1975–76 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1975–76 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1975–76 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	11–15 (7–9 MAC)
Head coach	Dale Bandy (2nd season);
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1974–75 1976–77 →

1975–76 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 10 Western Michigan	15	–	1	.938	25	–	3	.893
Miami	14	–	2	.875	18	–	8	.692
Toledo	13	–	3	.813	18	–	7	.720
Central Michigan	8	–	8	.500	12	–	14	.462
Bowling Green	8	–	8	.500	12	–	15	.444
Kent State	7	–	9	.438	12	–	14	.462
Ohio	7	–	9	.438	11	–	15	.423
Ball State	5	–	11	.313	11	–	14	.440
Northern Illinois	2	–	14	.125	5	–	21	.192
Eastern Michigan	1	–	15	.063	7	–	20	.259

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975–76 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1975–76. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his second season at Ohio.^[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.^[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 11–15 and seventh in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–9.^[3]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
11/28/1975*	vs. Massachusetts Hall of Fame Tournament	L 82–95	0–1
11/29/1975*	vs. Fairfield Hall of Fame Tournament	L 76–78	0–2
12/3/1975*	Marietta	W 59–56	1–2
12/6/1975*	at Northwestern	L 62–86	1–3
12/13/1975*	at Pittsburgh	L 71–72	1–4
12/20/1975*	Cleveland State	W 100–69	2–4
12/30/1975*	Otterbein	W 76–67	3–4
1/3/1976	Central Michigan	W 84–74	4–4 (1–0)
1/10/1976	Bowling Green	W 62–56	5–4 (2–0)
1/14/1976*	Marshall	W 74–60	6–4
1/17/1976	at Ball State	W 75–74	7–4 (3–0)
1/21/1976	Eastern Michigan	W 74–66	8–4 (4–0)
1/24/1976	at Miami (OH)	L 63–86	8–5 (4–1)
1/28/1976	Toledo	L 75–79	8–6 (4–2)
1/31/1976	at Western Michigan	L 59–75	8-7 (4-3)
2/2/1976*	Loyola (IL)	L 82–86 ^OT	8-8
2/4/1976*	at No. 19 Virginia Tech	L 66–86	8–9
2/7/1976	Northern Illinois	W 90–79	9–9 (5–3)
2/11/1976	Kent State	L 67–70	9–10 (5–4)
2/14/1976	at Bowling Green	L 60–67	9–11 (5–5)
2/18/1976	at Kent State	L 75–105	9–12 (5–6)
2/21/1976	Ball State	W 90–63	10–12 (6–6)
2/25/1976	at Eastern Michigan	W 78–75	11–12 (7–6)
2/28/1976	Miami (OH)	L 75–76	11–13 (7–7)
3/3/1976	at Toledo	L 72–87	11–14 (7–8)
3/6/1976	at Central Michigan	L 99–114	11–15 (7–9)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]^[3]

Statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1975–76 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1948	2001
Scoring Average	74.92	76.96
Field goals – Att	768–1705	806–1678
Free throws – Att	412–534	389–544
Rebounds	999	1088
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
Scott Love	25	-			393	15.7	140	298	0.470	113	133	0.850	212	8.5		76
Steve Skaggs	26	-			300	11.5	117	261	0.448	66	81	0.815	79	3.0		42
Mike Corde	26	-			292	11.2	123	245	0.502	46	62	0.742	74	2.8		88
Chuck Seltzer	26	-			254	9.8	104	241	0.432	46	75	0.613	132	5.1		84
Dave Terek	26	-			228	8.8	88	209	0.421	52	68	0.765	130	5.0		73
Bucky Walden	26	-			225	8.7	88	210	0.419	49	61	0.803	82	3.2		69
Doug Jauch	17	-			72	4.8	32	67	0.478	8	14	0.571	32	1.5		26
Cliff Sawyer	22	-			63	4.2	27	63	0.429	9	15	0.600	25	1.9		25
Phil Miller	17	-			56	3.3	25	50	0.500	6	6	1.000	24	1.4		18
Greg Cobb	8	-			38	2.9	15	34	0.441	8	8	1.000	12	1.1		15
Bob Leon	18	-			25	2.0	8	25	0.320	9	11	0.818	11	2.0		15
Mike Borden	1	-			2	1.4	1	2	0.500	0	0	0.000	2	0.6		0
Total	26	-	-	-	1948	74.9	768	1705	0.450	412	534	0.772	999	38.4		541
Opponents	26	-	-	-	2001	77.0	806	1678	0.480	389	544	0.715	1088	41.8		518

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]

^ "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1975-76 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1975-76 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[SR-3] "1975-76 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

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

[stats-5] "1975-76 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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