2010–11 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

2010–11 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
2011 CIT, Quarterfinals
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record19–16 (9–7 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2010–11 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Kent State 12 – 4   .750 25 – 12   .676
Miami (OH) 11 – 5   .688 16 – 17   .485
Ohio 9 – 7   .563 19 – 16   .543
Akron † 9 – 7   .563 23 – 13   .639
Bowling Green 8 – 8   .500 14 – 19   .424
Buffalo 8 – 8   .500 20 – 14   .588
West
Western Michigan 11 – 5   .688 21 – 13   .618
Ball State 10 – 6   .625 19 – 13   .594
Central Michigan 7 – 9   .438 10 – 21   .323
Northern Illinois 5 – 11   .313 9 – 21   .300
Eastern Michigan 5 – 11   .313 9 – 22   .290
Toledo 1 – 15   .063 4 – 28   .125
† Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2010–11 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 2010–11. The team was coached by John Groce and played their home games at the Convocation Center.[1][2] They finished the season 19–16 and 9–7 in MAC play to finish tied for third in the MAC East.

Before the season

Roster changes

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Ricardo Johnson
SG 		Covington, KY Holmes HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sep 10, 2009 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 90
Ethan Jacobs
C 		Tipton, IN Tipton HS 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) May 31, 2009 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 86
Nick Kellogg
PG 		Westerville, OH St. Francis DeSales HS 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Nov 19, 2009 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 86
T.J. Hall
SF 		Gainesville, FL Gainesville HS 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sep 23, 2009 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 85
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Ohio Commit List for 2010". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  • "Scout.com: Men's Basketball Recruiting". Scout.com. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  • "Ohio Basketball Recruiting 2010". ESPN.com. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
  • "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved January 22, 2011.

Roster

2010–11 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 11 Adetunji Adedipe (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Orange, Ohio
F 3 Ivo Baltic 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 214 lb (97 kg) So Kansas City, Missouri
G 5 D. J. Cooper 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 165 lb (75 kg) So Chicago, Illinois
F 24 Tommy Freeman (C) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Muncie, Indiana
G 2 Nick Goff 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Columbus, Ohio
F 13 T. J. Hall 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Gainesville, Florida
C 53 Ethan Jacobs 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Fr Tipton, Indiana
G 20 Ricardo Johnson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Covington, Kentucky
F 30 Reggie Keely 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 263 lb (119 kg) So University Heights, Ohio
G 15 Nick Kellogg 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Westerville, Ohio
G 4 David McKinley 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 156 lb (71 kg) So Dublin, Ohio
G 34 Walter Offutt (I) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Indianapolis, Indiana
F 44 Asown Sayles (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 228 lb (103 kg) RS Sr McKeesport, Pennsylvania
F 21 Jon Smith (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So Grove City, Ohio
F 1 DeVaughn Washington 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) Sr Virginia Beach, Virginia
Head coach

John Groce

Assistant coach(es)

Jamall Walker
Ramon Williams
Dustin Ford

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2011-01-22

Preseason

The preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 28, 2010. Ohio was picked first in the MAC East[3]

Preseason men's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

East Division

  1. Ohio 128 (12)
  2. Kent State 114 (8)
  3. Akron 104 (4)
  4. Miami 84
  5. Bowling Green 42
  6. Buffalo 32

West Division

  1. Ball State 124 (12)
  2. Central Michigan 122 (8)
  3. Eastern Michigan 88 (2)
  4. Western Michigan 68
  5. Northern Illinois 64 (2)
  6. Toledo 38 points

Tournament champs

Ohio (10), Kent State (6), Central Michigan (4), Ball State (2), Akron (2)

Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
Preseason All-MAC East DJ Cooper G So.

Source[3]

Coaching staff

Name Position College Graduating year
John Groce Head Coach Taylor University 1994
Jamall Walker Assistant Coach Saint Louis University 2000
Dustin Ford Assistant Coach Ohio University 2001
Ramon Williams Assistant Coach Virginia Military Institute 1990
Aaron Fuss Director of Operations Ohio State University 2005

