1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Appearance
1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 13–14 (6–10 MAC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Convocation Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 Miami | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 19 | – | 9 | .679 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 21 | – | 6 | .778 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 10 | – | 15 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 6 | – | 21 | .222 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1977–78. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his fourth season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–14 and seventh in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 6–10.[3]
Schedule
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11/25/1977* |
vs. Rhode Island IPTAY Invitational |
L 69–81 | 0–1 |
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11/26/1977* |
vs. TCU IPTAY Invitational |
W 78–64 | 1–1 |
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12/1/1977* |
Cleveland State | W 79–66 | 2–1 |
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12/5/1977* |
Youngstown State | W 67–64 | 3–1 |
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12/7/1977* |
Marietta | W 73–69 | 4–1 |
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12/10/1977 |
Northern Illinois | L 76–80 | 4–2 (0–1) |
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12/16/1977* |
vs. Grambling Cajun Classic |
W 60–53 | 5–2 |
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12/17/1977* |
vs. Louisiana Cajun Classic |
L 81–98 | 5–3 |
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12/20/1977* |
at SMU | L 77–83 | 5–4 |
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1/4/1978 |
at Kent State | W 73–59 | 6–4 (1–1) |
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1/7/1978 |
Ball State | W 75–71 | 7–4 (2–1) |
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1/11/1978* |
Marshall | W 68–56 | 8–4 |
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1/14/1978 |
at Miami (OH) | L 77–90 | 8–5 (2–2) |
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1/18/1978 |
Western Michigan | L 59–73 | 8-6 (2-3) |
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1/25/1978 |
at Central Michigan | L 71–77 | 8-7 (2-4) |
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2/1/1978* |
Loyola (IL) | W 86–80 OT | 9–7 |
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2/4/1978 |
at Toledo | W 72–71 | 10–7 (3–4) |
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2/6/1978 |
at Bowling Green | L 66–68 | 10–8 (3–5) |
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2/8/1978 |
Kent State | W 68–54 | 11–8 (4–5) |
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2/11/1978 |
at Ball State | L 77–82 | 11–9 (4–6) |
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2/15/1978* |
at Virginia Tech | L 83–105 | 11–10 |
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2/18/1978 |
Miami (OH) | L 66–70 | 11–11 (4–7) |
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2/20/1978 |
Eastern Michigan | W 66–62 | 12–11 (5–7) |
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2/22/1978 |
at Western Michigan | L 82–88 | 12–12 (5–8) |
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2/25/1978 |
Bowling Green | L 76–90 | 12–13 (5–9) |
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3/1/1978 |
Central Michigan | W 105–94 | 13–13 (6–9) |
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3/4/1978 |
at Northern Illinois | L 70–76 | 13–14 (6–10) |
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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 1977–78 statistics
Record | Ohio | OPP |
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Scoring | 2000 | 2024 |
Scoring Average | 74.07 | 74.96 |
Field goals – Att | 785–1707 | 810–1765 |
Free throws – Att | 430–610 | 402–571 |
Rebounds | 1082 | 1101 |
Assists | 387 | 353 |
Turnovers | ||
Steals | 156 | 150 |
Blocked Shots | 64 | 64 |
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 |
Tim Joyce | 25 | - | 902 | 36.1 | 548 | 21.9 | 230 | 417 | 0.552 | 88 | 113 | 0.779 | 151 | 6.0 | 46 | 80 | 22 | 5 | |
Steve Skaggs | 24 | - | 903 | 37.6 | 487 | 20.3 | 200 | 414 | 0.483 | 87 | 118 | 0.737 | 114 | 4.8 | 37 | 56 | 15 | 4 | |
Bucky Walden | 25 | - | 791 | 31.6 | 237 | 9.5 | 89 | 215 | 0.414 | 59 | 75 | 0.787 | 74 | 3.0 | 94 | 70 | 38 | 5 | |
Ernie Whitus | 27 | - | 674 | 25.0 | 227 | 8.4 | 77 | 187 | 0.412 | 73 | 111 | 0.658 | 184 | 6.8 | 38 | 92 | 7 | 26 | |
Brewer Gray | 25 | - | 731 | 29.2 | 154 | 6.2 | 67 | 181 | 0.370 | 20 | 41 | 0.488 | 230 | 9.2 | 54 | 75 | 19 | 12 | |
Bob Leon | 25 | - | 394 | 15.8 | 86 | 3.4 | 20 | 38 | 0.526 | 46 | 59 | 0.780 | 28 | 1.1 | 68 | 45 | 18 | 0 | |
Jan Smoljan | 25 | - | 297 | 11.9 | 72 | 2.9 | 24 | 64 | 0.375 | 24 | 36 | 0.667 | 31 | 1.2 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 2 | |
Jim Zalenka | 22 | - | 241 | 11.0 | 70 | 3.2 | 29 | 78 | 0.372 | 12 | 21 | 0.571 | 56 | 2.5 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 5 | |
Bill Littlefield | 19 | - | 111 | 5.8 | 46 | 2.4 | 19 | 46 | 0.413 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | 9 | 0.5 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 3 | |
John Patterson | 23 | - | 266 | 5.2 | 33 | 1.7 | 16 | 34 | 0.471 | 1 | 8 | 0.125 | 35 | 0.6 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | |
Mark Lauretti | 13 | - | 67 | 11.6 | 22 | 1.4 | 9 | 22 | 0.409 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 8 | 1.5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | |
Jim Marhulik | 16 | - | 52 | 3.3 | 15 | 0.9 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 10 | 0.6 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | |
Mike Borden | 4 | - | 14 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Greg Winbush | 2 | - | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 27 | - | - | - | 2000 | 74.1 | 785 | 1707 | 0.460 | 430 | 610 | 0.705 | 1082 | 40.1 | 387 | 555 | 156 | 64 | |
Opponents | 27 | - | - | - | 2024 | 75.0 | 810 | 1765 | 0.459 | 402 | 571 | 0.704 | 1101 | 40.8 | 353 | 582 | 150 | 64 |
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]- ^ "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ a b "1977-78 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
- ^ a b "1977-78 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.