1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
Record	5–21 (3–15 MAC)
Head coach	Larry Hunter (9th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Elfers; James Jones; Kevin Eckert;
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1996–97 1998–99 →

1997–98 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
East
Akron	13	–	5	.722	17	–	10	.630
Kent State	9	–	9	.500	13	–	17	.433
Miami	9	–	9	.500	17	–	12	.586
Marshall	7	–	11	.389	11	–	16	.407
Bowling Green	7	–	11	.389	10	–	16	.385
Ohio	3	–	15	.167	5	–	21	.192
West
Ball State	14	–	4	.778	21	–	8	.724
Western Michigan	14	–	4	.778	21	–	8	.724
Eastern Michigan †	13	–	5	.722	20	–	10	.667
Toledo	10	–	8	.556	15	–	12	.556
Northern Illinois	6	–	12	.333	10	–	16	.385
Central Michigan	3	–	15	.167	5	–	21	.192

† 1998 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1997–98. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center.^[1]^[2] They finished the season 5–21 and finished tied for last in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 3–15. 21 losses is the most in Ohio history.^[3]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G/F	30	Sanjay Adell	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Milwaukee, WI
F	44	Jason Bundy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Heath, OH
F	54	Ryan Connolly	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr
F	33	Basra Fakhir	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	East Cleveland, OH
G	12	Chet Feldman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Munroe Falls, OH
F	32	Diante Flenorl	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Milwaukee, WI
G	4	Dustin Ford	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Cambridge, OH
F	34	Seth Martin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Fr	Zanesville, OH
F	45	Chris Maul	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Hilliard, OH
G	22	Jim Peterson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Beaver Falls, PA
G	10	Corey Reed	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Milwaukee, WI
G	21	Steve Spears	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Galloway, OH
C	52	Nick Terry	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Fr	Mount Gilead, OH

Head coach

Larry Hunter

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Elfers
James Jones
Kevin Eckert

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: July 4, 2014

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/29/1997*	at Wright State	W 57–56 ^OT	1–0
12/2/1997*	at Radford	L 63–72 ^OT	1–1	Dedmon Center Radford, VA
12/5/1997*	vs. St. Bonaventure Marquette Tournament	L 46–59	1–2
12/6/1997*	vs. Montana State Marquette Tournament	L 66–82	1–3
12/10/1997	at Kent State	L 52–63	1–4 (0–1)	Memorial Gym Kent, OH
12/13/1997*	at West Virginia	L 63–89	1–5	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
12/17/1997*	Cal State Northridge	W 79–77	2–5	Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/20/1997	Akron	L 55–69	2–6 (0–2)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/23/1997*	at No. 22 Rhode Island	L 72–85	2–7	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
12/30/1997* 7:00 pm, BBSN	No. 6 Kentucky	L 58–95	2–8	Convocation Center (13,083) Athens, OH
1/3/1998	at Eastern Michigan	L 64–85	2–9 (0–3)	Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, MI
1/5/1998	at Toledo	L 46–57	2–10 (0–4)	Savage Hall Toledo, OH
1/8/1998	Ball State	L 69–75	2–11 (0–5)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/10/1998	Northern Illinois	W 73–57	3–11 (1–5)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/17/1998	at Marshall	L 73–78	3-12 (1–6)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
1/21/1998	Bowling Green	L 58–71	3-13 (1–7)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/24/1998	at Miami (OH)	L 58–73	3–14 (1–8)	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
1/29/1998	at Northern Illinois	L 47–85	3–15 (1–9)	Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, IL
1/31/1998	at Ball State	L 57–106	3–16 (1–10)	University Arena Muncie, IN
2/5/1998	Central Michigan	W 122–121 ^2OT	4–16 (2–10)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/7/1998 3:00 pm	Western Michigan	L 68–86	4–17 (2–11)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/14/1998	Marshall	L 63–72	4–18 (2–12)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/18/1998	Miami (OH)	L 53–85	4–19 (2–13)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/21/1998	at Bowling Green	L 60–69	4–20 (2–14)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
2/23/1998	at Akron	L 65–86	4–21 (2–15)	Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
2/25/1998	Kent State	W 76–61	5–21 (3–15)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]^[3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1997–98 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1663	2014
Scoring Average	63.96	77.46
Field goals – Att	596–1452	681–1507
3-pt. Field goals – Att	117–399	160–420
Free throws – Att	354–558	492–687
Rebounds	961	938
Assists	326	356
Turnovers	509	348
Steals	122	254
Blocked Shots	60	79

Source^[5]

Player statistics

			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			3-point FGs			Free-Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	3FG	3FA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Off	Def	Tot	Avg	A	PF	TO	Stl	Blk
Sanjay Adell	25	-	-	-	403	16.1	140	326	0.429	15	57	0.263	108	166	0.651	0	0	151	6	54	0	0	19	11
Jim Peterson	26	-	-	-	284	10.9	90	257	0.35	71	209	0.34	33	44	0.75	0	0	58	2.2	15	0	0	10	0
Diante Flenorl	25	-	-	-	280	11.2	117	261	0.448	3	14	0.214	43	80	0.538	0	0	197	7.9	50	0	0	14	19
Basra Fakhir	26	-	-	-	219	8.4	90	170	0.529	0	1	0	39	64	0.609	0	0	205	7.9	31	0	0	10	5
Dustin Ford	26	-	-	-	216	8.3	66	214	0.308	22	83	0.265	62	79	0.785	0	0	77	3	85	0	0	31	2
Seth Martin	26	-	-	-	117	4.5	48	95	0.505	0	0	0	21	45	0.467	0	0	73	2.8	16	0	0	9	5
Nick Terry	25	-	-	-	70	2.8	24	42	0.571	0	0	0	22	39	0.564	0	0	42	1.7	9	0	0	1	17
Chet Feldman	26	-	-	-	40	1.5	12	49	0.245	6	33	0.182	10	17	0.588	0	0	46	1.8	44	0	0	15	1
Corey Reed	5	-	-	-	27	5.4	7	27	0.259	0	1	0	13	20	0.65	0	0	17	3.4	22	0	0	12	0
Jason Bundy	8	-	-	-	5	0.6	1	5	0.2	0	0	0	3	4	0.75	0	0	4	0.5	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Spears	7	-	-	-	2	0.3	1	4	0.25	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.7	0	0	0	0	0
Ryan Connolly	2	-	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Maul	3	-	-	-	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	26	-	-	-	1663	64.0	596	1452	0.410	117	399	0.293	354	558	0.634	378	583	961	37.0	326	556	509	122	60
Opponents	26	-	-	-	2014	77.5	681	1507	0.452	160	420	0.381	492	687	0.716	338	600	938	36.1	356	530	348	254	79

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

^ "Larry Hunter". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1997-98 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1997-98 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

Final 1998 Division I Men's Basketball Statistics Report
Ohio Record Book Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Larry Hunter". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 13, 2022.

[SR-3] "1997-98 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.

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

[stats-5] "1997-98 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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