1985–86 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1985–86 Ohio Bobcats 150 Mid-American Conference MAC 22–8 14–4 Danny Nee 6th Convocation Center National Invitation Tournament First Round The 1985–86 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1985–86. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his sixth and final 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 finished second in MAC regular season with a conference record of 14–4.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1986-schedule.html 1985-86 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference en 2022-02-11 They lost in the semifinals of the MAC tournament to Ball State. They received a bid to the Postseason NIT. There they lost to Ohio State in the first round. After the season Danny Nee took the head coaching job at Nebraska. He was replaced by Billy Hahn. Schedule 1985-86 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1986 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats|Non-conference regular season 11/30/1985 yes Capital   92–58 1–0 12/3/1985 yes Marshall   85–79 2–0 12/6/1985 yes yes Navy Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY Carrier Classic 62–73 2–1   12/7/1985 yes yes La Salle Carrier Classic 70–65 3–1   12/9/1985 yes yes Hofstra 73–66 4–1   12/11/1985 yes yes Wagner 70–57 5–1   12/14/1985 yes yes North Carolina 1 Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC 57–99 5–2   12/21/1985 yes yes St. Francis (PA) 99–78 6–2   12/30/1985 yes Marietta 90–66 7–2   |- !colspan=12 style="Ohio Bobcats"| MAC regular season 1/2/1986 yes Northern Illinois 68–63 8–2 1–0   1/4/1986 yes Central Michigan 78–61 9–2 2–0   1/8/1986 Kent State 91–76 10–2 3–0   1/11/1986 yes Bowling Green 75–77 10–3 3–1   1/15/1986 Ball State 73–77 10–4 3–2   1/18/1986 yes Eastern Michigan 77–74 11-4 4–2   1/22/1986 Miami (OH) 65–85 11-5 4–3   1/25/1986 yes Toledo 98–100   11–6 4–4 1/29/1986 Western Michigan 85–62   12–6 5–4 2/1/1986 Central Michigan 79–57   13–6 6–4 2/5/1986 yes Kent State 68–63   14–6 7–4 2/8/1986 Bowling Green 74–57   15–6 8–4 2/12/1986 yes Ball State 63–61   16–6 9–4 2/15/1986 Eastern Michigan 81–69   17–6 10–4 2/19/1986 yes Miami (OH) 80–79 OT   18–6 11–4 2/22/1986 Toledo 74–63   19–6 12–4 2/26/1986 yes Western Michigan 81–75   20–6 13–4 3/1/1986 Northern Illinois 83–64   21–6 14–4 |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| MAC tournament 3/6/1986 yes Central Michigan Quarterfinal 66–62   22–6 15–4 3/7/1986 yes Ball State Semifinal 69–93   22–7 15–5 |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| NIT 3/14/1986 yes yes Ohio State Convocation Center Athens, Ohio First Round 62–65   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 1985–86 statistics Ohio Bobcats Record Ohio OPP Scoring 2314 2124 Scoring Average 77.13 70.80 Field goals – Att 932–1828 815–1721 Free throws – Att 450–687 494–725 Rebounds 1066 1022 Assists 520 435 Turnovers 415 468 Steals 268 189 Blocked Shots 77 83 Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1986.html 1985-86 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats Sports Reference en Player statistics MinutesScoringTotal FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotAvgAPFTO StlBlkRobert Tatum3030100733.651617.22124030.526921260.730561.9906157562Paul Graham291675726.146115.91813770.480991280.7731364.75289614115Dave Jamerson28366823.939214.01692940.57554650.831853.0545142470John Rhodes292075526.02669.21101960.56146950.4841976.813109551646Paul Baron302994531.52377.9901940.46457950.6001344.51139586520Roger Smith302771223.71394.6541190.45431490.633632.11136761391Marty Lehmann30961420.51324.4541180.45824430.5581314.486226121Jamie Brock1961638.6512.723400.5755120.417241.3217512George Reid2101728.2422.010230.43522310.710281.3238931Rich Stanfel231028912.6411.816260.6159270.333733.21521367Steve Bruning15016010.7372.513340.38211140.786312.1918572Nick Davis3072.300.0040.000020.00072.301300Total30-0-231477.193218280.5104506870.655106635.552065641526877Opponents30-0-212470.881517210.4744947250.681102234.143560646818983 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