1971–72 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1971–72 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1971–72. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Convocation Center.[1][2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 15–11 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 7–3.[3] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Marquette in the First Round.[4]

1971–72 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record15–11 (7–3 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1971–72 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio 7 3   .700 15 11   .577
Toledo 7 3   .700 18 7   .720
Kent State 6 4   .600 7 17   .292
Western Michigan 5 5   .500 10 14   .417
Miami (Ohio) 4 6   .400 12 12   .500
Bowling Green State 1 9   .100 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
12/1/1971*
Muskingum W 76–66  1–0
 
 
12/4/1971*
at Northwestern L 65–76  1–1
 
 
12/11/1971*
No. 4 Ohio State W 79–68  2–1
 
 
12/15/1971*
No. 12 Indiana W 79–70  3–1
 
 
12/20/1971*
No. 17 at Michigan
Michigan Tourney
L 81–87  3–2
 
 
12/21/1971*
No. 17 vs. Detroit
Michigan Tourney
L 77–84  3–3
 
 
12/23/1971*
No. 17 at Cincinnati L 67–104  3–4
 
 
12/30/1972*
at No. 17 Marshall L 81–88  3–5
 
 
1/4/1972*
Missouri L 76–78  3–6
 
 
1/8/1972
at Bowling Green W 91–69  4–6
(1–0)
 
 
1/12/1972
Kent State W 85–74  5–6
(2–0)
 
 
1/15/1972
Toledo W 71–64  6–6
(3–0)
 
 
1/19/1972*
Virginia Tech W 88–79  7–6
 
 
1/22/1972
Miami (OH) L 77–91  7–7
(3–1)
 
 
1/29/1972
at Kent State L 77–88  7-8
(3–2)
 
 
2/1/1972*
VMI W 98–60  8-8
 
 
2/5/1972
Western Michigan W 80–79  9–8
(4–2)
 
 
2/8/1972*
MacMurray W 108–69  10–8
(5–2)
 
 
2/12/1972
at Miami (OH) W 69–66 OT 11–8
(6–2)
 
 
2/16/1972*
No. 10 Marshall L 79–95  11–9
 
 
2/22/1972*
Loyola (IL) W 84–79  12–9
 
 
2/26/1972
at Toledo W 66–56  13–9
(7–2)
 
 
3/1/1972
at Western Michigan L 83–100  13–10
(7–3)
 
 
3/4/1972
Bowling Green W 105–84  14–10
(8–3)
 
 
3/7/1972
at Toledo W 69–67 OT 15–10
(9–3)
 
 
NCAA Tournament
3/11/1972*
vs. No. 7 Marquette L 49–73  15–11
 
 
*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 1971–72 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2053 2011
Scoring Average 78.96 77.35
Field goals – Att 792–1755 788–1757
Free throws – Att 469–668 435–636
Rebounds 1195 1142
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
Tom Corde 26 - 450 17.3 181 393 0.461 88 112 0.786 79 3.0 57
Todd Lalich 26 - 329 12.7 124 260 0.477 81 103 0.786 134 5.2 88
Tom Riccardi 26 - 323 12.4 132 301 0.439 61 105 0.581 167 6.4 66
Denny Rusch 25 - 224 9.0 79 183 0.432 66 96 0.688 170 6.8 99
Bob Howell 25 - 217 8.7 80 183 0.437 57 80 0.713 76 3.0 51
Dave Ball 23 - 209 9.1 80 171 0.468 49 72 0.681 124 5.4 49
Bill Brown 26 - 182 7.0 76 156 0.487 30 43 0.698 161 6.2 43
Denny Thompson 6 - 41 6.8 15 43 0.349 12 15 0.800 11 1.8 17
Chris Collins 8 - 18 2.3 7 15 0.467 4 5 0.800 11 1.4 7
Bernard Rumpke 10 - 18 1.8 6 17 0.353 6 11 0.545 13 1.3 12
Dave Strack 12 - 17 1.4 7 19 0.368 3 8 0.375 6 0.5 8
Jeff Knight 9 - 11 1.2 2 7 0.286 7 11 0.636 14 1.6 3
Floyd Carter 6 - 9 1.5 3 11 0.273 3 4 0.750 5 0.8 1
Ken Heiby 2 - 2 1.0 1 1 1.000 0 0 0.000 0 0.0 3
Total 26 - - - 2053 79.0 792 1755 0.451 469 668 0.702 1195 46.0 505
Opponents 26 - - - 2011 77.3 788 1757 0.448 435 636 0.684 1142 43.9 501
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. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1971-72 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "1972 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 "1971-72 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.