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1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1977–78. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his fourth season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–14 and seventh in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 6–10.[3]

1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record13–14 (6–10 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1977–78 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Miami (Ohio) 12 – 4   .750 19 – 9   .679
Toledo 11 – 5   .688 21 – 6   .778
Central Michigan 11 – 5   .688 16 – 10   .615
Bowling Green State 10 – 6   .625 12 – 15   .444
Northern Illinois 9 – 7   .563 11 – 16   .407
Eastern Michigan 7 – 9   .438 11 – 16   .407
Ohio 6 – 10   .375 13 – 14   .481
Ball State 6 – 10   .375 10 – 15   .400
Western Michigan 4 – 12   .250 7 – 20   .259
Kent State 4 – 12   .250 6 – 21   .222
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/25/1977*
 vs. Rhode Island
IPTAY Invitational 		L 69–81  0–1
  
 
11/26/1977*
 vs. TCU
IPTAY Invitational 		W 78–64  1–1
  
 
12/1/1977*
 Cleveland State W 79–66  2–1
  
 
12/5/1977*
 Youngstown State W 67–64  3–1
  
 
12/7/1977*
 Marietta W 73–69  4–1
  
 
12/10/1977
 Northern Illinois L 76–80  4–2
(0–1) 		 
 
12/16/1977*
 vs. Grambling
Cajun Classic 		W 60–53  5–2
  
 
12/17/1977*
 vs. Louisiana
Cajun Classic 		L 81–98  5–3
  
 
12/20/1977*
 at SMU L 77–83  5–4
  
 
1/4/1978
 at Kent State W 73–59  6–4
(1–1) 		 
 
1/7/1978
 Ball State W 75–71  7–4
(2–1) 		 
 
1/11/1978*
 Marshall W 68–56  8–4
  
 
1/14/1978
 at Miami (OH) L 77–90  8–5
(2–2) 		 
 
1/18/1978
 Western Michigan L 59–73  8-6
(2-3) 		 
 
1/25/1978
 at Central Michigan L 71–77  8-7
(2-4) 		 
 
2/1/1978*
 Loyola (IL) W 86–80 OT 9–7
  
 
2/4/1978
 at Toledo W 72–71  10–7
(3–4) 		 
 
2/6/1978
 at Bowling Green L 66–68  10–8
(3–5) 		 
 
2/8/1978
 Kent State W 68–54  11–8
(4–5) 		 
 
2/11/1978
 at Ball State L 77–82  11–9
(4–6) 		 
 
2/15/1978*
 at Virginia Tech L 83–105  11–10
  
 
2/18/1978
 Miami (OH) L 66–70  11–11
(4–7) 		 
 
2/20/1978
 Eastern Michigan W 66–62  12–11
(5–7) 		 
 
2/22/1978
 at Western Michigan L 82–88  12–12
(5–8) 		 
 
2/25/1978
 Bowling Green L 76–90  12–13
(5–9) 		 
 
3/1/1978
 Central Michigan W 105–94  13–13
(6–9) 		 
 
3/4/1978
 at Northern Illinois L 70–76  13–14
(6–10) 		 
 
*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 1977–78 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2000 2024
Scoring Average 74.07 74.96
Field goals – Att 785–1707 810–1765
Free throws – Att 430–610 402–571
Rebounds 1082 1101
Assists 387 353
Turnovers
Steals 156 150
Blocked Shots 64 64

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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
Tim Joyce 25 - 902 36.1 548 21.9 230 417 0.552 88 113 0.779 151 6.0 46 80 22 5
Steve Skaggs 24 - 903 37.6 487 20.3 200 414 0.483 87 118 0.737 114 4.8 37 56 15 4
Bucky Walden 25 - 791 31.6 237 9.5 89 215 0.414 59 75 0.787 74 3.0 94 70 38 5
Ernie Whitus 27 - 674 25.0 227 8.4 77 187 0.412 73 111 0.658 184 6.8 38 92 7 26
Brewer Gray 25 - 731 29.2 154 6.2 67 181 0.370 20 41 0.488 230 9.2 54 75 19 12
Bob Leon 25 - 394 15.8 86 3.4 20 38 0.526 46 59 0.780 28 1.1 68 45 18 0
Jan Smoljan 25 - 297 11.9 72 2.9 24 64 0.375 24 36 0.667 31 1.2 24 28 11 2
Jim Zalenka 22 - 241 11.0 70 3.2 29 78 0.372 12 21 0.571 56 2.5 11 33 3 5
Bill Littlefield 19 - 111 5.8 46 2.4 19 46 0.413 8 12 0.667 9 0.5 10 27 8 3
John Patterson 23 - 266 5.2 33 1.7 16 34 0.471 1 8 0.125 35 0.6 0 22 2 2
Mark Lauretti 13 - 67 11.6 22 1.4 9 22 0.409 4 6 0.667 8 1.5 5 13 2 0
Jim Marhulik 16 - 52 3.3 15 0.9 4 7 0.571 7 8 0.875 10 0.6 0 12 10 0
Mike Borden 4 - 14 3.5 3 0.8 1 1 1.000 1 2 0.500 1 0.3 0 1 1 0
Greg Winbush 2 - 5 2.5 0 0.0 0 3 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0.0 0 1 0 0
Total 27 - - - 2000 74.1 785 1707 0.460 430 610 0.705 1082 40.1 387 555 156 64
Opponents 27 - - - 2024 75.0 810 1765 0.459 402 571 0.704 1101 40.8 353 582 150 64
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 "1977-78 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 "1977-78 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
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