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1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record20–5 (9–1 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1969–70 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio 9 1   .900 20 5   .800
Bowling Green State 7 3   .700 15 9   .625
Miami (Ohio) 6 4   .600 15 9   .625
Toledo 5 5   .500 15 9   .625
Kent State 2 8   .200 7 17   .292
Western Michigan 1 7   .125 5 18   .217
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1969–70. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Convocation Center.[1][2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 20–4 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 9–1.[3] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Notre Dame in the First Round.[4]

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1969*
at Northwestern W 90–79  1–0
 
 
12/6/1969*
No. 3 Purdue W 80–79  2–0
 
 
12/13/1969*
No. 19 at No. 16 Ohio State W 82–80  3–0
 
 
12/15/1969*
No. 10 at Indiana W 89–83  4–0
 
 
12/17/1969*
No. 10 at Northern Illinois W 84–72  5–0
 
 
12/20/1969*
No. 10 Ball State W 92–82  6–0
 
 
12/26/1969*
No. 5 Fresno State W 92–80  7–0
 
 
12/29/1969*
No. 5 vs. Texas
Hurricane Classic
L 65–73  7–1
 
 
12/30/1969
No. 5 at Miami (FL)
Hurricane Classic
W 99–74  8–1
 
 
1/3/1970
No. 5 Kent State W 78–52  9–1
(1–0)
 
 
1/10/1970
No. 9 at Bowling Green L 65–85  9–2
(1–1)
 
 
1/14/1970
No. 14 Miami (OH) W 81–61  10–2
(2–1)
 
 
1/17/1970
No. 14 Toledo W 88–79  11–2
(3–1)
 
 
1/24/1970
No. 13 at Kent State W 77–68  12–2
(4–1)
 
 
1/28/1970
No. 13 at Western Michigan W 91–81  13-2
(5–1)
 
 
1/31/1970*
No. 13 at Wisconsin L 69–72  13-3
 
 
2/4/1970
at Toledo W 80–67  14–3
(6–1)
 
 
2/7/1970
Western Michigan W 107–68  15–3
(7–1)
 
 
2/11/1970*
at Marshall L 88–93  15–4
 
 
2/14/1970
at Miami (OH) W 58–57  16–4
(8–1)
 
 
2/18/1970*
Marshall W 100–86  17–4
 
 
2/21/1970*
Virginia Commonwealth W 95–75  18–4
 
 
2/25/1970*
Loyola (IL) W 93–70  19–4
 
 
2/28/1970
Bowling Green W 77–76  20–4
(9–1)
 
 
NCAA Tournament
3/7/1970*
No. 17 vs. No. 15 Notre Dame L 82–112  20–5
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[5][3]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1969–70 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2102 1903
Scoring Average 84.08 76.12
Field goals – Att 820–1839 696–1643
Free throws – Att 462–701 511–770
Rebounds 1291 1173
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[6]

Player statistics

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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
John Canine 25 - 471 18.8 199 444 0.448 73 93 0.785 71 2.8 60
Greg McDivitt 25 - 368 14.7 140 335 0.418 88 122 0.721 225 9.0 90
Craig Love 25 - 341 13.6 144 283 0.509 53 96 0.552 322 12.9 90
Ken Kowall 25 - 274 11.0 106 248 0.427 62 110 0.564 67 2.7 64
Dave Groff 25 - 251 10.0 86 165 0.521 79 119 0.664 158 6.3 81
Doug Parker 25 - 133 5.3 52 121 0.430 29 45 0.644 101 4.0 73
Tom Corde 25 - 131 5.2 46 118 0.390 39 55 0.709 41 1.6 49
Gary Wolf 19 - 50 2.6 20 37 0.541 10 17 0.588 40 2.1 22
Larry Hunter 18 - 26 1.4 8 20 0.400 10 14 0.714 10 0.6 23
Mike Miller 12 - 18 1.5 7 19 0.368 4 8 0.500 3 0.3 5
John Glancy -
Bernard Rumpke -
Total 25 - - - 2102 84.1 820 1839 0.446 462 701 0.659 1291 51.6 586
Opponents 25 - - - 1903 76.1 696 1643 0.424 511 770 0.664 1173 46.9 518
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[6]

References

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  1. ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1969-70 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  4. ^ "1970 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  6. ^ a b "1969-70 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.