2017–18 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
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The 2017–18 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats, led by fourth-year head coach Saul Phillips, played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.[1][2] They finished the season 14–17, 7–11 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC tournament to Miami (OH).
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
East Division | |
Record | 14–17 (7–11 MAC) |
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Home arena | Convocation Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Buffalo † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 18 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Toledo | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 21 | – | 15 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 13 | – | 19 | .406 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 MAC tournament winner |
Roster
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Preseason
editThe preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 26, 2017. Ohio was picked to finish fourth in the MAC East. Jordan Dartis and Jason Carter were both on the Preseason All-MAC East team.[3]
Preseason men's basketball poll
edit(First place votes in parentheses)
East Division
edit- Buffalo 166 (24)
- Kent State 139 (2)
- Ohio 127 (3)
- Akron 84 (1)
- Bowling Green 82
- Miami 32
West Division
edit- Western Michigan 169 (22)
- Ball State 156 (8)
- Toledo 107
- Eastern Michigan 103
- Northern Illinois 57
- Central Michigan 38
Tournament champs
editWestern Michigan (10), Buffalo (9), Ball State (5), Kent State (2), Toledo (2), Bowling Green (1), Miami (1)
Preseason All-MAC
editTeam | Player | Position | Year |
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Preseason All-MAC East | Jordan Dartis | G | Sr. |
Preseason All-MAC East | Jason Carter | F | So. |
Source[3]
Previous season
editThe Bobcats finished the 2016–17 season 20–10, 11–7 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. As the No. 2 seed in the MAC tournament, they defeated Toledo before losing to eventual tournament champion Kent State in the semifinals.
Schedule and results
editDate time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
November 04, 2017 3:30 pm |
Capital | W 80–57 | Convocation Center Athens, OH | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 11, 2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Alabama A&M | W 61–53 | 1–0 |
Convocation Center (4,037) Athens, OH | |||||||
November 16, 2017* 5:00 pm, ESPN2 |
vs. Clemson Charleston Classic quarterfinals |
L 76–81 | 1–1 |
TD Arena (3,175) Charleston, SC | |||||||
November 17, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPNews |
vs. Dayton Charleston Classic consolation round |
L 65–79 | 1–2 |
TD Arena (3,087) Charleston, SC | |||||||
November 19, 2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
vs. Indiana State Charleston Classic 7th place game |
W 96–94 4OT | 2–2 |
TD Arena (2,340) Charleston, SC | |||||||
November 24, 2017* 7:00 pm |
Mount St. Mary's | W 96–77 | 3–2 |
Convocation Center (4,099) Athens, OH | |||||||
November 28, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Iona | L 88–93 | 3–3 |
Convocation Center (4,383) Athens, OH | |||||||
December 1, 2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Coppin State | W 80–37 | 4–3 |
Convocation Center (4,137) Athens, OH | |||||||
December 7, 2017* 7:00 pm, BTN |
at Maryland | L 62–87 | 4–4 |
Xfinity Center (12,914) College Park, MD | |||||||
December 10, 2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Western Kentucky | W 89–84 | 5–4 |
Convocation Center (4,501) Athens, OH | |||||||
December 16, 2017* 8:00 pm |
at Marshall | L 96–99 OT | 5–5 |
Cam Henderson Center (5,117) Huntington, WV | |||||||
December 20, 2017* 7:00 pm |
Prairie View A&M | W 84–65 | 6–5 |
Convocation Center (5,193) Athens, OH | |||||||
December 29, 2017* 7:00 pm |
Northwest Ohio | W 65–58 | 7–5 |
Convocation Center (5,251) Athens, OH | |||||||
MAC regular season | |||||||||||
January 2, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Central Michigan | L 50–75 | 7–6 (0–1) |
McGuirk Arena (1,655) Mount Pleasant, MI | |||||||
January 6, 2018 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Northern Illinois | W 78–68 | 8–6 (1–1) |
Convocation Center (7,066) Athens, OH | |||||||
January 9, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Ball State | L 68–75 | 8–7 (1–2) |
Convocation Center (4,892) Athens, OH | |||||||
January 12, 2018 7:00 pm, CBSSN |
at Kent State | L 69–70 | 8–8 (1–3) |
MAC Center (2,114) Kent, OH | |||||||
January 16, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Toledo | L 57–91 | 8–9 (1–4) |
Convocation Center (6,040) Athens, OH | |||||||
January 20, 2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Eastern Michigan | W 72–66 | 9–9 (2–4) |
Ypsilanti, MI (1,513) Convocation Center | |||||||
January 23, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Akron | L 68–71 | 9–10 (2–5) |
James A. Rhodes Arena (2,653) Akron, OH | |||||||
January 26, 2018 6:30 pm, CBSSN |
Buffalo | L 66–73 | 9–11 (2–6) |
Convocation Center (6,470) Athens, OH | |||||||
January 30, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Bowling Green | L 50–66 | 9–12 (2–7) |
Stroh Center (1,540) Bowling Green, OH | |||||||
