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1947–48 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1947–48 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1947–48. The team was coached by Dutch Trautwein and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] They finished the season 10–10. They finished third in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 4–4.

1947–48 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Record10–10 (4–4 )
Head coach
Home arenaMen's Gymnasium
Seasons
1947–48 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Cincinnati 7 – 2   .778 17 – 7   .708
Butler 4 – 2   .667 14 – 7   .667
Ohio 4 – 4   .500 10 – 10   .500
Miami (Ohio) 3 – 5   .375 13 – 15   .464
Western Reserve 2 – 6   .250 14 – 10   .583
Western Michigan 1 – 2   .333 12 – 10   .545

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
*
 at Dayton W 46–40  1–0
  
 
*
 Marietta W 63–44  2–0
  
 
*
 Xavier W 57–52  3–0
  
 
*
 at Bowling Green L 49–67  3–1
  
 

at Miami W 63–41  4–1
(1–0) 		 
 
*
 Wayne State W 55–39  5–1
  
 
*
 Kentucky L 57–79  5–2
  
 

at Western Reserve L 56–57  5–3
(1–1) 		 
 
*
 Ohio Wesleyan W 63–57  6–3
  
 
*
 Akron L 62–63  6–4
  
 

at Butler L 35–59  6–5
(1–2) 		 
 
*
 at Xavier L 37–56  6–6
  
 

Butler L 42–47  6–7
(1–3) 		 
 

Miami W 56–37  7–7
(2–3) 		 
 
*
 at Wayne State L 47–55  7–8
  
 

Cincinnati W 64–62  8–8
(3–3) 		 
 
*
 at Marietta L 53–68  8–9
  
 

Western Reserve W 58–51  9–9
(4–3) 		 
 
*
 at Ohio Wesleyan W 62–54  10–9
  
 

at Cincinnati L 46–90  10–10
(4–4) 		 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[2][3]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1947–48 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1071 1118
Scoring Average 53.55 55.90
Field goals – Att 381– 420–
Free throws – Att 309–478 278–435
Rebounds
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[4]

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
_ Shrider 19 - 311 16.4 117 77 119 0.647 41
_ Wylie 18 - 170 9.4 41 88 102 0.863 49
_ Johnson 17 - 158 9.3 64 30 58 0.517 28
_ Kinsley 20 - 102 5.1 36 30 49 0.612 47
_ Gordon 20 - 95 4.8 27 41 56 0.732 79
_ Dickey 15 - 67 4.5 30 7 17 0.412 37
_ Williams 17 - 39 2.3 16 7 18 0.389 31
_ Ruoff 14 - 31 2.2 13 5 7 0.714 21
_ Whyte 6 - 24 4.0 9 6 12 0.500 12
_ Gyurko 17 - 21 1.2 7 7 16 0.438 18
_ Stefan 11 - 17 1.5 6 5 10 0.500 6
_ McKown 8 - 15 1.9 6 3 7 0.429 2
_ Shreffler 3 - 10 3.3 4 2 3 0.667 3
_ Lamb 11 - 9 0.8 4 1 4 0.250 10
_ Schott 3 - 2 0.7 1 0 0 0.000 0
Total 20 - - - 1071 53.6 381 0
  1. DIV/0!
 309 478 0.646 0 0.0 384
Opponents 20 - - - 1118 55.9 420
  1. DIV/0!
 278 435 0.639 0.0 409
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[4]

References

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  1. ^ "William Trautwein". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  3. ^ "1947-48 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "1947-48 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
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