1961–62 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1961–62 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1961–62 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	13–10 (8–4 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (13th season);
Home arena	Grover Center
	Seasons ← 1960–61 1962–63 →

1961–62 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 Bowling Green	11	–	1	.917	21	–	4	.840
Ohio	8	–	4	.667	13	–	10	.565
Toledo	7	–	5	.583	14	–	10	.583
Western Michigan	6	–	6	.500	13	–	11	.542
Marshall	6	–	6	.500	10	–	13	.435
Miami	3	–	9	.250	7	–	17	.292
Kent State	1	–	11	.083	2	–	19	.095

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1961–62 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1961–62. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center.^[1]^[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–10 and finished second in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 8–4.^[3]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/2/1961*	at Canisius	L 59–72	0–1
12/5/1961	at Marshall	W 68–57	1–1 (1–0)
12/7/1961*	at Morehead State	W 60–56	2–1
12/11/1961*	St. Francis (PA)	W 80–79	3–1
12/14/1961*	at Wichita State	L 55–58	3–2
12/16/1961*	at Nebraska	L 64–81	3–3
12/18/1961*	at Loyola (IL)	L 69–77	3–4
1/6/1962	No. 10 Bowling Green	L 62–64	3–5 (1–1)
1/8/1962	Western Michigan	W 82–81	4–5 (2–1)
1/13/1962	at Toledo	L 67–75	4–6 (2–2)
1/17/1962	at Miami (OH)	W 78–75	5–6 (3–2)
1/20/1962	at Kent State	W 83–66	6–6 (4–2)
1/23/1962*	Muskingum	W 83–68	7–6
1/30/1962*	Loyola (IL)	L 75–93	7-7
2/3/1962*	at Youngstown State	W 63–58	8-7
2/7/1962*	Morehead State	W 87–73	9–7
2/10/1962	Kent State	W 79–70	10–7 (5–2)
2/13/1962	Marshall	L 72–77	10–8 (5–3)
2/17/1962	at No. 10 Bowling Green	L 58–83	10–9 (5–4)
2/21/1962	Miami	W 83–71	11–9 (6–4)
2/24/1962	Toledo	W 83–72	12–9 (7–4)
2/28/1962*	Louisville	L 86–95	12–10
3/3/1962*	Western Michigan	W 91–85	13–10 (8–4)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]

Statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1961–62 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1687	1686
Scoring Average	73.35	73.30
Field goals – Att	660–1581	650–1516
Free throws – Att	367–545	386–560
Rebounds	1110	1029
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[5]

Player statistics[edit]

			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
Jerry Jackson	23	-			363	15.8	146	339	0.431	71	116	0.612	220	9.6		60
Billy Whaley	23	-			311	13.5	114	294	0.388	83	119	0.697	92	4.0		61
Dave Katz	23	-			286	12.4	119	260	0.458	48	60	0.800	69	3.0		47
Paul Storey	23	-			284	12.3	115	242	0.475	54	73	0.740	169	7.3		48
Stacy Bunton	23	-			236	10.3	89	221	0.403	58	86	0.674	191	8.3		86
Gary Bolen		-
Charles Gill		-
Dave Roberts		-
_ Welles		-
Loren Wilcox		-
Total	23	-	-	-	1687	73.3	660	1581	0.417	367	545	0.673	1110	48.3		421
Opponents	23	-	-	-	1686	73.3	650	1516	0.429	386	560	0.689	1029	44.7		406

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[edit]

^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "1961-62 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1961-62 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[2] "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[SR-3] "1961-62 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[4] "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

[stats-5] "1961-62 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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