1964–65 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1964–65 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1964–65. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center.[1][2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 19–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 11–1.[3] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Dayton in the First Round.[4]

1964–65 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record19–7 (11–1 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaGrover Center
Seasons
1964–65 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio 11 1   .917 19 7   .731
Miami (Ohio) 11 1   .917 20 5   .800
Toledo 6 6   .500 13 11   .542
Bowling Green State 6 6   .500 9 15   .375
Kent State 4 8   .333 9 11   .450
Western Michigan 3 9   .250 8 16   .333
Marshall 1 11   .083 4 20   .167
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1964*
at Indiana L 70–81  0–1
 
 
12/5/1964*
at Northern Illinois W 93–86  1–1
 
 
12/12/1964
at Marshall W 106–81  2–1
(1–0)
 
 
12/15/1964
at West Virginia Wesleyan W 91–73  3–1
 
 
12/21/1964*
at Purdue L 73–79  3–2
 
 
12/23/1964*
at Northwestern W 88–67  4–2
 
 
12/28/1964*
vs. Duquesne
Charlotte Invitational
W 73–50  5–2
 
 
12/29/1964*
vs. Davidson
Charlotte Invitational
L 63–81  5–3
 
 
1/2/1965
at Bowling Green W 84–69  6–3
(2–0)
 
 
1/6/1965
at Western Michigan W 91–70  7–3
(3–0)
 
 
1/9/1965
Toledo W 86–69  8–3
(4–0)
 
 
1/13/1965
at Miami (OH) L 48–58  8–4
(4–1)
 
 
1/18/1965
at Florida Southern W 106–69  9–4
 
 
1/23/1965
Western Michigan W 89–76  10–4
(5–1)
 
 
1/30/1965
at Kent State W 72–70  11-4
(6–1)
 
 
2/3/1965
at San Francisco State W 95–75  12-4
 
 
2/6/1965
Bowling Green W 77–60  13–4
(7–1)
 
 
2/10/1965
Marshall W 103–85  14–4
(8–1)
 
 
2/13/1965*
at Notre Dame L 86–94  14–5
 
 
2/17/1965
Miami (OH) W 65–55  15–5
(9–1)
 
 
2/22/1965
Southern Illinois L 59–79  15–6
(9–1)
 
 
2/22/1965*
Loyola (IL) W 84–76  16–6
 
 
2/27/1965
Kent State W 95–75  17–6
(10–1)
 
 
3/6/1965
at Toledo W 87–61  18–6
(11–1)
 
 
3/8/1965
vs. Miami (OH) W 76–71  19–6
(12–1)
 
 
NCAA Tournament
3/9/1965*
vs. Dayton L 65–66  19–7
 
 
*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 1964–65 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2127 1892
Scoring Average 81.81 72.77
Field goals – Att 851–1899 725–1821
Free throws – Att 425–653 462–664
Rebounds 1478 1106
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
Don Hilt 26 - 493 19.0 191 408 0.468 111 151 0.735 306 11.8 71
Mike Haley 26 - 432 16.6 187 410 0.456 58 103 0.563 235 9.0 55
Mike Hammond 26 - 306 11.8 121 260 0.465 64 78 0.821 98 3.8 75
John Schroeder 26 - 276 10.6 107 260 0.412 62 120 0.517 302 11.6 81
Tom Davis 26 - 192 7.4 66 162 0.407 60 80 0.750 103 4.0 67
Dave Brown 26 - 177 6.8 80 151 0.530 17 40 0.425 65 2.5 59
Joe Barry -
Lloyd Buck -
Ken Fowlkes -
_ Hamilton -
_ Reichenbach -
_ Spires -
Tom Weirich -
_ Williams -
Total 26 - - - 2127 81.8 851 1899 0.448 425 653 0.651 1478 56.8 491
Opponents 26 - - - 1892 72.8 725 1821 0.398 462 664 0.696 1106 42.5 483
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 "1964-65 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "1965 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 "1964-65 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.