1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	20–5 (9–1 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (21st season);
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1968–69 1970–71 →

1969–70 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio	9	–	1	.900	20	–	5	.800
Bowling Green State	7	–	3	.700	15	–	9	.625
Miami (Ohio)	6	–	4	.600	15	–	9	.625
Toledo	5	–	5	.500	15	–	9	.625
Kent State	2	–	8	.200	7	–	17	.292
Western Michigan	1	–	7	.125	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1969–70. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Convocation Center.^[1]^[2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 20–4 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 9–1.^[3] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Notre Dame in the First Round.^[4]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/1/1969*		at Northwestern	W 90–79	1–0
12/6/1969*		No. 3 Purdue	W 80–79	2–0
12/13/1969*	No. 19	at No. 16 Ohio State	W 82–80	3–0
12/15/1969*	No. 10	at Indiana	W 89–83	4–0
12/17/1969*	No. 10	at Northern Illinois	W 84–72	5–0
12/20/1969*	No. 10	Ball State	W 92–82	6–0
12/26/1969*	No. 5	Fresno State	W 92–80	7–0
12/29/1969*	No. 5	vs. Texas Hurricane Classic	L 65–73	7–1
12/30/1969	No. 5	at Miami (FL) Hurricane Classic	W 99–74	8–1
1/3/1970	No. 5	Kent State	W 78–52	9–1 (1–0)
1/10/1970	No. 9	at Bowling Green	L 65–85	9–2 (1–1)
1/14/1970	No. 14	Miami (OH)	W 81–61	10–2 (2–1)
1/17/1970	No. 14	Toledo	W 88–79	11–2 (3–1)
1/24/1970	No. 13	at Kent State	W 77–68	12–2 (4–1)
1/28/1970	No. 13	at Western Michigan	W 91–81	13-2 (5–1)
1/31/1970*	No. 13	at Wisconsin	L 69–72	13-3
2/4/1970		at Toledo	W 80–67	14–3 (6–1)
2/7/1970		Western Michigan	W 107–68	15–3 (7–1)
2/11/1970*		at Marshall	L 88–93	15–4
2/14/1970		at Miami (OH)	W 58–57	16–4 (8–1)
2/18/1970*		Marshall	W 100–86	17–4
2/21/1970*		Virginia Commonwealth	W 95–75	18–4
2/25/1970*		Loyola (IL)	W 93–70	19–4
2/28/1970		Bowling Green	W 77–76	20–4 (9–1)
NCAA Tournament
3/7/1970*	No. 17	vs. No. 15 Notre Dame	L 82–112	20–5
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[5]^[3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1969–70 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	2102	1903
Scoring Average	84.08	76.12
Field goals – Att	820–1839	696–1643
Free throws – Att	462–701	511–770
Rebounds	1291	1173
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
John Canine	25	-			471	18.8	199	444	0.448	73	93	0.785	71	2.8		60
Greg McDivitt	25	-			368	14.7	140	335	0.418	88	122	0.721	225	9.0		90
Craig Love	25	-			341	13.6	144	283	0.509	53	96	0.552	322	12.9		90
Ken Kowall	25	-			274	11.0	106	248	0.427	62	110	0.564	67	2.7		64
Dave Groff	25	-			251	10.0	86	165	0.521	79	119	0.664	158	6.3		81
Doug Parker	25	-			133	5.3	52	121	0.430	29	45	0.644	101	4.0		73
Tom Corde	25	-			131	5.2	46	118	0.390	39	55	0.709	41	1.6		49
Gary Wolf	19	-			50	2.6	20	37	0.541	10	17	0.588	40	2.1		22
Larry Hunter	18	-			26	1.4	8	20	0.400	10	14	0.714	10	0.6		23
Mike Miller	12	-			18	1.5	7	19	0.368	4	8	0.500	3	0.3		5
John Glancy		-
Bernard Rumpke		-
Total	25	-	-	-	2102	84.1	820	1839	0.446	462	701	0.659	1291	51.6		586
Opponents	25	-	-	-	1903	76.1	696	1643	0.424	511	770	0.664	1173	46.9		518

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 6, 2022.
^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1969-70 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ "1970 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1969-70 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

[SR-3] "1969-70 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

[4] "1970 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

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

[stats-6] "1969-70 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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