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 31*
2:00 pm 		Wooster W 86–50
Stats  		 
 Convocation Center (2,581)
Athens, Ohio
November 6*
2:00 pm 		Walsh
Exhibition 		W 78–64
Stats  		 
 Convocation Center (2,019)
Athens, Ohio
Regular season
November 13*
2:00 pm 		Delaware W 88–69
Stats  		1–0
 Convocation Center (5,681)
Athens, Ohio
November 15*
7:00 pm 		Oakland L 66–78
Stats  		1–1
 Convocation Center (5,084)
Athens, Ohio
November 21*
2:00 pm 		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi W 83–70
Stats  		2–1
 Convocation Center (4,142)
Athens, Ohio
November 23*
7:00 pm 		Valparaiso W 78–75
Stats  		3–1
 Convocation Center (4,086)
Athens, Ohio
November 26*
8:00 pm 		vs. No. 6 Kansas
Las Vegas Invitational 		L 41–98
Stats  		3–2
 Orleans Arena (4,050)
Paradise, Nevada
November 27*
7:30 pm 		vs. Santa Clara
Las Vegas Invitational 		W 78–72
Stats  		4–2
 Orleans Arena (4,010)
Paradise, Nevada
December 4*
2:00 pm 		Marshall L 57–65
Stats  		4–3
 Convocation Center (5,977)
Athens, Ohio
December 8*
7:00 pm 		Illinois State W 67–65
Stats  		5–3
 Redbird Arena (4,027)
Normal, Illinois
December 12*
2:00 pm 		IUPUI L 56–66
Stats  		5–4
 Convocation Center (3,504)
Athens, Ohio
December 15*
7:00 pm 		Saint Francis (PA) W 87–58
Stats  		6–4
 Convocation Center (3,426)
Athens, Ohio
December 18*
2:00 pm 		at St. Bonaventure L 107–112
Stats 4OT 		6–5
 Reilly Center (3,053)
St. Bonaventure, New York
December 22*
7:00 pm 		Temple L 65–76
Stats  		6–6
 Convocation Center (6,942)
Athens, Ohio
December 30*
7:00 pm 		Norfolk State W 92–56
Stats  		7–6
 Convocation Center (3,901)
Athens, Ohio
January 2*
2:00 pm 		Robert Morris L 76–79
Stats OT 		7–7
 Convocation Center (3,338)
Athens, Ohio
January 9
2:00 pm, STO
ESPN3 		Miami (OH) L 88–92
Stats 3OT 		7–8
(0–1) 		Convocation Center (9,749)
Athens, Ohio
January 12
7:00 pm 		at Akron W 79–70
Stats  		8–8
(1–1) 		James A. Rhodes Arena (2,865)
Akron, Ohio
January 15
7:00 pm 		Kent State L 66–69
Stats  		8–9
(1–2) 		Convocation Center (8,022)
Athens, Ohio
January 19
7:00 pm 		at Bowling Green L 61–73
Stats  		8–10
(1–3) 		Anderson Arena (1,655)
Bowling Green, Ohio
January 22
3:00 pm, ESPNU 		Buffalo L 68–73
Stats  		8–11
(1–4) 		Convocation Center (10,427)
Athens, Ohio
January 26
7:00 pm 		Eastern Michigan W 79–65
Stats  		9–11
(2–4) 		Convocation Center (3,949)
Athens, Ohio
January 29
2:00 pm 		at Ball State W 61–60
Stats  		10–11
(3–4) 		John E. Worthen Arena (3,976)
Muncie, Indiana
February 2
7:30 pm, STO 		at Central Michigan L 85–91
Stats  		10–12
(3–5) 		McGuirk Arena (1,239)
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
February 5
3:00 pm 		Northern Illinois W 80–73
Stats  		11–12
(4–5) 		Convocation Center (6,879)
Athens, Ohio
February 9
7:00 pm 		Toledo W 71–58
Stats  		12–12
(5–5) 		Convocation Center (4,183)
Athens, Ohio
February 12
4:00 pm 		at Western Michigan L 83–85
Stats  		12–13
(5–6) 		University Arena (3,565)
Kalamazoo, Michigan
February 15
7:30 pm, STO 		at Buffalo W 76–69
Stats  		13–13
(6–6) 		Alumni Arena (1,962)
Buffalo, New York
February 19*
7:00 pm 		at Winthrop
ESPN BracketBusters 		W 77–74
Stats OT 		14–13
 Winthrop Coliseum (1,543)
Rock Hill, South Carolina
February 23
7:30 pm, STO 		Bowling Green W 70–60
Stats  		15–13
(7–6) 		Convocation Center (4,932)
Athens, Ohio
February 26
7:00 pm 		at Kent State W 88–87
Stats OT 		16–13
(8–6) 		Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (5,125)
Kent, Ohio
March 1
7:00 pm 		Akron W 80–55
Stats  		17–13
(9–6) 		Convocation Center (8,630)
Athens, Ohio
March 4
7:00 pm 		at Miami (OH) L 66–76
Stats  		17–14
(9–7) 		Millett Hall (2,526)
Oxford, Ohio
MAC tournament
March 8
7:00 pm 		(5) (12) Toledo
MAC First Round 		W 74–57
Stats  		18–14
 Convocation Center (3,521)
Athens, Ohio
March 10
9:30 pm, STO 		(5) vs. (4) Ball State
MAC Quarterfinals 		L 73–76
Stats OT 		18–15
 Quicken Loans Arena (3,615)
Cleveland, Ohio
CIT
March 15*
7:00 pm 		at Marshall
CIT First Round 		W 65–64
Stats  		19–15
 Cam Henderson Center (4,205)
Huntington, West Virginia
March 22*
7:00 pm 		at East Tennessee State
CIT Quarterfinals 		L 73–82
Stats  		19–16
 ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center (2,203)
Johnson City, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 2010–11 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2604 2548
Scoring Average 74.40 72.80
Field goals – Att 896–2060 882–1971
3-pt. Field goals – Att 260–734 233–657
Free throws – Att 552–769 551–789
Rebounds 1265 1253
Assists 533 480
Turnovers 471 535
Steals 277 206
Blocked Shots 88 130

