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1980–81 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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1980–81 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record7–20 (6–10 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1980–81 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Western Michigan 10 6   .625 15 13   .536
Ball State 10 6   .625 20 10   .667
Toledo 10 6   .625 21 10   .677
Bowling Green 10 6   .625 15 12   .556
Northern Illinois 10 6   .625 17 12   .586
Eastern Michigan 8 8   .500 13 14   .481
Ohio 6 10   .375 7 20   .259
Miami 6 10   .375 11 15   .423
Central Michigan 5 11   .313 12 14   .462
Kent State 5 11   .313 7 19   .269
1981 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1980–81 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1980–81. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his first season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 7–20 and seventh in the MAC with a conference record of 6–10.[3] The 20 losses were the most in program history at the time.

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/29/1980*
East Carolina L 65–70  0–1
 
 
12/6/1980*
at Cleveland State L 57–83  0–2
 
 
12/10/1980*
at West Virginia L 61–69  0–3
 
 
12/13/1980*
at Youngstown State L 85–93  0–4
 
 
12/20/1980*
at Canisius L 47–59  0–5
 
 
12/22/1980*
Marshall L 59–65  0–6
Convocation Center 
Athens, OH
12/26/1980*
at No. 18 Illinois
Fighting Illini Basketball Classic
L 54–84  0–7
 
 
12/27/1980*
vs. Bradley
Fighting Illini Basketball Classic
L 56–84  0–8
 
 
12/29/1980*
Charleston (WV) L 42–49  0–9
 
 
1/7/1981*
at Northern Illinois L 44–60  0–10
 
 
1/10/1981
at Central Michigan L 58–64  0–11
(0–1)
 
 
1/14/1981
Bowling Green W 78–63  1–11
(1–1)
 
 
1/17/1981
at Eastern Michigan L 57–62  1–12
(1–2)
 
 
1/21/1981
Toledo L 73–86  1-13
(1–2)
 
 
1/24/1981
at Kent State L 69–82  1-14
(1-4)
 
 
1/26/1981*
UNC Wilmington W 86–81  2–14
 
 
1/28/1981
Ball State W 75–68  3–14
(2–4)
 
 
1/31/1981
at Miami (OH) L 73–82  3–15
(2–5)
 
 
2/4/1981
Western Michigan W 79–74  4–15
(3–5)
 
 
2/7/1981
Central Michigan W 70–68  5–15
(4–5)
 
 
2/11/1981
at Bowling Green L 45–79  5–16
(4–6)
 
 
2/14/1981
Eastern Michigan L 58–68  5–17
(4–7)
 
 
2/18/1981
at Toledo L 67–95  5–18
(4–8)
 
 
2/21/1981
Kent State W 89–84  6–18
(5–8)
 
 
2/25/1981
at Ball State L 63–76  6–19
(5–9)
 
 
MAC Tournament
2/28/1981
Miami (OH) W 78–72  7–19
(6–9)
 
 
3/3/1981
at Ball State L 70–85  7–20
(6–10)
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][3]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1980–81 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1758 2005
Scoring Average 65.11 74.26
Field goals – Att 710–1619 768–1597
Free throws – Att 338–507 469–653
Rebounds 978 979
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[5]

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
Tim Woodson 26 887 34.1 349 13.4 143 305 0.469 63 85 0.741 167 6.4 30 68 54 17 3
Kirk Lehman 27 936 34.7 324 12.0 118 255 0.463 88 112 0.786 53 2.0 103 79 70 29 0
Eric Hilton 27 783 29.0 253 9.4 94 193 0.487 65 95 0.684 68 2.5 79 51 78 28 3
John Devereaux 27 692 25.6 227 8.4 97 229 0.424 33 52 0.635 181 6.7 22 89 42 15 30
Jim Zalenka 27 562 20.8 176 6.5 75 194 0.387 26 41 0.634 74 2.7 18 78 30 22 2
Nate Cole 27 600 22.2 173 6.4 73 170 0.429 27 59 0.458 140 5.2 23 93 56 22 1
Sean Carlson 26 524 20.2 129 5.0 53 126 0.421 23 40 0.575 96 3.7 25 73 29 3 16
Mick Isgrigg 24 264 11.0 78 3.3 37 97 0.381 4 8 0.500 33 1.4 9 12 18 6 1
Willie Stevenson 16 75 4.7 20 1.3 9 22 0.409 2 4 0.500 3 0.2 6 12 13 3 0
James Towns 15 91 6.1 17 1.1 7 18 0.389 3 5 0.600 8 0.5 7 18 12 0 1
Dennis Dylewski 9 0.0 6 0.7 2 6 0.333 2 2 1.000 4 0.4
Steve Becvar 2 14 7.0 4 2.0 1 2 0.500 2 3 0.667 4 2.0 2 1 1 1 0
Dave Mathews 2 0.0 2 1.0 1 2 0.500 0 1 0.000 4 2.0
Total 27 - - - 1758 65.1 710 1619 0.439 338 507 0.667 978 36.2 0 584 0 0 0
Opponents 27 - - 2005 74.3 768 1597 0.481 469 653 0.718 979 36.3 530
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

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  1. ^ "Danny Nee". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1980-81 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1980-81 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.