1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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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]

ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record13–14 (6–10 MAC)
Headcoach
Assistant coachBill Brown (4th season)
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1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record13–14 (6–10 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coachBill Brown (4th season)
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
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1977–78 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 19 Miami (Ohio)12–4 .75019–9  .679
Toledo11–5 .68821–6  .778
Central Michigan11–5 .68816–10  .615
Bowling Green State10–6 .62512–15  .444
Northern Illinois9–7 .56311–16  .407
Eastern Michigan7–9 .43811–16  .407
Ohio6–10 .37513–14  .481
Ball State6–10 .37510–15  .400
Western Michigan4–12 .2507–20  .259
Kent State4–12 .2506–21  .222
Rankings from AP Poll
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Schedule

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Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/25/1977*
 vs. Rhode Island
IPTAY Invitational		 L 69–81  0–1
 Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, South Carolina
11/26/1977*
 vs. TCU
IPTAY Invitational		 W 78–64  1–1
 Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, South Carolina
12/1/1977*
 Cleveland State W 79–66  2–1
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
12/5/1977*
 Youngstown State W 67–64  3–1
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
12/7/1977*
 Marietta W 73–69  4–1
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
12/10/1977
 Northern Illinois L 76–80  4–2
(0–1)		 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
12/16/1977*
 vs. Grambling
Cajun Classic		 W 60–53  5–2
  
 
12/17/1977*
 vs. Louisiana
Cajun Classic		 L 81–98  5–3
  
 
12/20/1977*
 at SMU L 77–83  5–4
  
 
MAC regular season
1/4/1978
 at Kent State W 73–59  6–4
(1–1)		 Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center 
Kent, Ohio
1/7/1978
 Ball State W 75–71  7–4
(2–1)		 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
1/11/1978*
 Marshall W 68–56  8–4
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
1/14/1978
 at Miami (OH) L 77–90  8–5
(2–2)		 Millett Hall 
Oxford, Ohio
1/18/1978
 Western Michigan L 59–73  8-6
(2-3)		 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
1/25/1978
 at Central Michigan L 71–77  8-7
(2-4)		 Daniel P. Rose Center 
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
2/1/1978*
 Loyola (IL) W 86–80 OT 9–7
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/4/1978
 at Toledo W 72–71  10–7
(3–4)		 Centennial Hall 
Toledo, Ohio
2/6/1978
 at Bowling Green L 66–68  10–8
(3–5)		 Anderson Arena 
Bowling Green, Ohio
2/8/1978
 Kent State W 68–54  11–8
(4–5)		 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/11/1978
 at Ball State L 77–82  11–9
(4–6)		 Irving Gymnasium 
Muncie, Indiana
2/15/1978*
 at Virginia Tech L 83–105  11–10
  
 
2/18/1978
 Miami (OH) L 66–70  11–11
(4–7)		 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/20/1978
 Eastern Michigan W 66–62  12–11
(5–7)		 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/22/1978
 at Western Michigan L 82–88  12–12
(5–8)		 Read Fieldhouse 
Kalamazoo, Michigan
2/25/1978
 Bowling Green L 76–90  12–13
(5–9)		 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
3/1/1978
 Central Michigan W 105–94  13–13
(6–9)		 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
3/4/1978
 at Northern Illinois L 70–76  13–14
(6–10)		  
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.
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Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1977–78 statistics
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Record Ohio OPP
Scoring20002024
Scoring Average74.0774.96
Field goals – Att785–1707810–1765
Free throws – Att430–610402–571
Rebounds10821101
Assists387353
Turnovers
Steals156150
Blocked Shots6464
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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
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
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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
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