1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Appearance
1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 13–11 (5–7 MAC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Men's Gymnasium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 10 | – | 2 | .833 | 18 | – | 5 | .783 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 9 | – | 13 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 10 | – | 11 | .476 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 1 | – | 11 | .083 | 4 | – | 19 | .174 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
The 1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1955–56. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 13–11 and finished fifth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 5–7.[3]
Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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12/3/1955* |
at Indiana | L 74–93 | 0–1 |
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12/8/1955* |
at Morris Harvey | W 91–71 | 1–1 |
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12/10/1955* |
Ohio Wesleyan | W 94–85 | 2–1 |
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12/13/1955* |
Marietta | W 85–54 | 3–1 |
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12/15/1955 |
at Marshall | L 71–87 | 3–2 (0–1) |
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12/27/1955* |
vs. Western Kentucky Kentucky Invitational |
L 60–76 | 3–3 |
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12/28/1955* |
vs. Arizona Kentucky Invitational |
W 90–76 | 4–3 |
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12/29/1955* |
vs. Morehead State Kentucky Invitational |
W 97–91 | 5–3 |
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1/5/1956* |
at Georgetown (KY) | W 98–79 | 6–3 |
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1/7/1956 |
at Kent State | W 80–72 | 7–3 (1–1) |
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1/9/1956 |
Western Michigan | L 74–86 | 7–4 (1–2) |
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1/12/1956 |
Marshall | L 63–72 | 7–5 (1–3) |
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1/17/1956 |
at Miami (OH) | L 70–93 | 7–6 (1–4) |
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1/21/1956 |
at Bowling Green | W 83–81 | 8–6 (2–4) |
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1/25/1956 |
Toledo | W 89–79 | 9–6 (3–4) |
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1/27/1956 |
Kent State | W 90–71 | 10–6 (4–4) |
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2/4/1956* |
at Baldwin-Wallace | L 84–85 | 10–7 |
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2/10/1956* |
at Morehead State | L 67–110 | 10–8 |
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2/14/1956 |
Miami (OH) | L 84–85 | 10–9 (4–5) |
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2/18/1956 |
Bowling Green | W 78–74 | 11–9 (5–5) |
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2/22/1956 |
at Western Michigan | L 63–70 | 11–10 (5–6) |
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2/25/1956* |
Morehead State | W 113–99 | 12–10 |
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2/27/1956 |
at Toledo | L 67–77 | 12–11 (5–7) |
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3/1/1956* |
at Marietta | W 105–89 | 13–11 |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Statistics
[edit]Team statistics
[edit]- Final 1955–56 statistics
Record | Ohio | OPP |
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Scoring | 1970 | 1955 |
Scoring Average | 82.08 | 81.46 |
Field goals – Att | 705–1822 | 692–1858 |
Free throws – Att | 560–819 | 571–825 |
Rebounds | 1188 | 1188 |
Assists | ||
Turnovers | ||
Steals | ||
Blocked Shots |
Source[5]
Player statistics
[edit]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 |
Scotty Griesheimer | 23 | - | 327 | 14.2 | 128 | 267 | 0.479 | 71 | 117 | 0.607 | 194 | 8.4 | 60 | ||||||
Fred Moore | 24 | - | 308 | 12.8 | 133 | 346 | 0.384 | 42 | 68 | 0.618 | 135 | 5.6 | 47 | ||||||
Bob Evans | 24 | - | 283 | 11.8 | 81 | 200 | 0.405 | 121 | 154 | 0.786 | 171 | 7.1 | 76 | ||||||
Dick Garrison | 24 | - | 275 | 11.5 | 82 | 189 | 0.434 | 111 | 148 | 0.750 | 183 | 7.6 | 75 | ||||||
Bob Peters | 24 | - | 190 | 7.9 | 69 | 155 | 0.445 | 52 | 77 | 0.675 | 101 | 4.2 | 58 | ||||||
Harry Weinbrecht | 24 | - | 177 | 7.4 | 58 | 191 | 0.304 | 61 | 85 | 0.718 | 67 | 2.8 | 43 | ||||||
Don Sifft | 23 | - | 153 | 6.7 | 63 | 176 | 0.358 | 27 | 41 | 0.659 | 74 | 3.2 | 32 | ||||||
Larry Morrison | 22 | - | 92 | 4.2 | 31 | 109 | 0.284 | 30 | 47 | 0.638 | 42 | 1.9 | 27 | ||||||
Henry Pell | 21 | - | 90 | 4.3 | 36 | 111 | 0.324 | 18 | 30 | 0.600 | 53 | 2.5 | 34 | ||||||
John Tudor | 13 | - | 33 | 2.5 | 10 | 29 | 0.345 | 13 | 29 | 0.448 | 35 | 2.7 | 13 | ||||||
Larry Williams | 11 | - | 24 | 2.2 | 8 | 21 | 0.381 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 7 | 0.6 | 8 | ||||||
Russ Grooms | 8 | - | 14 | 1.8 | 5 | 19 | 0.263 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 11 | 1.4 | 12 | ||||||
Bill Oppenheimer | 7 | - | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 7 | 0.143 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | 0.3 | 3 | ||||||
John Paulette | 3 | - | 2 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
Duane Baker | 3 | - | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | ||||||
Total | 24 | - | - | - | 1970 | 82.1 | 705 | 1822 | 0.387 | 560 | 819 | 0.684 | 1188 | 49.5 | 490 | ||||
Opponents | 24 | - | - | - | 1955 | 81.5 | 692 | 1858 | 0.372 | 571 | 825 | 0.692 | 1188 | 49.5 | 478 |
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
[edit]- ^ "1955-56 Mid-American Conference Season Summary". college-basketball-reference. Retrieved May 24, 2019.
- ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ a b "1955-56 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
- ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
- ^ a b "1955-56 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.