Source[4]

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
D.J. Cooper 35 32 1248 35.7 552 15.8 180 471 0.382 58 194 0.299 134 179 0.749 43 133 176 5 263 74 123 81 9
DeVaughn Washington 34 26 1004 29.5 454 13.4 167 320 0.522 1 1 1 119 188 0.633 59 133 192 5.6 32 102 62 36 13
Ivo Baltic 35 32 900 25.7 398 11.4 152 284 0.535 0 2 0 94 120 0.783 75 138 213 6.1 38 104 62 26 7
Tommy Freeman 34 26 1007 29.6 385 11.3 113 273 0.414 99 227 0.436 60 71 0.845 8 64 72 2.1 39 83 29 34 2
Nick Kellogg 35 28 903 25.8 272 7.8 85 204 0.417 64 147 0.435 38 50 0.76 10 39 49 1.4 69 78 38 27 1
Reggie Keely 35 9 641 18.3 185 5.3 72 159 0.453 0 0 0 41 58 0.707 67 95 162 4.6 25 87 50 18 38
T.J. Hall 35 10 584 16.7 157 4.5 55 154 0.357 26 95 0.274 21 27 0.778 30 51 81 2.3 34 84 43 19 6
Ricardo Johnson 34 2 372 10.9 93 2.7 31 94 0.33 3 23 0.13 28 45 0.622 29 38 67 2 14 50 29 16 5
Asown Sayles 34 9 451 13.3 70 2.1 27 70 0.386 7 37 0.189 9 15 0.6 22 63 85 2.5 15 36 15 16 6
Adetunji Adedipe 23 0 92 4 22 1 10 15 0.667 0 0 0 2 6 0.333 12 13 25 1.1 1 21 8 2 1
Ethan Jacobs 9 0 24 2.7 8 0.9 2 7 0.286 0 1 0 4 8 0.5 3 2 5 0.6 0 2 5 1 0
David McKinley 12 1 49 4.1 8 0.7 2 9 0.222 2 7 0.286 2 2 1 1 2 3 0.3 3 3 2 1 0
Total 35 - 7275 - 2604 74.4 896 2060 0.435 260 734 0.354 552 769 0.718 432 833 1265 36.1 533 726 471 277 88
Opponents 35 - 7275 - 2548 72.8 882 1971 0.447 233 657 0.355 551 789 0.698 398 855 1253 35.8 480 693 535 206 130
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]

Awards and honors

All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams
Team Player Position Year
All-MAC First Team DJ Cooper G So.
All-MAC Honorable Mention DeVaughn Washington F Sr.
All-MAC Freshman Team Nick Kellogg G Fr.

Source[5]

References

  1. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "John Groce". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "OHIO, BALL STATE SELECTED AS PRESEASON MEN'S FAVORITES".
  4. ^ a b "2010-11 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
  5. ^ "MEN'S BASKETBALL ALL-MAC TEAMS, ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM ANNOUNCED".