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1967–68 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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1967–68 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record7–16 (3–9 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaGrover Center
Seasons
1967–68 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bowling Green State 10 2   .833 18 7   .720
Marshall 9 3   .750 17 8   .680
Toledo 8 4   .667 16 8   .667
Western Michigan 5 7   .417 11 13   .458
Miami (Ohio) 4 8   .333 11 12   .478
Kent State 3 9   .250 9 15   .375
Ohio 3 9   .250 7 16   .304
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1967–68 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1967–68. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center.[1][2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 7–16 and finished sixth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 3–9.[3]

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/2/1967*
Northwestern W 71–70  1–0
 
 
12/5/1967*
Otterbein W 81–59  2–0
 
 
12/9/1967*
at Indiana L 63–80  2–1
 
 
12/11/1967*
at Purdue L 66–78  2–2
 
 
12/15/1967*
at Seattle L 68–76  2–3
 
 
12/19/1967*
at Portland W 67–65  3–3
 
 
12/20/1968*
at Idaho L 64–78  3–4
 
 
12/22/1967*
at Minnesota L 63–73  3–5
 
 
1/2/1968*
Virginia Tech L 65–74  3–6
 
 
1/6/1968
Western Michigan L 84–86  3–7
(0–1)
 
 
1/13/1968
at Marshall L 69–94  3–8
(0–2)
 
 
1/17/1968
at Western Michigan L 79–83  3–9
(0–3)
 
 
1/20/1968*
at Toledo L 66–74  3–10
(0–4)
 
 
1/24/1968
Marshall L 73–82  3-11
(0–5)
 
 
1/27/1968
at Kent State L 56–68  3-12
(0–6)
 
 
1/30/1968*
at Loyola (IL) L 68–109  3–13
 
 
2/3/1968
at Miami (OH) L 82–84  3–14
(0–7)
 
 
2/7/1968
Bowling Green L 68–78  3–15
(0–8)
 
 
2/10/1968
Kent State W 67–62  4–15
(1–8)
 
 
2/12/1968*
Northern Illinois W 85–76  5–15
 
 
2/17/1968
Miami (OH) W 70–68  6–15
(2–8)
 
 
2/24/1968
Toledo W 74–72  7–15
(3–8)
 
 
3/2/1968
at Bowling Green L 63–84  7–16
(3–9)
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1967–68 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1612 1782
Scoring Average 70.09 77.48
Field goals – Att 641–1597 694–1572
Free throws – Att 330–499 394–546
Rebounds 1096 1059
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
Gerald McKee 21 - 419 20.0 172 395 0.435 75 105 0.714 203 9.7 53
John Canine 23 - 264 11.5 114 300 0.380 34 50 0.680 73 3.2 55
Greg McDivitt 23 - 240 10.4 90 212 0.425 60 92 0.652 177 7.7 84
Mark McClintick 12 - 178 14.8 72 161 0.447 34 43 0.791 82 6.8 35
Fred Cluff 16 - 163 10.2 61 150 0.407 41 68 0.603 112 7.0 37
Doug Parker 23 - 145 6.3 51 135 0.378 43 74 0.581 116 5.0 65
Wayne Young 22 - 100 4.5 41 127 0.323 16 23 0.696 59 2.7 14
Larry Coon 23 - 44 1.9 19 56 0.339 6 12 0.500 54 2.3 39
Marshall Hatcher 18 - 38 2.1 15 30 0.500 8 13 0.615 19 1.1 12
Steve Battle 21 - 23 1.1 6 30 0.200 11 15 0.733 28 1.3 21
_ Szabo 2 - 2 1.0 0 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 3 1.5 0
John Glancy 9 - 0 0.0 0 1 0.000 0 2 0.000 3 0.3 0
Total 23 - - - 1612 70.1 641 1597 0.401 330 499 0.661 1096 47.7 415
Opponents 23 - - - 1782 77.5 694 1572 0.441 394 546 0.722 1059 46.0 387
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 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "1967-68 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1967-68 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.