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1985–86 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1985–86 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1985–86. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his sixth and final season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 22–8 and finished second in MAC regular season with a conference record of 14–4.[3] They lost in the semifinals of the MAC tournament to Ball State. They received a bid to the Postseason NIT. There they lost to Ohio State in the first round. After the season Danny Nee took the head coaching job at Nebraska. He was replaced by Billy Hahn.

1985–86 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record22–8 (14–4 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1985–86 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Miami (OH) 16 – 2   .889 24 – 7   .774
Ohio 14 – 4   .778 22 – 8   .733
Ball State † 11 – 7   .611 21 – 10   .677
Northern Illinois 10 – 8   .556 15 – 12   .556
Toledo 8 – 10   .444 12 – 17   .414
Western Michigan 7 – 11   .389 12 – 16   .429
Central Michigan 7 – 11   .389 11 – 17   .393
Kent State 7 – 11   .389 11 – 16   .407
Eastern Michigan 5 – 13   .278 9 – 18   .333
Bowling Green 5 – 13   .278 7 – 20   .259
† 1986 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/30/1985*
 Capital W 92–58  1–0
  
 
12/3/1985*
 Marshall W 85–79  2–0
  
 
12/6/1985*
 vs. Navy
Carrier Classic 		L 62–73  2–1
 Carrier Dome 
Syracuse, NY
12/7/1985*
 vs. La Salle
Carrier Classic 		W 70–65  3–1
  
 
12/9/1985*
 at Hofstra W 73–66  4–1
  
 
12/11/1985*
 at Wagner W 70–57  5–1
  
 
12/14/1985*
 at No. 1 North Carolina L 57–99  5–2
 Carmichael Auditorium 
Chapel Hill, NC
12/21/1985*
 at St. Francis (PA) W 99–78  6–2
  
 
12/30/1985*
 Marietta W 90–66  7–2
  
 
MAC regular season
1/2/1986
 at Northern Illinois W 68–63  8–2
(1–0) 		 
 
1/4/1986
 at Central Michigan W 78–61  9–2
(2–0) 		 
 
1/8/1986
 Kent State W 91–76  10–2
(3–0) 		 
 
1/11/1986
 at Bowling Green L 75–77  10–3
(3–1) 		 
 
1/15/1986
 Ball State L 73–77  10–4
(3–2) 		 
 
1/18/1986
 at Eastern Michigan W 77–74  11-4
(4–2) 		 
 
1/22/1986
 Miami (OH) L 65–85  11-5
(4–3) 		 
 
1/25/1986
 at Toledo L 98–100  11–6
(4–4) 		 
 
1/29/1986
 Western Michigan W 85–62  12–6
(5–4) 		 
 
2/1/1986
 Central Michigan W 79–57  13–6
(6–4) 		 
 
2/5/1986
 at Kent State W 68–63  14–6
(7–4) 		 
 
2/8/1986
 Bowling Green W 74–57  15–6
(8–4) 		 
 
2/12/1986
 at Ball State W 63–61  16–6
(9–4) 		 
 
2/15/1986
 Eastern Michigan W 81–69  17–6
(10–4) 		 
 
2/19/1986
 at Miami (OH) W 80–79 OT 18–6
(11–4) 		 
 
2/22/1986
 Toledo W 74–63  19–6
(12–4) 		 
 
2/26/1986
 at Western Michigan W 81–75  20–6
(13–4) 		 
 
3/1/1986
 Northern Illinois W 83–64  21–6
(14–4) 		 
 
MAC Tournament
3/6/1986
 vs. Central Michigan
Quarterfinal 		W 66–62  22–6
(15–4) 		 
 
3/7/1986
 vs. Ball State
Semifinal 		L 69–93  22–7
(15–5) 		 
 
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1986*
 vs. Ohio State
Mideast Regional First Round 		L 62–65  22–8
  
 
*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 1985–86 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2314 2124
Scoring Average 77.13 70.80
Field goals – Att 932–1828 815–1721
Free throws – Att 450–687 494–725
Rebounds 1066 1022
Assists 520 435
Turnovers 415 468
Steals 268 189
Blocked Shots 77 83

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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
Robert Tatum 30 30 1007 33.6 516 17.2 212 403 0.526 92 126 0.730 56 1.9 90 61 57 56 2
Paul Graham 29 16 757 26.1 461 15.9 181 377 0.480 99 128 0.773 136 4.7 52 89 61 41 15
Dave Jamerson 28 3 668 23.9 392 14.0 169 294 0.575 54 65 0.831 85 3.0 54 51 42 47 0
John Rhodes 29 20 755 26.0 266 9.2 110 196 0.561 46 95 0.484 197 6.8 13 109 55 16 46
Paul Baron 30 29 945 31.5 237 7.9 90 194 0.464 57 95 0.600 134 4.5 113 95 86 52 0
Roger Smith 30 27 712 23.7 139 4.6 54 119 0.454 31 49 0.633 63 2.1 113 67 61 39 1
Marty Lehmann 30 9 614 20.5 132 4.4 54 118 0.458 24 43 0.558 131 4.4 8 62 26 12 1
Jamie Brock 19 6 163 8.6 51 2.7 23 40 0.575 5 12 0.417 24 1.3 2 17 5 1 2
George Reid 21 0 172 8.2 42 2.0 10 23 0.435 22 31 0.710 28 1.3 2 38 9 3 1
Rich Stanfel 23 10 289 12.6 41 1.8 16 26 0.615 9 27 0.333 73 3.2 1 52 13 6 7
Steve Bruning 15 0 160 10.7 37 2.5 13 34 0.382 11 14 0.786 31 2.1 9 18 5 7 2
Nick Davis 3 0 7 2.3 0 0.0 0 4 0.000 0 2 0.000 7 2.3 0 1 3 0 0
Total 30 - 0 - 2314 77.1 932 1828 0.510 450 687 0.655 1066 35.5 520 656 415 268 77
Opponents 30 - 0 - 2124 70.8 815 1721 0.474 494 725 0.681 1022 34.1 435 606 468 189 83
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. ^ "Danny Nee". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1985-86 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1985-86 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
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