1968–69 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1968–69 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1968–69 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	17–9 (9–3 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (20th season);
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

1968–69 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Miami (Ohio)	10	–	2	.833	15	–	12	.556
Ohio	9	–	3	.750	17	–	9	.654
Kent State	6	–	6	.500	14	–	10	.583
Western Michigan	6	–	6	.500	11	–	13	.458
Toledo	5	–	7	.417	13	–	11	.542
Bowling Green State	3	–	9	.250	9	–	15	.375
Marshall	3	–	9	.250	9	–	15	.375

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968–69 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1968–69. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and for the first time played their home games at the recently constructed Convocation Center.^[1]^[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 17–9 and finished second in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 9–3.^[3] They were invited to the 1969 National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated West Texas State before losing to Tennessee in the second round.^[4]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
11/30/1968*	at No. 12 Ohio State	L 77–85	0–1
12/3/1968*	Indiana	W 80–70	1–1
12/7/1968*	No. 16 Ohio Wesleyan	W 101–55	2–1
12/14/1968*	at Purdue	L 89–100	2–2
12/17/1968*	at Illinois	L 82–95	2–3
12/19/1968*	at Northwestern	L 80–89	2–4
12/27/1968*	vs. Wisconsin Milwaukee Classic	L 68–74	2–5
12/28/1968*	vs. Army Milwaukee Classic	W 68–60	3–5
12/31/1968*	MacMurray	W 95–75	4–5
1/4/1969	at Kent State	W 70–69	5–5 (1–0)
1/7/1969*	West Virginia Wesleyan	W 111–51	6–5
1/11/1969	Bowling Green	L 74–75	6–6 (1–1)
1/15/1969	at Miami (OH)	L 53–67	6–7 (1–2)
1/18/1969	at Toledo	W 92–86 ^OT	7–7 (2–2)
1/25/1969	Kent State	W 75–72 ^OT	8-7 (3–2)
1/29/1969	Western Michigan	W 78–68	9–7 (4–2)
2/1/1969	at Marshall	W 110–94	10–7 (5–2)
2/5/1969	Toledo	W 98–95 ^OT	11–7 (6–2)
2/8/1969	at Western Michigan	L 89–97	11–8 (6–3)
2/15/1969	Miami (OH)	W 60–59	12–8 (7–3)
2/17/1969*	Loyola (IL)	W 103–92	13–8
2/22/1969	Marshall	W 86–80	14–8 (8–3)
2/24/1969*	Northern Illinois	W 87–86	15–8
3/1/1969	at Bowling Green	W 95–88 ^OT	16–8 (9–3)
National Invitation Tournament
3/14/1969*	vs. West Texas State	W 82–80	17–8
3/17/1969*	vs. Tennessee NIT Quarterfinals	L 64–75	17–9
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[5]^[3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1968–69 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	2167	2037
Scoring Average	83.35	78.35
Field goals – Att	846–1950	760–1793
Free throws – Att	475–697	517–735
Rebounds	1361	1216
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[6]

Player statistics

			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
Gerald McKee	26	-			485	18.7	210	502	0.418	65	111	0.586	250	9.6		71
John Canine	26	-			414	15.9	173	385	0.449	68	86	0.791	94	3.6		47
Greg McDivitt	26	-			339	13.0	135	289	0.467	69	93	0.742	181	7.0		94
Ken Kowall	25	-			266	10.6	88	228	0.386	90	111	0.811	106	4.2		60
Doug Parker	26	-			193	7.4	73	151	0.483	47	69	0.681	125	4.8		61
Craig Love	26	-			178	6.8	69	148	0.466	40	62	0.645	192	7.4		80
Dave Groff	26	-			166	6.4	59	135	0.437	48	92	0.522	137	5.3		77
Steve Battle	25	-			59	2.4	13	47	0.277	33	50	0.660	41	1.6		32
Mike Miller	11	-			28	2.5	13	27	0.481	2	5	0.400	7	0.6		10
Gary Wolf	7	-			14	2.0	4	14	0.286	6	8	0.750	13	1.9		3
Larry Coon	8	-			12	1.5	4	10	0.400	4	6	0.667	7	0.9		9
John Glancy	6	-			5	0.8	2	8	0.250	0	0	0.000	3	0.5		2
Larry Hunter	5	-			5	1.0	1	2	0.500	3	4	0.750	1	0.2		2
Grant Coutright	2	-			2	1.0	1	1	1.000	0	0	0.000	1	0.5		0
Jack Milhollan	2	-			2	1.0	1	3	0.333	0	0	0.000	1	0.5		0
Total	26	-	-	-	2167	83.3	846	1950	0.434	475	697	0.681	1361	52.3		548
Opponents	26	-	-	-	2037	78.3	760	1793	0.424	517	735	0.703	1216	46.8		521

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^[6]

References

^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1968-69 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "1969 National Invitational Tournament". The Sports Almanac. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1968-69 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

[SR-3] "1968-69 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

[4] "1969 National Invitational Tournament". The Sports Almanac. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

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

[stats-6] "1968-69 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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