1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record8–18 (5–11 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1979–80 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Toledo † 14 – 2   .875 23 – 6   .793
Bowling Green State 11 – 5   .688 20 – 10   .667
Northern Illinois 9 – 7   .563 16 – 13   .552
Kent State 7 – 9   .438 16 – 11   .593
Ball State 7 – 9   .438 14 – 15   .483
Miami (Ohio) 7 – 9   .438 9 – 18   .333
Eastern Michigan 7 – 9   .438 11 – 16   .407
Western Michigan 7 – 9   .438 12 – 14   .462
Central Michigan 6 – 10   .375 12 – 13   .480
Ohio 5 – 11   .313 8 – 18   .308
† 1980 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1979–80. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his sixth and final season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 8–18 and last (10th) in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 5–11.[3] The 18 losses were the most in program history at the time.

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1979*
 at No. 4 Ohio State L 51–78  0–1
  
 
12/3/1979*
 at St. Bonaventure L 64–77  0–2
  
 
12/5/1979*
 Canisius W 87–82 OT 1–2
  
 
12/8/1979
 Western Michigan L 69–78  1–3
(0–1) 		 
 
12/10/1979*
 at Marshall L 61–76  1–4
  
 
12/15/1979*
 West Virginia W 69–61  2–4
  
 
12/22/1979*
 Youngstown State L 68–72  2–5
  
 
12/28/1979*
 at Connecticut
Connecticut Classic 		L 76–95  2–6
  
 
12/29/1979*
 vs. Cal State Fullerton Titans
Connecticut Classic 		L 49–71  2–7
  
 
1/5/1980
 Central Michigan L 50–83  2–8
(0–2) 		 
 
1/7/1980*
 Cleveland State W 76–75  3–8
  
 
1/9/1980
 Toledo L 62–69  3–9
(0–3) 		 
 
1/12/1980
 Bowling Green L 50–72  3–10
(0–4) 		 
 
1/16/1980
 at Eastern Michigan L 65–67  3-11
(0–5) 		 
 
1/19/1980
 Northern Illinois L 65–69  3-12
(0-6) 		 
 
1/23/1980
 at Kent State L 76–85  3–13
(0-7) 		 
 
1/26/1980
 Ball State W 75–74  4–13
(1–7) 		 
 
1/28/1980*
 Virginia Tech L 62–78  4–14
  
 
1/30/1980
 Kent State W 67–57  5–14
(2–7) 		 
 
2/2/1980
 at Miami (OH) L 67–71  5–15
(2–8) 		 
 
2/6/1980
 at Toledo L 62–75  5–16
(2–9) 		 
 
2/9/1980
 Central Michigan W 67–66 OT 6–16
(3–9) 		 
 
2/13/1980
 at Western Michigan W 56–50  7–16
(4–9) 		 
 
2/16/1980
 at Bowling Green L 82–91  7–17
(4–10) 		 
 
2/20/1980
 Eastern Michigan W 61–60  8–17
(5–10) 		 
 
2/23/1980
 at Northern Illinois L 55–71  8–18
(5–11) 		 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1979–80 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1692 1906
Scoring Average 65.08 73.31
Field goals – Att 676–1571 731–1483
Free throws – Att 340–523 444–632
Rebounds 886 988
Assists 308 319
Turnovers
Steals 158 150
Blocked Shots 49 77

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
Kirk Lehman 26 - 931 35.8 457 17.6 183 384 0.477 91 113 0.805 59 2.3 67 74 29 1
Spindle Graves 26 - 759 29.2 315 12.1 107 265 0.404 101 156 0.647 138 5.3 91 101 43 6
Bill Littlefield 25 - 635 25.4 198 7.9 82 201 0.408 34 46 0.739 84 3.4 60 74 18 4
Jim Zalenka 22 - 499 22.7 174 7.9 69 149 0.463 36 53 0.679 93 4.2 18 41 13 3
Andre Adams 25 - 651 26.0 137 5.5 55 132 0.417 27 44 0.614 115 4.6 10 75 12 4
John Patterson 24 - 454 18.9 111 4.6 51 94 0.543 9 21 0.429 68 2.8 7 69 5 13
Tim Woodson 25 - 376 15.0 96 3.8 38 79 0.481 20 40 0.500 51 2.0 16 30 9 8
Doug Graves 26 - 416 16.0 89 3.4 41 100 0.410 7 12 0.583 74 2.8 4 46 4 7
Harold Moore 25 - 373 14.9 76 3.0 33 117 0.282 10 27 0.370 66 2.6 28 44 19 3
Mick Isgrigg 18 - 80 4.4 22 1.2 9 28 0.321 4 7 0.571 13 0.7 1 3 3 0
Tracy Poindexter 9 - 77 8.6 17 1.9 8 22 0.364 1 4 0.250 17 1.9 6 15 3 0
Total 26 - - - 1692 65.1 676 1571 0.430 340 523 0.650 886 34.1 308 572 158 49
Opponents 26 - - - 1906 73.3 731 1483 0.493 444 632 0.703 988 38.0 319 497 150 77
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 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1979-80 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 "1979-80 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.