1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1984–85 Ohio Bobcats 150 Mid-American Conference MAC 22–8 14–4 Danny Nee 5th Convocation Center MAC Regular season and MAC tournament champions NCAA tournament First Round The 1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1984–85. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his fifth season at Ohio.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/danny-nee-1.html Danny Nee Sports Reference en 2022-02-11 They played their home games at Convocation Center.https://www.ohio.edu/building-directory/convocation-center Convocation Center Ohio University en 2022-02-11 The Bobcats finished with a record of 22–8 and won the MAC regular season championship with a conference record of 14–4.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1985-schedule.html 1984-85 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference en 2022-02-11 They won the MAC tournament with wins over Kent State and Miami (OH).https://www.foxnews.com/sports/mid-american-conference-mens-basketball-championship-history Mid-American Conference men's basketball championship history FOX News en 2022-02-11 They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Kansas in the first round.https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-05-08/1985-ncaa-tournament-bracket-scores-stats-records 1985 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records NCAA en 2022-02-11 Schedule 1984-85 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1985 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats|Non-conference regular season 11/24/1984 yes St. Francis (PA)   94–84 1–0 12/1/1984 yes yes Indiana 12   73–90 1–1 12/7/1984 yes yes Wichita State McDonald’s Classic 56–55 2–1   12/8/1984 yes yes Illinois-Chicago McDonald’s Classic 64–72 2–2   12/12/1984 yes Ohio Wesleyan 75–67 3–2   12/15/1984 yes Heidelberg 77–70 4–2   12/16/1984 yes yes Marshall 76–71 5–2   12/28/1984 yes yes San Jose State Basketball Classic 62–67 5–3   12/29/1984 yes yes Eastern Kentucky Basketball Classic 58–52 6–3   |- !colspan=12 style="Ohio Bobcats"| MAC regular season 1/3/1985 Miami (OH) 73–62 7–3 1–0   1/5/1985 yes Western Michigan 79–84 7–4 1–1   1/9/1985 yes Central Michigan 75–66 8–4 2–1   1/12/1985 Bowling Green 79–57 9–4 3–1   1/16/1985 yes Eastern Michigan 73–66 10–4 4–1   1/19/1985 Toledo 62–55 11-4 5–1   1/23/1985 yes Northern Illinois 50–42 12-4 6–1   1/26/1985 Kent State 77–58   13–4 7–1 1/29/1985 yes Ball State 60–58   14–4 8–1 2/2/1985 Western Michigan 62–54   15–4 9–1 2/6/1985 Central Michigan 56–52   16–4 10–1 2/9/1985 yes Bowling Green 60–56   17–4 11–1 2/13/1985 Eastern Michigan 71–61   18–4 12–1 2/16/1985 yes Toledo 65–72   18–5 12–2 2/19/1985 Northern Illinois 72–49   19–5 13–2 2/23/1985 yes Kent State 66–76   19–6 13–3 2/27/1985 Ball State 64–56   20–6 14–3 3/2/1985 yes Miami (OH) 66–67   20–7 14–4 |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| MAC tournament 3/8/1985 yes Kent State Semifinal 57–55   21–7 15–4 3/9/1985 yes Miami (OH) Championship 74–64   22–7 16–4 |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| NCAA tournament 3/14/1985 yes yes Kansas 13 Mideast Regional First Round 38–49   22–8 AP Poll Eastern Time Source:https://ohiobobcats.com/documents/2021/5/26/ohio_mbb_202122_records.pdf Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book Ohio University Athletics Statistics Team statistics Final 1984–85 statistics Ohio Bobcats Record Ohio OPP Scoring 2014 1887 Scoring Average 67.13 62.90 Field goals – Att 773–1636 697–1567 Free throws – Att 468–681 493–719 Rebounds 1038 984 Assists 466 409 Turnovers Steals Blocked Shots Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1985.html 1984-85 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats Sports Reference en Player statistics MinutesScoringTotal FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotAvgAPFTO StlBlkVic Alexander2739014.71613000.537681060.6421952.413Robert Tatum2536814.41363010.452961150.835607.277Rick Scarberry3032110.71463240.45129390.744511.756Eddie Hicks292809.7941810.519921230.7481956.725Paul Baron302739.1801630.4911131500.7531194.0190Eddie Washington291284.4561260.44416290.552351.253Henry Smith25903.632770.41626630.413994.015Rich Stanfel28652.528720.3899160.563931.57Marty Lehmann15382.317350.486470.571223.34John Rhodes15281.99240.37510170.588382.53Jamie Brock12211.810140.714150.200121.02Roger Smith15120.84190.2114110.364120.821Total30-0-201467.177316360.4724686810.687103834.6466630Opponents30-0-188762.969715670.4454937190.68698432.8409612 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 References Category:Ohio Bobcats men's basketball seasons Ohio Ohio Ohio Bobcats men's basketball Ohio Bobcats men's basketball