1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	13–14 (6–10 MAC)
Head coach	Dale Bandy (4th season);
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1976–77 1978–79 →

1977–78 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 Miami (Ohio)	12	–	4	.750	19	–	9	.679
Toledo	11	–	5	.688	21	–	6	.778
Central Michigan	11	–	5	.688	16	–	10	.615
Bowling Green State	10	–	6	.625	12	–	15	.444
Northern Illinois	9	–	7	.563	11	–	16	.407
Eastern Michigan	7	–	9	.438	11	–	16	.407
Ohio	6	–	10	.375	13	–	14	.481
Ball State	6	–	10	.375	10	–	15	.400
Western Michigan	4	–	12	.250	7	–	20	.259
Kent State	4	–	12	.250	6	–	21	.222

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1977–78. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his fourth season at Ohio.^[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.^[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–14 and seventh in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 6–10.^[3]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
11/25/1977*	vs. Rhode Island IPTAY Invitational	L 69–81	0–1
11/26/1977*	vs. TCU IPTAY Invitational	W 78–64	1–1
12/1/1977*	Cleveland State	W 79–66	2–1
12/5/1977*	Youngstown State	W 67–64	3–1
12/7/1977*	Marietta	W 73–69	4–1
12/10/1977	Northern Illinois	L 76–80	4–2 (0–1)
12/16/1977*	vs. Grambling Cajun Classic	W 60–53	5–2
12/17/1977*	vs. Louisiana Cajun Classic	L 81–98	5–3
12/20/1977*	at SMU	L 77–83	5–4
1/4/1978	at Kent State	W 73–59	6–4 (1–1)
1/7/1978	Ball State	W 75–71	7–4 (2–1)
1/11/1978*	Marshall	W 68–56	8–4
1/14/1978	at Miami (OH)	L 77–90	8–5 (2–2)
1/18/1978	Western Michigan	L 59–73	8-6 (2-3)
1/25/1978	at Central Michigan	L 71–77	8-7 (2-4)
2/1/1978*	Loyola (IL)	W 86–80 ^OT	9–7
2/4/1978	at Toledo	W 72–71	10–7 (3–4)
2/6/1978	at Bowling Green	L 66–68	10–8 (3–5)
2/8/1978	Kent State	W 68–54	11–8 (4–5)
2/11/1978	at Ball State	L 77–82	11–9 (4–6)
2/15/1978*	at Virginia Tech	L 83–105	11–10
2/18/1978	Miami (OH)	L 66–70	11–11 (4–7)
2/20/1978	Eastern Michigan	W 66–62	12–11 (5–7)
2/22/1978	at Western Michigan	L 82–88	12–12 (5–8)
2/25/1978	Bowling Green	L 76–90	12–13 (5–9)
3/1/1978	Central Michigan	W 105–94	13–13 (6–9)
3/4/1978	at Northern Illinois	L 70–76	13–14 (6–10)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]^[3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1977–78 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	2000	2024
Scoring Average	74.07	74.96
Field goals – Att	785–1707	810–1765
Free throws – Att	430–610	402–571
Rebounds	1082	1101
Assists	387	353
Turnovers
Steals	156	150
Blocked Shots	64	64

Source^[5]

Player statistics

			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
Tim Joyce	25	-	902	36.1	548	21.9	230	417	0.552	88	113	0.779	151	6.0	46	80		22	5
Steve Skaggs	24	-	903	37.6	487	20.3	200	414	0.483	87	118	0.737	114	4.8	37	56		15	4
Bucky Walden	25	-	791	31.6	237	9.5	89	215	0.414	59	75	0.787	74	3.0	94	70		38	5
Ernie Whitus	27	-	674	25.0	227	8.4	77	187	0.412	73	111	0.658	184	6.8	38	92		7	26
Brewer Gray	25	-	731	29.2	154	6.2	67	181	0.370	20	41	0.488	230	9.2	54	75		19	12
Bob Leon	25	-	394	15.8	86	3.4	20	38	0.526	46	59	0.780	28	1.1	68	45		18	0
Jan Smoljan	25	-	297	11.9	72	2.9	24	64	0.375	24	36	0.667	31	1.2	24	28		11	2
Jim Zalenka	22	-	241	11.0	70	3.2	29	78	0.372	12	21	0.571	56	2.5	11	33		3	5
Bill Littlefield	19	-	111	5.8	46	2.4	19	46	0.413	8	12	0.667	9	0.5	10	27		8	3
John Patterson	23	-	266	5.2	33	1.7	16	34	0.471	1	8	0.125	35	0.6	0	22		2	2
Mark Lauretti	13	-	67	11.6	22	1.4	9	22	0.409	4	6	0.667	8	1.5	5	13		2	0
Jim Marhulik	16	-	52	3.3	15	0.9	4	7	0.571	7	8	0.875	10	0.6	0	12		10	0
Mike Borden	4	-	14	3.5	3	0.8	1	1	1.000	1	2	0.500	1	0.3	0	1		1	0
Greg Winbush	2	-	5	2.5	0	0.0	0	3	0.000	0	0	0.000	0	0.0	0	1		0	0
Total	27	-	-	-	2000	74.1	785	1707	0.460	430	610	0.705	1082	40.1	387	555		156	64
Opponents	27	-	-	-	2024	75.0	810	1765	0.459	402	571	0.704	1101	40.8	353	582		150	64

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

^ "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1977-78 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1977-78 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] "1977-78 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

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

[stats-5] "1977-78 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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