1975–76 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
American college basketball season
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The 1975–76 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1975–76. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his second season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 11–15 and seventh in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–9.[3]
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record11–15 (7–9 MAC)
Headcoach
- Dale Bandy (2nd season)
Assistant coachBill Brown (2nd season)
| 1975–76 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 11–15 (7–9 MAC) |
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| Assistant coach | Bill Brown (2nd season) |
| Home arena | Convocation Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Western Michigan | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 25 | – | 3 | .893 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (Ohio) | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | 18 | – | 8 | .692 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 18 | – | 7 | .720 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green State | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 12 | – | 14 | .462 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 11 | – | 15 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 11 | – | 14 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 5 | – | 21 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 7 | – | 20 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Regular Season | |||||||||||
| 11/28/1975* |
vs. Massachusetts Hall of Fame Tournament |
L 82–95 | 0–1 |
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| 11/29/1975* |
vs. Fairfield Hall of Fame Tournament |
L 76–78 | 0–2 |
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| 12/3/1975* |
Marietta | W 59–56 | 1–2 |
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| 12/6/1975* |
at Northwestern | L 62–86 | 1–3 |
Welsh–Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois | |||||||
| 12/13/1975* |
at Pittsburgh | L 71–72 | 1–4 |
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| 12/20/1975* |
Cleveland State | W 100–69 | 2–4 |
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| 12/30/1975* |
Otterbein | W 76–67 | 3–4 |
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| MAC regular season | |||||||||||
| 1/3/1976 |
Central Michigan | W 84–74 | 4–4 (1–0) |
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| 1/10/1976 |
Bowling Green | W 62–56 | 5–4 (2–0) |
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| 1/14/1976* |
Marshall | W 74–60 | 6–4 |
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| 1/17/1976 |
at Ball State | W 75–74 | 7–4 (3–0) |
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| 1/21/1976 |
Eastern Michigan | W 74–66 | 8–4 (4–0) |
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| 1/24/1976 |
at Miami (OH) | L 63–86 | 8–5 (4–1) |
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| 1/28/1976 |
Toledo | L 75–79 | 8–6 (4–2) |
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| 1/31/1976 |
at Western Michigan | L 59–75 | 8-7 (4-3) |
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| 2/2/1976* |
Loyola (IL) | L 82–86 OT | 8-8 |
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| 2/4/1976* |
at No. 19 Virginia Tech | L 66–86 | 8–9 |
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| 2/7/1976 |
Northern Illinois | W 90–79 | 9–9 (5–3) |
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| 2/11/1976 |
Kent State | L 67–70 | 9–10 (5–4) |
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| 2/14/1976 |
at Bowling Green | L 60–67 | 9–11 (5–5) |
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| 2/18/1976 |
at Kent State | L 75–105 | 9–12 (5–6) |
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| 2/21/1976 |
Ball State | W 90–63 | 10–12 (6–6) |
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| 2/25/1976 |
at Eastern Michigan | W 78–75 | 11–12 (7–6) |
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| 2/28/1976 |
Miami (OH) | L 75–76 | 11–13 (7–7) |
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| 3/3/1976 |
at Toledo | L 72–87 | 11–14 (7–8) |
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| 3/6/1976 |
at Central Michigan | L 99–114 | 11–15 (7–9) |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
Statistics
Team statistics
- Final 1975–76 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
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| Scoring | 1948 | 2001 |
| Scoring Average | 74.92 | 76.96 |
| Field goals – Att | 768–1705 | 806–1678 |
| Free throws – Att | 412–534 | 389–544 |
| Rebounds | 999 | 1088 |
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| Turnovers | ||
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| Blocked Shots | ||
Source[5]
Player statistics
| 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 |
| Scott Love | 25 | - | 393 | 15.7 | 140 | 298 | 0.470 | 113 | 133 | 0.850 | 212 | 8.5 | 76 | ||||||
| Steve Skaggs | 26 | - | 300 | 11.5 | 117 | 261 | 0.448 | 66 | 81 | 0.815 | 79 | 3.0 | 42 | ||||||
| Mike Corde | 26 | - | 292 | 11.2 | 123 | 245 | 0.502 | 46 | 62 | 0.742 | 74 | 2.8 | 88 | ||||||
| Chuck Seltzer | 26 | - | 254 | 9.8 | 104 | 241 | 0.432 | 46 | 75 | 0.613 | 132 | 5.1 | 84 | ||||||
| Dave Terek | 26 | - | 228 | 8.8 | 88 | 209 | 0.421 | 52 | 68 | 0.765 | 130 | 5.0 | 73 | ||||||
| Bucky Walden | 26 | - | 225 | 8.7 | 88 | 210 | 0.419 | 49 | 61 | 0.803 | 82 | 3.2 | 69 | ||||||
| Doug Jauch | 17 | - | 72 | 4.8 | 32 | 67 | 0.478 | 8 | 14 | 0.571 | 32 | 1.5 | 26 | ||||||
| Cliff Sawyer | 22 | - | 63 | 4.2 | 27 | 63 | 0.429 | 9 | 15 | 0.600 | 25 | 1.9 | 25 | ||||||
| Phil Miller | 17 | - | 56 | 3.3 | 25 | 50 | 0.500 | 6 | 6 | 1.000 | 24 | 1.4 | 18 | ||||||
| Greg Cobb | 8 | - | 38 | 2.9 | 15 | 34 | 0.441 | 8 | 8 | 1.000 | 12 | 1.1 | 15 | ||||||
| Bob Leon | 18 | - | 25 | 2.0 | 8 | 25 | 0.320 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 11 | 2.0 | 15 | ||||||
| Mike Borden | 1 | - | 2 | 1.4 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | 0.6 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 26 | - | - | - | 1948 | 74.9 | 768 | 1705 | 0.450 | 412 | 534 | 0.772 | 999 | 38.4 | 541 | ||||
| Opponents | 26 | - | - | - | 2001 | 77.0 | 806 | 1678 | 0.480 | 389 | 544 | 0.715 | 1088 | 41.8 | 518 | ||||
Source[5]