1992–93 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1992–93 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1992–93. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center.[1][2] They finished the season 14–13 and finished fourth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 11–7.[3] Gary Trent was named MAC Player of the year.

1992–93 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record14–13 (11–7 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • David Greer
  • Mike Elfers
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1992–93 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ball State 13 4   .765 26 8   .765
Miami (OH) 14 4   .778 22 9   .710
Western Michigan 12 6   .667 17 12   .586
Ohio 11 7   .611 14 13   .519
Toledo 9 9   .500 12 16   .429
Eastern Michigan 8 10   .444 13 17   .433
Bowling Green 8 10   .444 11 16   .407
Kent State 7 11   .389 10 17   .370
Central Michigan 4 14   .222 8 18   .308
Akron 3 15   .167 8 18   .308
1993 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

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1992–93 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 12 Jay Barry 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sr Oxford, OH
F 20 Chad Gill 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Columbus, OH
G 4 Chad Estis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Aurora, OH
G 22 Rush Floyd 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr Pickerington, OH
F 41 Kevin Murphy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr Lawton, OK
F 45 Jeff Boals 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Magnolia, OH
F 43 Ryan Greenwood 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) So Indianapolis, IN
F -- Frank Zielinski 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Birmingham, MI
F 3 Steve Ehretsman 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Cleveland, OH
G 23 Mike Reese 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Hamilton, OH
G 21 Gus Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Huron, OH
F 24 Jason Kent 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Columbus, OH
C 52 Jason Terry 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Mount Gilead, OH
F 20 Gary Trent 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Columbus, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • David Greer
  • Mike Elfers

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
12/2/1992*
at Ohio State L 61–77  0–1
 
 
12/5/1992*
at Robert Morris L 70–72  0–2
 
 
12/8/1992*
at Kansas State L 72–73 OT 0–3
Bramlage Coliseum 
Manhattan, Kansas
12/15/1992*
at Marshall L 79–87  0–4
 
 
12/19/1992*
Charleston (WV) W 98–77  1–4
Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
12/21/1992*
Wright State L 77–80  1–5
Convocation Center (2,347)
Athens, Ohio
12/28/1992*
vs. St. Mary’s (CA)
Stanford Tournament
W 73–61  2–5
 
 
12/29/1992*
vs. Stanford
Stanford Tournament
W 81–76  3–5
 
 
MAC regular season
1/6/1993
Toledo W 67–61  4–5
(1–0)
Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
1/9/1993
at Kent State W 65–64  5–5
(2–0)
 
 
1/13/1993
Ball State L 64–78  5–6
(2–1)
Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
1/16/1993
at Miami (OH) W 72–59  6–6
(3–1)
 
 
1/20/1993
Western Michigan L 71–86  6–7
(3–2)
Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
1/23/1993
at Akron W 65–58  7–7
(4–2)
 
 
1/27/1993
at Central Michigan L 81–91  7–8
(4–3)
 
 
1/30/1993
Bowling Green W 73–67  8-8
(5–3)
Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/3/1993
at Eastern Michigan W 81–74 OT 9–8
(6–3)
 
 
2/6/1993
Kent State W 58–53  10–8
(7–3)
Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/10/1993
at Ball State L 52–72  10–9
(7–4)
Worthen Arena 
Muncie, Indiana
2/14/1993
Miami (OH) L 54–59  10–10
(7–5)
Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/17/1993
at Western Michigan L 51–66  10–11
(7–6)
 
 
2/20/1993
Akron W 75–67  11–11
(8–6)
Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/24/1993
Central Michigan W 66–51  12–11
(9–6)
Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/27/1993
at Bowling Green W 71–64  13–11
(10–6)
 
 
3/3/1993
Eastern Michigan W 71–62  14–11
(11–6)
Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
3/6/1993
at Toledo L 73–85  14–12
(11–7)
 
 
MAC Tournament
3/11/1993
vs. Toledo
Quarterfinal
L 84–85 OT 14–13
(11–8)
 
 
*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 1992–93 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1905 1905
Scoring Average 70.56 70.56
Field goals – Att 654–1426 646–1439
3-pt. Field goals – Att 122–359 145–357
Free throws – Att 475–660 468–665
Rebounds 928 831
Assists 386 325
Turnovers 419 346
Steals 122 190
Blocked Shots 56 76

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Player statistics

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Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A PF TO Stl Blk
Gary Trent 27 27 892 33 514 19 194 298 0.651 0 1 0 126 181 0.696 - - 250 9.3 42 52 69 12 26
Gus Johnson 25 24 810 32.4 248 9.9 72 197 0.365 42 124 0.339 62 74 0.838 - - 55 2.2 54 56 58 22 0
Chad Estis 27 18 787 29.1 243 9 68 192 0.354 52 143 0.364 55 63 0.873 - - 64 2.4 72 73 39 18 0
Jeff Boals 27 17 653 24.2 202 7.5 67 139 0.482 1 2 0.5 67 99 0.677 - - 122 4.5 65 92 63 13 3
Steve Ehretsman 27 20 546 20.2 182 6.7 63 149 0.423 15 48 0.313 41 59 0.695 - - 65 2.4 29 51 47 4 3
Ryan Greenwood 27 7 446 16.5 136 5 47 114 0.412 0 0 0 42 57 0.737 - - 78 2.9 45 62 35 14 6
Jason Terry 27 3 298 11 123 4.6 44 99 0.444 0 0 0 35 52 0.673 - - 52 1.9 8 38 19 1 15
Mike Reese 25 12 452 18.1 112 4.5 43 106 0.406 3 6 0.5 23 32 0.719 - - 65 2.6 42 47 55 21 1
Jason Kent 23 0 194 8.4 57 2.5 25 55 0.455 1 2 0.5 6 13 0.462 - - 21 0.9 6 19 15 5 0
Rush Floyd 22 6 224 10.2 35 1.6 10 38 0.263 5 26 0.192 10 16 0.625 - - 33 1.5 16 38 6 8 1
Chad Gill 11 1 111 10.1 27 2.5 11 19 0.579 1 1 1 4 9 0.444 - - 12 1.1 5 14 6 2 0
Jay Barry 11 0 33 3 11 1 4 12 0.333 2 6 0.333 1 2 0.5 - - 5 0.5 2 9 2 2 0
Kevin Murphy 8 0 24 3 11 1.4 5 7 0.714 0 0 0 1 1 1 - - 5 0.6 0 5 2 0 1
Dean Rahas 3 0 5 1.7 4 1.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 - - 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 27 - 0 - 1905 70.6 654 1426 0.459 122 359 0.340 475 660 0.720 0 0 928 34.4 386 557 419 122 56
Opponents 27 - 0 - 1905 70.6 646 1439 0.449 145 357 0.406 468 665 0.704 831 30.8 325 575 346 190 76
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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Awards and honors

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References

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  1. ^ "Larry Hunter". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1992-93 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1992-93 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
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