1949–50 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1949–50 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Record6–14 (3–7 )
Head coach
Home arenaMen's Gymnasium
Seasons
1949–50 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Cincinnati 10 – 0   1.000 20 – 6   .769
Western Michigan 6 – 4   .600 12 – 10   .545
Butler 6 – 4   .600 12 – 12   .500
Ohio 3 – 7   .300 6 – 14   .300
Miami (Ohio) 3 – 7   .300 5 – 15   .250
Western Reserve 2 – 6   .250 7 – 17   .292
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949–50 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1949–50. The team was coached by Jim Snyder in his 1st of 26 seasons as Ohio's head coach. They played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] They finished the season 6–14. They finished fourth in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 3–7.

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
*
 Marietta L 40–54  0–1
  
 
*
 Ohio Wesleyan W 74–56  1–1
  
 
*
 at Mount Union L 39–53  1–2
  
 
*
 at Kent State L 57–70  1–3
  
 

at Western Reserve W 84–66  2–3
(1–0) 		 
 
*
 Dayton L 61–71  2–4
  
 

Western Michigan L 56–81  2–5
(1–1) 		 
 
*
 at Bowling Green L 54–74  2–6
  
 

at No. 20 Cincinnati L 38–57  2–7
(1–2) 		 
 

Cincinnati L 51–76  2–8
(1–3) 		 
 

Miami W 79–70  3–8
(2–3) 		 
 

at Butler L 49–70  3–9
(2–4) 		 
 
*
 at Dayton L 50–75  3–10
  
 

Western Reserve W 62–49  4–10
(3–4) 		 
 
*
 Muskingum W 67–63  5–10
  
 

at Miami L 45–54  5–11
(3–5) 		 
 
*
 Akron W 75–74  6–11
  
 

at Butler L 56–67  6–12
(3–6) 		 
 
*
 at Marietta L 59–66  6–13
  
 

at Western Michigan L 52–78  6–14
(3–7) 		 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[2][3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1949–50 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1148 1327
Scoring Average 57.40 66.35
Field goals – Att 432–1461 516–1586
Free throws – Att 284–459 295–470
Rebounds
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[4]

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
Elwood Sparks 20 - 237 11.9 89 284 0.313 59 85 0.694 60
Glen Hursey 20 - 178 8.9 70 237 0.295 38 63 0.603 38
Dave Leightenheimer 20 - 154 7.7 57 188 0.303 40 53 0.755 61
_ Betts 19 - 136 7.2 59 165 0.358 18 28 0.643 42
_ McKown 20 - 91 4.6 35 109 0.321 21 34 0.618 33
Vic Polosky 19 - 91 4.8 29 106 0.274 33 64 0.516 48
_ Lepp 20 - 77 3.9 27 114 0.237 23 40 0.575 31
_ Benich 14 - 58 4.1 21 63 0.333 16 28 0.571 24
_ Renner 17 - 53 3.1 18 69 0.261 17 34 0.500 21
Jack Schumacher 11 - 31 2.8 11 51 0.216 9 12 0.750 8
_ WIlliams 11 - 25 2.3 11 44 0.250 3 7 0.429 19
_ Hupp 6 - 15 2.5 5 25 0.200 5 7 0.714 8
_ Luecke 6 - 2 0.3 0 2 0.000 2 2 1.000 0
_ Bingham 3 - 0 0.0 0 1 0.000 0 0 0.000 1
_ Haswell 5 - 0 0.0 0 3 0.000 0 2 0.000 0
Total 20 - - - 1148 57.4 432 1461 0.296 284 459 0.619 0 0.0 394
Opponents 20 - - - 1327 66.4 516 1586 0.325 295 470 0.628 0.0 375
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[4]

References

  1. ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  3. ^ "1949-50 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. ^ a b "1949-50 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.