1970–71 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1970–71 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1970–71. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Convocation Center.[1][2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 17–7 and finished second in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 6–4.[3]

1970–71 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record17–7 (6–4 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1970–71 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Miami (Ohio) 9 1   .900 20 5   .800
Ohio 6 4   .600 17 7   .708
Western Michigan 5 5   .500 14 10   .583
Kent State 4 6   .400 13 11   .542
Toledo 4 6   .400 13 11   .542
Bowling Green State 2 8   .200 7 18   .280
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1970*
West Virginia Wesleyan W 81–61  1–0
 
 
12/5/1970*
Northwestern W 77–61  2–0
 
 
12/12/1970*
at Missouri L 83–91 2OT 2–1
 
 
12/15/1970*
Wisconsin W 81–80  3–1
 
 
12/18/1970*
No. 13 at Indiana L 88–97  3–2
 
 
12/29/1970*
vs. Rollins
Tangerine Bowl
W 81–70  4–2
 
 
12/30/1971*
vs. Seton Hall
Tangerine Bowl
W 84–82  5–2
 
 
1/2/1971*
Illinois State W 97–73  6–2
 
 
1/9/1971
Bowling Green W 100–79  7–2
(1–0)
 
 
1/13/1971
at Kent State L 68–78  7–3
(1–1)
 
 
1/16/1971
at Toledo W 62–53  8–3
(2–1)
 
 
1/23/1971
at Miami (OH) L 70–75  8–4
(2–2)
 
 
1/26/1971*
Cincinnati W 92–83  9–4
 
 
1/30/1971
Kent State W 86–76  10-4
(3–2)
 
 
2/3/1971*
Marshall W 87–80  11-4
 
 
2/6/1971
at Western Michigan L 79–80  11–5
(3–3)
 
 
2/8/1971*
at Loyola (IL) W 77–72  12–5
 
 
2/13/1971
Miami (OH) L 73–74  12–6
(3–4)
 
 
2/16/1971*
at Marshall W 86–84  13–6
 
 
2/20/1971*
at Ball State W 84–82  14–6
 
 
2/22/1971*
at Virginia Tech L 80–86  14–7
 
 
2/27/1971
Toledo W 93–78  15–7
(4–4)
 
 
3/2/1971
Western Michigan W 100–77  16–7
(5–4)
 
 
3/6/1971
at Bowling Green W 105–84  17–7
(6–4)
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][3]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1970–71 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2006 1856
Scoring Average 83.58 77.33
Field goals – Att 752–1653 723–1609
Free throws – Att 502–695 410–589
Rebounds 1128 1031
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[5]

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
Ken Kowall 24 - 502 20.9 186 409 0.455 130 175 0.743 116 4.8 52
Craig Love 24 - 442 18.4 182 353 0.516 78 124 0.629 291 12.1 84
Bob Lalich 23 - 344 15.0 115 263 0.437 114 150 0.760 194 8.4 72
Bob Howell 24 - 317 13.2 119 238 0.500 79 101 0.782 149 6.2 71
Tom Corde 22 - 226 10.3 99 228 0.434 38 50 0.760 69 3.1 66
Gary Wolf 22 - 56 2.5 17 56 0.304 22 26 0.846 76 3.5 36
Mike Miller 24 - 43 1.8 17 42 0.405 9 16 0.563 22 0.9 23
Ken Heiby 13 - 28 2.2 7 18 0.389 14 16 0.875 8 0.6 16
Jeff Knight 10 - 9 0.9 4 17 0.235 1 6 0.167 17 1.7 7
Ralph Rogers 7 - 6 0.9 1 7 0.143 4 6 0.667 12 1.7 2
Dan Rumpke -
Total 24 - - - 2006 83.6 752 1653 0.455 502 695 0.722 1128 47.0 457
Opponents 24 - - - 1856 77.3 723 1609 0.449 410 589 0.696 1031 43.0 508
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[5]

References

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  1. ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1970-71 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1970-71 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.