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1981–82 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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1981–82 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record13–14 (8–8 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1981–82 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ball State 12 4   .750 17 11   .607
Bowling Green 10 6   .625 18 11   .621
Northern Illinois 9 7   .563 16 14   .533
Eastern Michigan 8 8   .500 15 12   .556
Western Michigan 8 8   .500 15 14   .517
Ohio 8 8   .500 13 14   .481
Miami 8 8   .500 11 16   .407
Toledo 7 9   .438 15 11   .577
Kent State 6 10   .375 10 16   .385
Central Michigan 4 12   .250 10 16   .385
1982 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1981–82 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1981–82. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his second season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–14 and sixth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 8–8.[3]

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/28/1981*
at East Carolina L 54–72  0–1
 
 
11/30/1981*
at UNC Wilmington W 66–62  1–1
 
 
12/2/1981*
at Marquette L 45–49  1–2
MECCA Arena (11,052)
Milwaukee, WI
12/4/1981*
Green Bay W 68–57  2–2
 
 
12/5/1981*
Illinois-Chicago L 55–63  2–3
 
 
12/19/1981*
at Maryland L 64–90  2–4
 
 
1/2/1982*
Capital W 70–41  3–4
 
 
1/6/1982
Bowling Green L 65–68 OT 3–5
(0–1)
 
 
1/9/1982
at Eastern Michigan L 57–62  3–6
(0–2)
 
 
1/13/1982
Toledo W 69–67  4–6
(1–2)
 
 
1/16/1982
at Northern Illinois W 69–67 OT 5–6
(2–2)
 
 
1/18/1982*
Loyola (MD) W 77–63  6–6
 
 
1/20/1982
Ball State W 68–67  7–6
(3–2)
 
 
1/23/1982
at Miami (OH) W 64–62  8-6
(4–2)
 
 
1/25/1982*
Radford W 70–54  9-6
 
 
1/27/1982
Western Michigan L 47–49  9–7
(4–3)
 
 
1/30/1982
at Kent State L 67–83  9–8
(4–4)
 
 
2/3/1982
at Central Michigan W 72–67  10–8
(5–4)
 
 
2/6/1982
Eastern Michigan W 72–54  11–8
(6–4)
 
 
2/10/1982
at Toledo L 64–74  11–9
(6–5)
 
 
2/13/1982
Northern Illinois L 68–70  11–10
(6–6)
 
 
2/15/1982*
at No. 3 DePaul L 61–83  11–11
Allstate Arena (13,180)
Rosemont, IL
2/17/1982
at Ball State L 49–59  11–12
(6–7)
 
 
2/20/1982
Miami (OH) W 78–54  12–12
(7–7)
 
 
2/24/1982
at Western Michigan L 53–60  12–13
(7–8)
 
 
2/27/1982
Kent State W 71–59  13–13
(8–8)
 
 
MAC Tournament
3/2/1982
at Northern Illinois L 68–70 OT 13–14
(8–9)
 
 
*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 1981–82 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1731 1746
Scoring Average 64.11 64.67
Field goals – Att 684–1469 658–1450
Free throws – Att 363–531 430–618
Rebounds 930 901
Assists 370 387
Turnovers 425 387
Steals
Blocked Shots 97 58

Source[5]

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[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
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[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Danny Nee". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1981-82 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ "1981-82 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
  6. ^ a b "1980-81 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.