1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record13–11 (5–7 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaMen's Gymnasium
Seasons
1955–56 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Marshall 10 – 2   .833 18 – 5   .783
Miami (OH) 8 – 4   .667 12 – 8   .600
Western Michigan 7 – 5   .583 11 – 9   .550
Toledo 6 – 6   .500 9 – 13   .409
Ohio 5 – 7   .417 13 – 11   .542
Kent State 5 – 7   .417 10 – 11   .476
Bowling Green 1 – 11   .083 4 – 19   .174
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

The 1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1955–56. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 13–11 and finished fifth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 5–7.[3]

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/3/1955*
 at Indiana L 74–93  0–1
  
 
12/8/1955*
 at Morris Harvey W 91–71  1–1
  
 
12/10/1955*
 Ohio Wesleyan W 94–85  2–1
  
 
12/13/1955*
 Marietta W 85–54  3–1
  
 
12/15/1955
 at Marshall L 71–87  3–2
(0–1) 		 
 
12/27/1955*
 vs. Western Kentucky
Kentucky Invitational 		L 60–76  3–3
  
 
12/28/1955*
 vs. Arizona
Kentucky Invitational 		W 90–76  4–3
  
 
12/29/1955*
 vs. Morehead State
Kentucky Invitational 		W 97–91  5–3
  
 
1/5/1956*
 at Georgetown (KY) W 98–79  6–3
  
 
1/7/1956
 at Kent State W 80–72  7–3
(1–1) 		 
 
1/9/1956
 Western Michigan L 74–86  7–4
(1–2) 		 
 
1/12/1956
 Marshall L 63–72  7–5
(1–3) 		 
 
1/17/1956
 at Miami (OH) L 70–93  7–6
(1–4) 		 
 
1/21/1956
 at Bowling Green W 83–81  8–6
(2–4) 		 
 
1/25/1956
 Toledo W 89–79  9–6
(3–4) 		 
 
1/27/1956
 Kent State W 90–71  10–6
(4–4) 		 
 
2/4/1956*
 at Baldwin-Wallace L 84–85  10–7
  
 
2/10/1956*
 at Morehead State L 67–110  10–8
  
 
2/14/1956
 Miami (OH) L 84–85  10–9
(4–5) 		 
 
2/18/1956
 Bowling Green W 78–74  11–9
(5–5) 		 
 
2/22/1956
 at Western Michigan L 63–70  11–10
(5–6) 		 
 
2/25/1956*
 Morehead State W 113–99  12–10
  
 
2/27/1956
 at Toledo L 67–77  12–11
(5–7) 		 
 
3/1/1956*
 at Marietta W 105–89  13–11
  
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1955–56 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1970 1955
Scoring Average 82.08 81.46
Field goals – Att 705–1822 692–1858
Free throws – Att 560–819 571–825
Rebounds 1188 1188
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
Scotty Griesheimer 23 - 327 14.2 128 267 0.479 71 117 0.607 194 8.4 60
Fred Moore 24 - 308 12.8 133 346 0.384 42 68 0.618 135 5.6 47
Bob Evans 24 - 283 11.8 81 200 0.405 121 154 0.786 171 7.1 76
Dick Garrison 24 - 275 11.5 82 189 0.434 111 148 0.750 183 7.6 75
Bob Peters 24 - 190 7.9 69 155 0.445 52 77 0.675 101 4.2 58
Harry Weinbrecht 24 - 177 7.4 58 191 0.304 61 85 0.718 67 2.8 43
Don Sifft 23 - 153 6.7 63 176 0.358 27 41 0.659 74 3.2 32
Larry Morrison 22 - 92 4.2 31 109 0.284 30 47 0.638 42 1.9 27
Henry Pell 21 - 90 4.3 36 111 0.324 18 30 0.600 53 2.5 34
John Tudor 13 - 33 2.5 10 29 0.345 13 29 0.448 35 2.7 13
Larry Williams 11 - 24 2.2 8 21 0.381 8 13 0.615 7 0.6 8
Russ Grooms 8 - 14 1.8 5 19 0.263 4 8 0.500 11 1.4 12
Bill Oppenheimer 7 - 2 0.3 1 7 0.143 0 0 0.000 2 0.3 3
John Paulette 3 - 2 0.7 0 0 0.000 2 2 1.000 0 0.0 0
Duane Baker 3 - 0 0.0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0.000 0 0.0 2
Total 24 - - - 1970 82.1 705 1822 0.387 560 819 0.684 1188 49.5 490
Opponents 24 - - - 1955 81.5 692 1858 0.372 571 825 0.692 1188 49.5 478
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

  1. ^ "1955-56 Mid-American Conference Season Summary". college-basketball-reference. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
  2. ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1955-56 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1955-56 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.