1948–49 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1948–49 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1948–49. The team was coached by Dutch Trautwein in his 11th and final season and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] They finished the season 6–16. They finished last (sixth) in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 2–8.

1948–49 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record6–16 (2–8 Mid-American)
Head coach
Home arenaMen's Gymnasium
Seasons
1948–49 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Cincinnati 9 1   .900 23 5   .821
No. 18 Butler 8 2   .800 18 5   .783
Western Michigan 4 6   .400 12 10   .545
Western Reserve 4 6   .400 9 15   .375
Miami (Ohio) 3 7   .300 8 13   .381
Ohio 2 8   .200 6 16   .273
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
*
Marietta W 79–60  1–0
 
 
*
at Charleston (WV) W 60–46  2–0
 
 
*
at Akron L 56–59  2–1
 
 
*
Mount Union L 35–38  2–2
 
 
*
at Morehead State L 48–64  2–3
 
 
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at Muskingum L 50–56  2–4
 
 

Western Reserve W 77–48  3–4
(1–0)
 
 

Butler L 41–72  3–5
(1–1)
 
 

at Butler L 40–57  3–6
(1–2)
 
 

Western Michigan L 42–58  3–7
(1–3)
 
 

at Cincinnati L 47–78  3–8
(1–4)
 
 

at Miami L 46–53  3–9
(1–5)
 
 
*
Dayton L 47–52  3–10
 
 
*
at Ohio Wesleyan L 47–52  3–11
 
 
*
at Dayton W 57–40  4–11
 
 

Miami W 54–43  5–11
(2–5)
 
 
*
at Marietta L 58–68  5–12
 
 
*
Bowling Green L 63–77  5–13
 
 
*
Ohio Wesleyan W 57–55  6–13
 
 

at Western Reserve L 72–74  6–14
(2–6)
 
 

Cincinnati L 51–68  6–15
(2–7)
 
 

at Western Michigan L 56–69  6–16
(2–8)
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[2][3]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1948–49 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1193 1284
Scoring Average 54.23 58.36
Field goals – Att 467–1564 503–1540
Free throws – Att 259–432 278–468
Rebounds
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[4]

Player statistics

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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
_ Johnson 22 - 242 11.0 91 277 0.329 60 81 0.741 45
_ Kinsley 22 - 222 10.1 87 289 0.301 48 79 0.608 63
_ Dickey 22 - 213 9.7 87 301 0.289 39 55 0.709 67
_ McKown 22 - 139 6.3 57 184 0.310 25 50 0.500 27
_ Renner 22 - 102 4.6 33 136 0.243 36 60 0.600 36
_ Stefan 20 - 90 4.5 37 95 0.389 16 27 0.593 33
_ Gyurko 16 - 39 2.4 15 57 0.263 9 19 0.474 39
_ Pollock 15 - 34 2.3 13 59 0.220 8 16 0.500 26
G Williams 15 - 34 2.3 12 48 0.250 10 17 0.588 21
_ Ruoff 7 - 23 3.3 11 36 0.306 1 4 0.250 16
L Williams 10 - 18 1.8 8 17 0.471 2 8 0.250 7
_ Shreffler 12 - 16 1.3 7 20 0.350 2 5 0.400 10
_ Whyte 10 - 9 0.9 4 32 0.125 1 7 0.143 10
_ Luecke 4 - 8 2.0 3 7 0.429 2 3 0.667 2
Jack Schumacher 5 - 4 0.8 2 6 0.333 0 1 0.000 2
Total 22 - - - 1193 54.2 467 1564 0.299 259 432 0.600 0 0.0 404
Opponents 22 - - - 1284 58.4 503 1540 0.327 278 468 0.594 0.0 364
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[4]

References

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  1. ^ "William Trautwein". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  3. ^ "1948-49 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "1948-49 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.