1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 8–18 (5–11 MAC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Convocation Center |
Seasons |
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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 | ||||||
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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 |
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||
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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
- ^ "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ a b "1979-80 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
- ^ a b "1979-80 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.