1975–76 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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]

1975–76 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record11–15 (7–9 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1975–76 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
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

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/28/1975*
vs. Massachusetts
Hall of Fame Tournament
L 82–95  0–1
 
 
11/29/1975*
vs. Fairfield
Hall of Fame Tournament
L 76–78  0–2
 
 
12/3/1975*
Marietta W 59–56  1–2
 
 
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
 
 
12/20/1975*
Cleveland State W 100–69  2–4
 
 
12/30/1975*
Otterbein W 76–67  3–4
 
 
1/3/1976
Central Michigan W 84–74  4–4
(1–0)
 
 
1/10/1976
Bowling Green W 62–56  5–4
(2–0)
 
 
1/14/1976*
Marshall W 74–60  6–4
 
 
1/17/1976
at Ball State W 75–74  7–4
(3–0)
 
 
1/21/1976
Eastern Michigan W 74–66  8–4
(4–0)
 
 
1/24/1976
at Miami (OH) L 63–86  8–5
(4–1)
 
 
1/28/1976
Toledo L 75–79  8–6
(4–2)
 
 
1/31/1976
at Western Michigan L 59–75  8-7
(4-3)
 
 
2/2/1976*
Loyola (IL) L 82–86 OT 8-8
 
 
2/4/1976*
at No. 19 Virginia Tech L 66–86  8–9
 
 
2/7/1976
Northern Illinois W 90–79  9–9
(5–3)
 
 
2/11/1976
Kent State L 67–70  9–10
(5–4)
 
 
2/14/1976
at Bowling Green L 60–67  9–11
(5–5)
 
 
2/18/1976
at Kent State L 75–105  9–12
(5–6)
 
 
2/21/1976
Ball State W 90–63  10–12
(6–6)
 
 
2/25/1976
at Eastern Michigan W 78–75  11–12
(7–6)
 
 
2/28/1976
Miami (OH) L 75–76  11–13
(7–7)
 
 
3/3/1976
at Toledo L 72–87  11–14
(7–8)
 
 
3/6/1976
at Central Michigan L 99–114  11–15
(7–9)
 
 
*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 1975–76 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
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
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
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
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. ^ "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1975-76 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1975-76 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.