The 1954–55 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1954–55. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 16–5 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 9–5.[2]
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 16–5 (9–5 MAC) |
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Home arena | Men's Gymnasium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (Ohio) | 11 | – | 3 | .786 | 14 | – | 9 | .609 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 10 | – | 4 | .714 | 17 | – | 4 | .810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 16 | – | 5 | .762 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 12 | – | 10 | .545 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 8 | – | 14 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 6 | – | 16 | .273 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 5 | – | 17 | .227 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Reserve | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 8 | – | 14 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
Schedule
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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12/4/1954* |
Marietta | W 81–75 | 1–0 |
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12/9/1954* |
Charleston (WV) | W 88–81 | 2–0 |
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12/11/1954* |
at Ohio Wesleyan | W 95–78 | 3–0 |
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12/14/1954 |
Marshall | L 85–105 | 3–1 (0–1) |
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12/17/1954 |
at Kent State | W 75–72 | 4–1 (1–1) |
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12/18/1954 |
at Western Reserve | W 88–74 | 5–1 (2–1) |
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12/20/1954* |
at Loyola (IL) | W 72–70 | 6–1 |
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1/7/1955 |
Western Michigan | W 97–84 | 7–1 (3–1) |
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1/15/1955 |
Kent State | W 80–65 | 8–1 (4–1) |
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1/17/1955 |
Toledo | L 69–79 | 8–2 (4–2) |
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1/22/1955 |
at Bowling Green | L 69–77 | 8–3 (4–3) |
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1/29/1955 |
Miami (OH) | W 75–71 | 9–3 (5–3) |
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2/5/1955* |
at Case Tech | W 77–69 | 10–3 |
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2/9/1955 |
at Marshall | L 73–84 | 10–4 (5–4) |
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2/11/1955 |
Western Reserve | W 86–68 | 11–4 (6–4) |
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2/15/1955 |
at Miami (OH) | L 79–91 | 11–5 (6–5) |
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2/18/1955 |
Bowling Green | W 81–70 | 12–5 (7–5) |
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2/21/1955* |
Morehead State | W 90–82 | 13–5 |
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2/26/1955 |
at Western Michigan | W 95–87 | 14–5 (8–5) |
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2/28/1955 |
at Toledo | W 67–59 | 15–5 (9–5) |
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3/3/1955* |
at Marietta | W 93–90 | 16–5 |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Statistics
editTeam statistics
edit- Final 1954–55 statistics
Record | Ohio | OPP |
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Scoring | 1715 | 1631 |
Scoring Average | 81.67 | 77.67 |
Field goals – Att | 650–1631 | 570–1536 |
Free throws – Att | 415–624 | 491–705 |
Rebounds | 991 | 965 |
Assists | ||
Turnovers | ||
Steals | ||
Blocked Shots |
Source[4]
Player statistics
editMinutes | 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 |
Fred Moore | 21 | - | 327 | 15.6 | 140 | 342 | 0.409 | 47 | 66 | 0.712 | 469 | 22.3 | 58 | ||||||
Dick Garrison | 21 | - | 312 | 14.9 | 91 | 210 | 0.433 | 130 | 177 | 0.734 | 208 | 9.9 | 67 | ||||||
Larry Morrison | 21 | - | 220 | 10.5 | 84 | 236 | 0.356 | 52 | 72 | 0.722 | 78 | 3.7 | 47 | ||||||
Bob Strawser | 20 | - | 180 | 9.0 | 69 | 129 | 0.535 | 42 | 77 | 0.545 | 58 | 2.9 | 38 | ||||||
Henry Pell | 21 | - | 166 | 7.9 | 65 | 179 | 0.363 | 36 | 70 | 0.514 | 118 | 5.6 | 57 | ||||||
Bob Evans | 13 | - | 139 | 10.7 | 56 | 136 | 0.412 | 27 | 41 | 0.659 | 404 | 31.1 | 41 | ||||||
Don Sifft | 21 | - | 128 | 6.1 | 54 | 154 | 0.351 | 20 | 31 | 0.645 | 87 | 4.1 | 29 | ||||||
Harry Weinbrecht | 15 | - | 113 | 7.5 | 53 | 129 | 0.411 | 7 | 17 | 0.412 | 38 | 2.5 | 27 | ||||||
Bill Oppenheimer | 21 | - | 85 | 4.0 | 24 | 73 | 0.329 | 37 | 53 | 0.698 | 34 | 1.6 | 33 | ||||||
Dick Miller | 15 | - | 43 | 2.9 | 13 | 37 | 0.351 | 17 | 20 | 0.850 | 12 | 0.8 | 11 | ||||||
Roger Melick | 2 | - | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | ||||||
Fred Arand | 3 | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
Fred Lowe | 3 | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | ||||||
Total | 21 | - | - | - | 1715 | 81.7 | 650 | 1631 | 0.399 | 415 | 624 | 0.665 | 991 | 47.2 | 409 | ||||
Opponents | 21 | - | - | - | 1631 | 77.7 | 570 | 1536 | 0.371 | 491 | 705 | 0.696 | 965 | 46.0 | 381 |
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[4]
References
edit- ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ a b "1954-55 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
- ^ a b "1954-55 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.