1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Appearance
1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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MAC Regular Season champions | |
NCAA tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 17–7 (10–2 MAC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Grover Center |
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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 |
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]
Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
12/1/1960* |
Ohio State | L 64–85 | 0–1 |
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12/3/1960* |
Youngstown State | W 87–74 | 1–1 |
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12/6/1960* |
at Morehead State | W 81–80 | 2–1 |
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12/10/1960* |
at St. Francis (PA) | W 80–72 | 3–1 |
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12/14/1960 |
at Marshall | W 71–53 | 4–1 (1–0) |
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12/16/1960* |
at No. 7 St. John’s | L 50–78 | 4–2 |
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12/28/1960* |
vs. South Dakota Canton Invitational |
W 75–56 | 5–2 |
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12/29/1960* |
vs. Wittenberg Canton Invitational |
W 50–48 | 6–2 |
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1/4/1960 |
Marshall | W 88–79 | 7–2 (2–0) |
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1/7/1961 |
at Bowling Green | W 62–61 | 8–2 (3–0) |
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1/10/1961* |
DePaul | L 60–69 | 8–3 |
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1/14/1961 |
Western Michigan | W 64–62 | 9-3 (4–0) |
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1/16/1961 |
Toledo | W 55–50 | 10–3 (5–0) |
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1/21/1961* |
Morehead State | W 87–71 | 11–3 |
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1/28/1961 |
at Western Michigan | W 78–76 | 12–3 (6–0) |
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1/30/1961 |
at Kent State | W 89–85 | 13–3 (7–0) |
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2/4/1961 |
at Toledo | L 68–95 | 13–4 (7–1) |
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2/8/1961* |
Miami (OH) | W 91–75 | 14–4 (8–1) |
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2/11/1961 |
Kent State | W 102–92 | 15–4 (9–1) |
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2/13/1961* |
St. Francis (PA) | W 83–60 | 16–4 |
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2/15/1961* |
at Louisville | L 84–117 | 16–5 |
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2/18/1961 |
Bowling Green | W 74–72 | 17–5 (10–1) |
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2/23/1961 |
at Miami | L 79–101 | 17–6 (10–2) |
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NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/14/1961* |
vs. Louisville | L 70–76 | 17–7 |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Statistics
[edit]Team statistics
[edit]- Final 1960–61 statistics
Record | Ohio | OPP |
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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
[edit]Minutes | Scoring | Total FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | |||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||
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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
[edit]- ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ a b "1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ "1961 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
- ^ a b "1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.