1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	9–17 (4–12 MAC)
Head coach	Dale Bandy (3rd season);
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1975–76 1977–78 →

1976–77 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Central Michigan	13	–	3	.813	18	–	10	.643
Miami	13	–	3	.813	20	–	6	.769
Toledo	12	–	4	.750	21	–	6	.778
Northern Illinois	10	–	6	.625	13	–	14	.481
Western Michigan	8	–	8	.500	14	–	13	.519
Ball State	7	–	9	.438	11	–	14	.440
Bowling Green	5	–	11	.313	9	–	18	.333
Ohio	4	–	12	.250	9	–	17	.346
Eastern Michigan	4	–	12	.250	9	–	18	.333
Kent State	4	–	12	.250	8	–	19	.296

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1976–77. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his third season at Ohio.^[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.^[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 9–17 and eighth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 4–12.^[3]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1976*	Pittsburgh	W 72–62	1–0
12/4/1976*	Northwestern	L 71–73	1–1
12/11/1976*	Marietta	W 85–72	2–1
12/18/1976*	at Cleveland State	W 93–83	3–1
12/22/1976	Eastern Michigan	W 91–81	4–1 (1–0)
12/27/1976*	at Oklahoma City All-College Tournament	L 73–97	4–2	The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK
12/29/1976*	vs. St. Joseph's (PA) All-College Tournament	L 62–67	4–3	The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK
12/30/1976*	vs. Tulane All-College Tournament	W 93–67	5–3	The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK
1/5/1977	at Toledo	L 66–82	5–4 (1–1)
1/8/1977	Northern Illinois	L 65–81	5–5 (1–2)
1/12/1977*	at Marshall	L 71–79	5–6
1/15/1977	at Kent State	L 74–77	5–7 (1–3)
1/19/1977	Ball State	L 63–66	5–8 (1–4)
1/22/1977	at Miami (OH)	L 78–84	5-9 (1-5)
1/26/1977	Western Michigan	W 80–74	6-9 (2-5)
2/2/1977	at Ball State	L 64–65	6–10 (2-6)
2/5/1977	at Bowling Green	W 69–68 ^OT	7–10 (3–6)
2/7/1977*	at Loyola (IL)	L 73–74	7–11
2/9/1977	Toledo	L 74–75	7–12 (3–7)
2/12/1977	at Northern Illinois	L 70–77	7–13 (3–8)
2/16/1977*	Virginia Tech	W 82–77	8–13
2/19/1977	Kent State	W 81–80	9–13 (4–8)
2/26/1977	Miami (OH)	L 62–83	9–14 (4–9)
3/2/1977	at Western Michigan	L 63–75	9–15 (4–10)
3/5/1977	at Eastern Michigan	L 75–80	9–16 (4–11)
3/7/1977	Central Michigan	L 64–76	9–17 (4–12)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]^[3]

Statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1976–77 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1914	1975
Scoring Average	73.62	75.96
Field goals – Att	731–1705	800–1648
Free throws – Att	452–623	375–550
Rebounds	958	1105
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[5]

Player statistics[edit]

			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
Steve Skaggs	25	-			482	19.3	190	395	0.481	102	143	0.713	178	7.1		57
Bucky Walden	25	-			338	13.5	125	282	0.443	88	129	0.682	107	4.3		73
Tim Joyce	18	-			326	18.1	128	300	0.427	70	95	0.737	119	6.6		60
Ernie Whitus	20	-			205	10.3	79	178	0.444	47	68	0.691	111	5.6		61
Kim Leonard	11	-			150	13.6	67	174	0.385	16	20	0.800	24	2.2		31
Bill Littlefield	24	-			119	5.0	50	117	0.427	19	31	0.613	67	2.8		57
Bob Leon	26	-			108	4.2	29	88	0.330	50	55	0.909	46	1.8		68
Cliff Sawyer	23	-			88	3.8	29	76	0.382	30	39	0.769	52	2.3		37
Mike Borden	24	-			37	1.5	10	30	0.333	17	26	0.654	67	2.8		49
John Kimbel	10	-			23	2.3	7	17	0.412	9	11	0.818	17	1.7		8
Mark Lauretti	9	-			20	2.2	9	27	0.333	2	3	0.667	5	0.6		9
Total	26	-	-	-	1914	73.6	731	1705	0.429	452	623	0.726	958	36.8		544
Opponents	26	-	-	-	1975	76.0	800	1648	0.485	375	550	0.682	1105	42.5		563

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[edit]

^ "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1976-77 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1976-77 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[SR-3] "1976-77 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[4] "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

[stats-5] "1976-77 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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