1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1960–61. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and for the first time played their home games at the recently constructed Grover Center.[1][2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 17–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.[3] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Louisville in the First Round.[4]

1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record17–7 (10–2 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaGrover Center
Seasons
1960–61 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio 10 2   .833 17 7   .708
Toledo 8 4   .667 15 8   .652
Miami (Ohio) 7 5   .583 12 12   .500
Marshall 5 7   .417 11 13   .458
Bowling Green State 4 8   .333 10 14   .417
Western Michigan 4 8   .333 10 14   .417
Kent State 4 8   .333 9 14   .391
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1960*
Ohio State L 64–85  0–1
 
 
12/3/1960*
Youngstown State W 87–74  1–1
 
 
12/6/1960*
at Morehead State W 81–80  2–1
 
 
12/10/1960*
at St. Francis (PA) W 80–72  3–1
 
 
12/14/1960
at Marshall W 71–53  4–1
(1–0)
 
 
12/16/1960*
at No. 7 St. John’s L 50–78  4–2
 
 
12/28/1960*
vs. South Dakota
Canton Invitational
W 75–56  5–2
 
 
12/29/1960*
vs. Wittenberg
Canton Invitational
W 50–48  6–2
 
 
1/4/1960
Marshall W 88–79  7–2
(2–0)
 
 
1/7/1961
at Bowling Green W 62–61  8–2
(3–0)
 
 
1/10/1961*
DePaul L 60–69  8–3
 
 
1/14/1961
Western Michigan W 64–62  9-3
(4–0)
 
 
1/16/1961
Toledo W 55–50  10–3
(5–0)
 
 
1/21/1961*
Morehead State W 87–71  11–3
 
 
1/28/1961
at Western Michigan W 78–76  12–3
(6–0)
 
 
1/30/1961
at Kent State W 89–85  13–3
(7–0)
 
 
2/4/1961
at Toledo L 68–95  13–4
(7–1)
 
 
2/8/1961*
Miami (OH) W 91–75  14–4
(8–1)
 
 
2/11/1961
Kent State W 102–92  15–4
(9–1)
 
 
2/13/1961*
St. Francis (PA) W 83–60  16–4
 
 
2/15/1961*
at Louisville L 84–117  16–5
 
 
2/18/1961
Bowling Green W 74–72  17–5
(10–1)
 
 
2/23/1961
at Miami L 79–101  17–6
(10–2)
 
 
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1961*
vs. Louisville L 70–76  17–7
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[5][3]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1960–61 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1792 1683
Scoring Average 74.67 70.13
Field goals – Att 708–1710 700–1683
Free throws – Att 376–593 387–558
Rebounds 1231 1143
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[6]

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
Larry Kruger 24 - 447 18.6 184 404 0.455 79 105 0.752 193 8.0 55
Bunk Adams 24 - 438 18.3 165 444 0.372 108 181 0.597 308 12.8 55
Billy Whaley 24 - 331 13.8 123 289 0.426 85 130 0.654 94 3.9 68
Stacy Bunton 24 - 195 8.1 82 171 0.480 31 56 0.554 223 9.3 78
Dave Katz 24 - 180 7.5 77 185 0.416 26 34 0.765 61 2.5 56
Gary Bolen 23 - 68 3.0 24 59 0.407 20 40 0.500 66 2.9 35
Loren Wilcox 19 - 66 3.5 25 62 0.403 16 22 0.727 62 3.3 18
Murray Cook 17 - 17 1.0 7 23 0.304 3 4 0.750 15 0.9 8
Mike Schuler 24 - 15 0.6 6 36 0.167 3 3 1.000 12 0.5 10
Jim Koon 21 - 14 0.7 6 21 0.286 2 4 0.500 8 0.4 8
Ralph Ball 6 - 8 1.3 3 5 0.600 2 4 0.500 1 0.2 1
Bob Rollinson 6 - 6 1.0 3 7 0.429 0 4 0.000 8 1.3 1
Hugh Dalton - 5 2 4 0.500 1 6 0.167 6 1
Total 24 - - - 1792 74.7 708 1710 0.414 376 593 0.634 1231 51.3 394
Opponents 24 - - - 1683 70.1 700 1683 0.416 387 558 0.694 1143 47.6 417
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

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  1. ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "1961 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  6. ^ a b "1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.