February 3, 2018 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Central Michigan | L 98–101 2OT | 9–13 (2–8) |
Convocation Center (8,027) Athens, OH | |||||||
February 6, 2018 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Akron | W 99–75 | 10–13 (3–8) |
Convocation Center Athens, OH | |||||||
February 10, 2018 4:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at Western Michigan | L 60–69 | 10–14 (3–9) |
University Arena (2,707) Kalamazoo, MI | |||||||
February 13, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Toledo | L 74–82 | 10–15 (3–10) |
Savage Arena (4,502) Toledo, OH | |||||||
February 17, 2018 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
Miami (OH) | W 92–87 OT | 11–15 (4–10) |
Convocation Center (6,872) Athens, OH | |||||||
February 20, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Kent State | W 88–76 | 12–15 (5–10) |
Convocation Center (6,339) Athens, OH | |||||||
February 24, 2018 3:30 pm, ESPN3 |
at Buffalo | L 82–108 | 12–16 (5–11) |
Alumni Arena (6,198) Amherst, NY | |||||||
February 27, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Bowling Green | W 75–59 | 13–16 (6–11) |
Convocation Center (6,108) Athens, OH | |||||||
March 2, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Miami (OH) | W 75–66 | 14–16 (7–11) |
Millett Hall (2,900) Oxford, OH | |||||||
MAC Tournament | |||||||||||
March 5, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(10) | at (7) Miami (OH) | L 55–68 | 14–17 |
Millett Hall (1,752) Oxford, OH | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Statistics
editTeam statistics
edit- Final 2017–18 statistics
Record | Ohio | OPP |
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Scoring | 2334 | 2353 |
Scoring Average | 75.29 | 75.90 |
Field goals – Att | 839–1893 | 839–1943 |
3-pt. Field goals – Att | 244–661 | 249–772 |
Free throws – Att | 412–579 | 426–567 |
Rebounds | 1127 | 1200 |
Assists | 443 | 389 |
Turnovers | 412 | 415 |
Steals | 207 | 189 |
Blocked Shots | 103 | 109 |
Source[4]
Player statistics
editMinutes | Scoring | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | |||||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Teyvion Kirk | 31 | 31 | 993 | 32 | 473 | 15.3 | 160 | 365 | 0.438 | 16 | 40 | 0.4 | 137 | 190 | 0.721 | 34 | 154 | 188 | 6.1 | 95 | 78 | 105 | 42 | 5 |
Mike Laster | 30 | 30 | 992 | 33.1 | 435 | 14.5 | 164 | 344 | 0.477 | 54 | 138 | 0.391 | 53 | 75 | 0.707 | 14 | 73 | 87 | 2.9 | 58 | 58 | 45 | 17 | 5 |
Jordan Dartis | 29 | 29 | 886 | 30.6 | 381 | 13.1 | 124 | 288 | 0.431 | 78 | 184 | 0.424 | 55 | 65 | 0.846 | 12 | 91 | 103 | 3.6 | 62 | 58 | 40 | 34 | 4 |
Gavin Block | 31 | 25 | 943 | 30.4 | 264 | 8.5 | 89 | 243 | 0.366 | 49 | 150 | 0.327 | 37 | 62 | 0.597 | 18 | 111 | 129 | 4.2 | 106 | 74 | 50 | 23 | 10 |
Kevin Mickle | 28 | 2 | 584 | 20.9 | 238 | 8.5 | 98 | 203 | 0.483 | 5 | 18 | 0.278 | 37 | 56 | 0.661 | 32 | 71 | 103 | 3.7 | 25 | 49 | 36 | 23 | 12 |
Doug Taylor | 31 | 31 | 745 | 24 | 214 | 6.9 | 94 | 166 | 0.566 | 1 | 3 | 0.333 | 25 | 47 | 0.532 | 73 | 149 | 222 | 7.2 | 21 | 88 | 43 | 17 | 61 |
James Gollon | 31 | 7 | 669 | 21.6 | 211 | 6.8 | 67 | 147 | 0.456 | 35 | 91 | 0.385 | 42 | 48 | 0.875 | 16 | 94 | 110 | 3.5 | 40 | 51 | 37 | 31 | 5 |
Zach Butler | 30 | 0 | 399 | 13.3 | 76 | 2.5 | 30 | 84 | 0.357 | 4 | 20 | 0.2 | 12 | 17 | 0.706 | 0 | 45 | 45 | 1.5 | 29 | 31 | 34 | 14 | 1 |
Jason Carter | 3 | 0 | 42 | 14 | 20 | 6.7 | 5 | 17 | 0.294 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 12 | 0.833 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 3.3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
A.J. Gareri | 10 | 0 | 61 | 6.1 | 9 | 0.9 | 2 | 9 | 0.222 | 1 | 5 | 0.2 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0.7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Sam Frayer | 6 | 0 | 14 | 2.3 | 7 | 1.2 | 3 | 9 | 0.333 | 1 | 5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ellis Dozier | 11 | 0 | 39 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.5 | 3 | 12 | 0.25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Antonio Bisutti | 6 | 0 | 13 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jaylin McDonald | 7 | 0 | 15 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 31 | - | 6400 | - | 2334 | 75.3 | 839 | 1893 | 0.443 | 244 | 661 | 0.369 | 412 | 579 | 0.712 | 259 | 868 | 1127 | 36.4 | 443 | 500 | 412 | 207 | 103 |
Opponents | 31 | - | 6400 | - | 2353 | 75.9 | 839 | 1943 | 0.432 | 249 | 772 | 0.323 | 426 | 567 | 0.751 | 305 | 895 | 1200 | 38.7 | 389 | 551 | 415 | 189 | 109 |
Legend | |||||
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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[4]
Awards and honors
editAll-MAC Awards
editTeam | Player | Position | Year |
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All-MAC Honorable Mention | Jordan Dartis | G | Jr. |
All-MAC Freshman Team | Teyvion Kirk | G | Fr. |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
- ^ "Saul Phillips". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
- ^ a b "2017-18 MEN'S BASKETBALL PRESEASON POLL & ALL-MAC TEAMS RELEASED". getsomemaction.com. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
- ^ a b "2017-18 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
- ^ "TOLEDO'S FLETCHER, BUFFALO'S OATS RECEIVE TOP MAC HONORS".
- ^ "MIAMI'S SIBANDE, BUFFALO'S PERKINS & EMU'S BOND EARN MAC HONORS".