1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record9–17 (4–12 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1976–77 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Central Michigan 13 – 3   .813 18 – 10   .643
Miami (Ohio) 13 – 3   .813 20 – 6   .769
Toledo 12 – 4   .750 21 – 6   .778
Northern Illinois 10 – 6   .625 13 – 14   .481
Western Michigan 8 – 8   .500 14 – 13   .519
Ball State 7 – 9   .438 11 – 14   .440
Bowling Green State 5 – 11   .313 9 – 18   .333
Ohio 4 – 12   .250 9 – 17   .346
Eastern Michigan 4 – 12   .250 9 – 18   .333
Kent State 4 – 12   .250 8 – 19   .296
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1976–77. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his third season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 9–17 and eighth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 4–12.[3]

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1976*
 Pittsburgh W 72–62  1–0
  
 
12/4/1976*
 Northwestern L 71–73  1–1
  
 
12/11/1976*
 Marietta W 85–72  2–1
  
 
12/18/1976*
 at Cleveland State W 93–83  3–1
  
 
12/22/1976
 Eastern Michigan W 91–81  4–1
(1–0) 		 
 
12/27/1976*
 at Oklahoma City
All-College Tournament 		L 73–97  4–2
 The Myriad 
Oklahoma City, OK
12/29/1976*
 vs. St. Joseph's (PA)
All-College Tournament 		L 62–67  4–3
 The Myriad 
Oklahoma City, OK
12/30/1976*
 vs. Tulane
All-College Tournament 		W 93–67  5–3
 The Myriad 
Oklahoma City, OK
1/5/1977
 at Toledo L 66–82  5–4
(1–1) 		 
 
1/8/1977
 Northern Illinois L 65–81  5–5
(1–2) 		 
 
1/12/1977*
 at Marshall L 71–79  5–6
  
 
1/15/1977
 at Kent State L 74–77  5–7
(1–3) 		 
 
1/19/1977
 Ball State L 63–66  5–8
(1–4) 		 
 
1/22/1977
 at Miami (OH) L 78–84  5-9
(1-5) 		 
 
1/26/1977
 Western Michigan W 80–74  6-9
(2-5) 		 
 
2/2/1977
 at Ball State L 64–65  6–10
(2-6) 		 
 
2/5/1977
 at Bowling Green W 69–68 OT 7–10
(3–6) 		 
 
2/7/1977*
 at Loyola (IL) L 73–74  7–11
  
 
2/9/1977
 Toledo L 74–75  7–12
(3–7) 		 
 
2/12/1977
 at Northern Illinois L 70–77  7–13
(3–8) 		 
 
2/16/1977*
 Virginia Tech W 82–77  8–13
  
 
2/19/1977
 Kent State W 81–80  9–13
(4–8) 		 
 
2/26/1977
 Miami (OH) L 62–83  9–14
(4–9) 		 
 
3/2/1977
 at Western Michigan L 63–75  9–15
(4–10) 		 
 
3/5/1977
 at Eastern Michigan L 75–80  9–16
(4–11) 		 
 
3/7/1977
 Central Michigan L 64–76  9–17
(4–12) 		 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1976–77 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1914 1975
Scoring Average 73.62 75.96
Field goals – Att 731–1705 800–1648
Free throws – Att 452–623 375–550
Rebounds 958 1105
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
Steve Skaggs 25 - 482 19.3 190 395 0.481 102 143 0.713 178 7.1 57
Bucky Walden 25 - 338 13.5 125 282 0.443 88 129 0.682 107 4.3 73
Tim Joyce 18 - 326 18.1 128 300 0.427 70 95 0.737 119 6.6 60
Ernie Whitus 20 - 205 10.3 79 178 0.444 47 68 0.691 111 5.6 61
Kim Leonard 11 - 150 13.6 67 174 0.385 16 20 0.800 24 2.2 31
Bill Littlefield 24 - 119 5.0 50 117 0.427 19 31 0.613 67 2.8 57
Bob Leon 26 - 108 4.2 29 88 0.330 50 55 0.909 46 1.8 68
Cliff Sawyer 23 - 88 3.8 29 76 0.382 30 39 0.769 52 2.3 37
Mike Borden 24 - 37 1.5 10 30 0.333 17 26 0.654 67 2.8 49
John Kimbel 10 - 23 2.3 7 17 0.412 9 11 0.818 17 1.7 8
Mark Lauretti 9 - 20 2.2 9 27 0.333 2 3 0.667 5 0.6 9
Total 26 - - - 1914 73.6 731 1705 0.429 452 623 0.726 958 36.8 544
Opponents 26 - - - 1975 76.0 800 1648 0.485 375 550 0.682 1105 42.5 563
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. ^ "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1976-77 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1976-77 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.