1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular season and MAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	22–8 (14–4 MAC)
Head coach	Danny Nee (5th season);
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1983–84 1985–86 →

1984–85 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio †	14	–	4	.778	22	–	8	.733
Miami	13	–	5	.722	20	–	11	.645
Toledo	11	–	7	.611	16	–	12	.571
Kent State	11	–	7	.611	17	–	13	.567
Eastern Michigan	9	–	9	.500	15	–	13	.536
Ball State	8	–	10	.444	13	–	16	.448
Western Michigan	7	–	11	.389	12	–	16	.429
Northern Illinois	7	–	11	.389	11	–	16	.407
Bowling Green	6	–	12	.333	12	–	15	.444
Central Michigan	4	–	14	.222	9	–	18	.333

† 1985 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1984–85. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his fifth season at Ohio.^[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.^[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 22–8 and won the MAC regular season championship with a conference record of 14–4.^[3] They won the MAC tournament with wins over Kent State and Miami (OH).^[4] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Kansas in the first round.^[5]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Non-conference regular season
11/24/1984*	St. Francis (PA)	W 94–84	1–0
12/1/1984*	at No. 12 Indiana	L 73–90	1–1
12/7/1984*	at Wichita State McDonald’s Classic	W 56–55	2–1
12/8/1984*	vs. Illinois-Chicago McDonald’s Classic	L 64–72	2–2
12/12/1984*	Ohio Wesleyan	W 75–67	3–2
12/15/1984*	Heidelberg	W 77–70	4–2
12/16/1984*	at Marshall	W 76–71	5–2
12/28/1984*	vs. San Jose State Basketball Classic	L 62–67	5–3
12/29/1984*	vs. Eastern Kentucky Basketball Classic	W 58–52	6–3
MAC regular season
1/3/1985	Miami (OH)	W 73–62	7–3 (1–0)
1/5/1985	at Western Michigan	L 79–84	7–4 (1–1)
1/9/1985	at Central Michigan	W 75–66	8–4 (2–1)
1/12/1985	Bowling Green	W 79–57	9–4 (3–1)
1/16/1985	at Eastern Michigan	W 73–66	10–4 (4–1)
1/19/1985	Toledo	W 62–55	11-4 (5–1)
1/23/1985	at Northern Illinois	W 50–42	12-4 (6–1)
1/26/1985	Kent State	W 77–58	13–4 (7–1)
1/29/1985	at Ball State	W 60–58	14–4 (8–1)
2/2/1985	Western Michigan	W 62–54	15–4 (9–1)
2/6/1985	Central Michigan	W 56–52	16–4 (10–1)
2/9/1985	at Bowling Green	W 60–56	17–4 (11–1)
2/13/1985	Eastern Michigan	W 71–61	18–4 (12–1)
2/16/1985	at Toledo	L 65–72	18–5 (12–2)
2/19/1985	Northern Illinois	W 72–49	19–5 (13–2)
2/23/1985	at Kent State	L 66–76	19–6 (13–3)
2/27/1985	Ball State	W 64–56	20–6 (14–3)
3/2/1985	at Miami (OH)	L 66–67	20–7 (14–4)
MAC Tournament
3/8/1985	vs. Kent State Semifinal	W 57–55	21–7 (15–4)
3/9/1985	vs. Miami (OH) Championship	W 74–64	22–7 (16–4)
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1985*	vs. No. 13 Kansas Mideast Regional First Round	L 38–49	22–8
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[6]^[3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1984–85 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	2014	1887
Scoring Average	67.13	62.90
Field goals – Att	773–1636	697–1567
Free throws – Att	468–681	493–719
Rebounds	1038	984
Assists	466	409
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[7]

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
Vic Alexander	27				390	14.7	161	300	0.537	68	106	0.642	195	2.4	13
Robert Tatum	25				368	14.4	136	301	0.452	96	115	0.835	60	7.2	77
Rick Scarberry	30				321	10.7	146	324	0.451	29	39	0.744	51	1.7	56
Eddie Hicks	29				280	9.7	94	181	0.519	92	123	0.748	195	6.7	25
Paul Baron	30				273	9.1	80	163	0.491	113	150	0.753	119	4.0	190
Eddie Washington	29				128	4.4	56	126	0.444	16	29	0.552	35	1.2	53
Henry Smith	25				90	3.6	32	77	0.416	26	63	0.413	99	4.0	15
Rich Stanfel	28				65	2.5	28	72	0.389	9	16	0.563	93	1.5	7
Marty Lehmann	15				38	2.3	17	35	0.486	4	7	0.571	22	3.3	4
John Rhodes	15				28	1.9	9	24	0.375	10	17	0.588	38	2.5	3
Jamie Brock	12				21	1.8	10	14	0.714	1	5	0.200	12	1.0	2
Roger Smith	15				12	0.8	4	19	0.211	4	11	0.364	12	0.8	21
Total	30	-	0	-	2014	67.1	773	1636	0.472	468	681	0.687	1038	34.6	466	630
Opponents	30	-	0	-	1887	62.9	697	1567	0.445	493	719	0.686	984	32.8	409	612

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^[7]

References

^ "Danny Nee". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1984-85 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
^ "Mid-American Conference men's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
^ "1985 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1984-85 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "Danny Nee". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

[SR-3] "1984-85 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

[4] "Mid-American Conference men's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

[5] "1985 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 11, 2022.

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

[stats-7] "1984-85 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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