1996–97 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1996–97 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record17–10 (12–6 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Elfers
  • Reggie Rankin
  • Kevin Eckert
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1996–97 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Bowling Green 13 – 5   .722 22 – 10   .688
Miami† 13 – 5   .722 21 – 9   .700
Ohio 12 – 6   .667 17 – 10   .630
Eastern Michigan 11 – 7   .611 22 – 10   .688
Ball State 9 – 9   .500 16 – 13   .552
Western Michigan 9 – 9   .500 14 – 14   .500
Kent State 7 – 11   .389 9 – 18   .333
Toledo 6 – 12   .333 13 – 14   .481
Akron 6 – 12   .333 8 – 18   .308
Central Michigan 4 – 14   .222 7 – 19   .269
† 1997 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1996–97 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1996–97. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center.[1][2] They finished the season 17–10 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 12–6.[3]

Roster

1996–97 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 12 Geno Ford 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr Cambridge, OH
C 50 Ed Sears 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Sr Brooklyn, N.Y
F 44 Curtis Simmons 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Sr Columbus, OH
F 35 Damion Washington 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Toledo, OH
F 32 Diante Flenorl 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Milwaukee, WI
F 33 Basra Fakhir 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr East Cleveland, OH
G 21 Jason Grunkemeyer 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Cincinnati, OH
G 10 Corey Reed 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Milwaukee, WI
G 22 Jim Peterson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Beaver Falls, PA
F 45 Paul Morris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Rapid City, SD
F 24 Matt Jager 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Vista, CA
C 41 Andy Kanzig 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 280 lb (127 kg) So Perrysville, OH
SG 00 Jonathan Berkley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Louisville, KY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Mike Elfers
  • Reggie Rankin
  • Kevin Eckert
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: July 4, 2014

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/27/1996*
 Wilmington W 62–48  1–0
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
11/30/1996*
 at West Virginia L 68–83  1–1
  
 
12/7/1996*
 at Illinois State L 69–81  1–2
 Redbird Arena (8,153)
Normal, Illinois
12/12/1996*
 at Cal State Northridge W 80–73  2–2
  
 
12/14/1996*
 at No. 23 UCLA L 61–72  2–3
 Pauley Pavilion (8,053)
Los Angeles, California
12/18/1996*
 Wright State W 74–59  3–3
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
12/21/1996*
 Radford W 83–65  4–3
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
12/28/1996*
 Duquesne W 85–67  5–3
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
MAC regular season
1/4/1997
 Western Michigan L 63–64  5–4
(0–1) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
1/9/1997
 at Ball State L 76–86  5–5
(0–2) 		Worthen Arena 
Muncie, Indiana
1/11/1997
 at Akron W 67–64  6–5
(1–2) 		 
 
1/13/1997
 at Kent State W 72–60  7–5
(2–2) 		Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center 
Kent, Ohio
1/18/1997
 at Miami (OH) L 63–78  7–6
(2–3) 		Millett Hall 
Oxford, Ohio
1/22/1997
 Toledo W 82–78  8–6
(3–3) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
1/25/1997
 Central Michigan W 83–68  9-6
(4–3) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
1/29/1997
 at Bowling Green L 59–72  9-7
(4–4) 		Anderson Arena 
Bowling Green, Ohio
2/1/1997
 Ball State W 79–58  10–7
(5–4) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/3/1997
 Eastern Michigan W 71–70  11–7
(6–4) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/5/1997
 at Akron W 71–67  12–7
(7–4) 		 
 
2/8/1997
 Kent State W 79–59  13–7
(8–4) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/12/1997
 at Eastern Michigan W 71–62  14–7
(9–4) 		Bowen Field House 
Ypsilanti, Michigan
2/15/1997
 Miami (OH) W 67–65  15–7
(10–4) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
2/17/1997
 at Toledo L 69–80  15–8
(10–5) 		John F. Savage Hall 
Toledo, Ohio
2/22/1997
 at Central Michigan W 100–82  16–8
(11–5) 		Rose Arena 
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
2/26/1997
 Bowling Green W 89–87 OT 17–8
(12–5) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
3/1/1997
 at Western Michigan L 73–82  17–9
(12–6) 		University Arena 
Kalamazoo, Michigan
MAC Tournament
3/4/1997
 (3) vs. (6) Western Michigan
Quarterfinals 		L 68–74  17–10
(12–7) 		SeaGate Convention Centre 
Toledo, Ohio
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1996–97 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1984 1904
Scoring Average 73.48 70.52
Field goals – Att 742–1550 666–1481
3-pt. Field goals – Att 117–307 145–412
Free throws – Att 383–588 427–597
Rebounds 1015 836
Assists 364 368
Turnovers 440 403
Steals 204 204
Blocked Shots 73 68

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
Geno Ford 27 27 1015 37.6 505 18.7 167 404 0.413 59 151 0.391 112 131 0.855 0 0 98 3.6 78 76 68 46 4
Ed Sears 27 27 706 26.1 403 14.9 156 241 0.647 0 0 0 91 133 0.684 0 0 176 6.5 24 88 0 12 16
Curtis Simmons 24 10 673 28 388 16.2 158 268 0.59 1 4 0.25 71 122 0.582 0 0 139 5.8 56 63 0 40 25
Damion Washington 27 7 573 21.2 156 5.8 57 135 0.422 19 57 0.333 23 35 0.657 0 0 94 3.5 33 46 45 21 1
Diante Flenorl 25 18 534 21.4 143 5.7 60 148 0.405 1 4 0.25 22 36 0.611 0 0 98 3.9 32 51 30 15 12
Basra Fakhir 27 19 555 20.6 123 4.6 55 114 0.482 0 0 0 13 27 0.481 0 0 146 5.4 28 58 31 8 3
Jason Grunkemeyer 26 6 428 16.5 115 4.4 36 85 0.424 27 57 0.474 16 25 0.64 0 0 41 1.6 14 44 24 9 2
Corey Reed 26 18 621 23.9 97 3.7 33 86 0.384 0 1 0 31 72 0.431 0 0 70 2.7 84 52 60 43 9
Jim Peterson 19 0 103 5.4 36 1.9 12 42 0.286 10 33 0.303 2 4 0.5 0 0 10 0.5 1 19 8 2 0
Paul Morris 9 3 183 20.3 18 2 8 20 0.4 0 0 0 2 3 0.667 0 0 34 3.8 14 23 19 8 1
Jason Bundy 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Jager 3 0 21 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.3 0 3 0 0 0
Andy Kanzig 2 0 10 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0
Total 27 - 0 - 1984 73.5 742 1550 0.479 117 307 0.381 383 588 0.651 390 625 1015 37.6 364 524 440 204 73
Opponents 27 - - - 1904 70.5 666 1481 0.450 145 412 0.352 427 597 0.715 294 542 836 31.0 368 545 403 204 68
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. ^ "Larry Hunter". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1997-98 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1996-97 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.