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1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record17–8 (10–2 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaMen's Gymnasium
Seasons
1959–60 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
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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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1959*
at West Virginia Wesleyan W 73–72  1–0
 
 
12/3/1959*
at Marietta W 89–72  2–0
 
 
12/8/1959*
at Morehead State W 76–65  3–0
 
 
12/12/1959*
at Indiana L 68–80  3–1
 
 
12/17/1959*
at DePaul L 54–77  3–2
 
 
12/19/1959*
at Illinois L 79–85  3–3
 
 
1/2/1960
at No. 16 Toledo L 53–63  3–4
(0–1)
 
 
1/5/1960
Miami (OH) W 104–89  4–4
(1–1)
 
 
1/9/1960
at Bowling Green W 86–72  5–4
(2–1)
 
 
1/12/1960
at Marshall W 87–77  6–4
(3–1)
 
 
1/16/1960
Western Michigan W 88–70  7–4
(4–1)
 
 
1/18/1960*
St. Francis (PA) W 82–79  8–4
 
 
1/23/1960
Kent State W 100–72  9–4
(5–1)
 
 
1/30/1960
at Western Michigan W 86–71  10–4
(6–1)
 
 
2/6/1960
Marshall W 86–82  11–-4
(7–1)
 
 
2/9/1960*
Stewart AFB W 95–74  12–-4
 
 
2/12/1960
at Kent State W 84–68  13–4
(8–1)
 
 
2/15/1960
No. 12 Toledo W 71–67  14–4
(9–1)
 
 
2/20/1960
No. 18 Bowling Green W 85–70  15–4
(10–1)
 
 
2/23/1960
No. 18 at Miami (OH) L 74–88  15–5
(10–2)
 
 
2/29/1960*
Morehead State W 96–66  16–5
 
 
3/2/1960*
Marietta L 66–74  16–6
 
 
NCAA Tournament
3/8/1969*
vs. Notre Dame W 74–66  17–6
 
 
3/11/1960*
vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech
Sweet Sixteen
L 54–57  17–7
 
 
3/12/1960*
vs. Western Kentucky
Regional Consolation
L 87–97  17–8
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][2]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1959–60 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
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

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Minutes Scoring Total FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
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
  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

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  1. ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "1960 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.