333 | 0.474 | 77 | 100 | 0.770 | 188 | 7.8 | 54 | ||||||
Billy Whaley | 25 | - | 283 | 11.3 | 108 | 250 | 0.432 | 67 | 96 | 0.698 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
Dale Bandy | 25 | - | 165 | 6.6 | 63 | 0 | 0.000 | 39 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
Bruce Johnson | 14 | - | 118 | 8.4 | 44 | 0 | 0.000 | 30 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
Dave Katz | 21 | - | 74 | 3.5 | 29 | 103 | 0.282 | 16 | 22 | 0.727 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
Verlyn Witte | 18 | - | 60 | 3.3 | 27 | 46 | 0.587 | 6 | 10 | 0.600 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
Loren Wilcox | 16 | - | 40 | 2.5 | 15 | 53 | 0.283 | 10 | 28 | 0.357 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
Bob Gaunt | 14 | - | 35 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 | 0.000 | 11 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
_ Calhoun | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Murray Cook | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Mike Schuler | - | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 24 | - | - | - | 1902 | 79.3 | 760 | 1780 | 0.427 | 382 | 643 | 0.594 | 1397 | 58.2 | 428 | ||||
Opponents | 24 | - | - | - | 1779 | 74.1 | 679 | 1674 | 0.406 | 421 | 621 | 0.678 | 1079 | 45.0 | 451 |
Legend | |||||
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GP | Games played | GS | Games started | Avg | Average per game |
FG | Field-goals made | FGA | Field-goal attempts | Off | Offensive rebounds |
Def | Defensive rebounds | A | Assists | TO | Turnovers |
Blk | Blocks | Stl | Steals | High | Team high |
Source[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ "1960 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
- ^ a b "1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.