1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	17–8 (10–2 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (11th season);
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1958–59 1960–61 →

1959–60 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio	10	–	2	.833	16	–	8	.667
Toledo	9	–	3	.750	18	–	6	.750
Bowling Green State	6	–	6	.500	10	–	14	.417
Miami (Ohio)	6	–	6	.500	8	–	16	.333
Western Michigan	5	–	7	.417	13	–	11	.542
Marshall	4	–	8	.333	10	–	13	.435
Kent State	2	–	10	.167	7	–	16	.304

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1959–60. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.^[1] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 16–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.^[2] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Notre Dame before losing to Georgia Tech in the Sweet Sixteen.^[3]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/1/1959*		at West Virginia Wesleyan	W 73–72	1–0
12/3/1959*		at Marietta	W 89–72	2–0
12/8/1959*		at Morehead State	W 76–65	3–0
12/12/1959*		at Indiana	L 68–80	3–1
12/17/1959*		at DePaul	L 54–77	3–2
12/19/1959*		at Illinois	L 79–85	3–3
1/2/1960		at No. 16 Toledo	L 53–63	3–4 (0–1)
1/5/1960		Miami (OH)	W 104–89	4–4 (1–1)
1/9/1960		at Bowling Green	W 86–72	5–4 (2–1)
1/12/1960		at Marshall	W 87–77	6–4 (3–1)
1/16/1960		Western Michigan	W 88–70	7–4 (4–1)
1/18/1960*		St. Francis (PA)	W 82–79	8–4
1/23/1960		Kent State	W 100–72	9–4 (5–1)
1/30/1960		at Western Michigan	W 86–71	10–4 (6–1)
2/6/1960		Marshall	W 86–82	11–-4 (7–1)
2/9/1960*		Stewart AFB	W 95–74	12–-4
2/12/1960		at Kent State	W 84–68	13–4 (8–1)
2/15/1960		No. 12 Toledo	W 71–67	14–4 (9–1)
2/20/1960	No. 18	Bowling Green	W 85–70	15–4 (10–1)
2/23/1960	No. 18	at Miami (OH)	L 74–88	15–5 (10–2)
2/29/1960*		Morehead State	W 96–66	16–5
3/2/1960*		Marietta	L 66–74	16–6
NCAA Tournament
3/8/1969*		vs. Notre Dame	W 74–66	17–6
3/11/1960*		vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech Sweet Sixteen	L 54–57	17–7
3/12/1960*		vs. Western Kentucky Regional Consolation	L 87–97	17–8
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]^[2]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1959–60 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1902	1779
Scoring Average	79.25	74.13
Field goals – Att	760–1780	679–1674
Free throws – Att	382–643	421–621
Rebounds	1397	1079
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[5]

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
Bunk Adams	25	-			411	16.4	166	393	0.422	79	167	0.473	274	11.0		67
Howie Jolliff	25	-			400	16.0	165	364	0.453	70	122	0.574	445	17.8		87
Larry Kruger	24	-			393	16.4	158	333	0.474	77	100	0.770	188	7.8		54
Billy Whaley	25	-			283	11.3	108	250	0.432	67	96	0.698	0	0.0		0
Dale Bandy	25	-			165	6.6	63	0	0.000	39	0	0.000	0	0.0		0
Bruce Johnson	14	-			118	8.4	44	0	0.000	30	0	0.000	0	0.0		0
Dave Katz	21	-			74	3.5	29	103	0.282	16	22	0.727	0	0.0		0
Verlyn Witte	18	-			60	3.3	27	46	0.587	6	10	0.600	0	0.0		0
Loren Wilcox	16	-			40	2.5	15	53	0.283	10	28	0.357	0	0.0		0
Bob Gaunt	14	-			35	2.5	12	0	0.000	11	0	0.000	0	0.0		0
_ Calhoun		-
Murray Cook		-
Mike Schuler		-
Total	24	-	-	-	1902	79.3	760	1780	0.427	382	643	0.594	1397	58.2		428
Opponents	24	-	-	-	1779	74.1	679	1674	0.406	421	621	0.678	1079	45.0		451

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^[5]

References

^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
^ "1960 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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

[SR-2] "1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 5, 2022.

[3] "1960 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 5, 2022.

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

[stats-5] "1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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