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. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 11–15 and seventh in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–9.

1975–76 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	11–15 (7–9 MAC)
Head coach	Dale Bandy (2nd season)
Home arena	Convocation Center

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

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.

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Statistics

Team statistics

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

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Player statistics

			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

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