1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1959–60 Ohio Bobcats 150 Mid-American Conference MAC 17–8 10–2 Jim Snyder 11th Men's Gymnasium MAC Regular Season champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1959–60. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/james-snyder-1.html James Snyder Sports Reference en 2022-02-06 The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 16–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1960-schedule.html 1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference en 2022-02-05 They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Notre Dame before losing to Georgia Tech in the Sweet Sixteen.https://wwwcache.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-05-13/1960-ncaa-tournament-bracket-scores-stats-records 1960 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records NCAA en 2022-02-05 Schedule 1959-60 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1960 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats| Regular Season 12/1/1959 yes yes West Virginia Wesleyan   73–72 1–0 12/3/1959 yes yes Marietta   89–72 2–0 12/8/1959 yes yes Morehead State   76–65 3–0 12/12/1959 yes yes Indiana 68–80 3–1   12/17/1959 yes yes DePaul 54–77 3–2   12/19/1959 yes yes Illinois 79–85 3–3   |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| MAC regular season 1/2/1960 yes Toledo 16 53–63 3–4 0–1   1/5/1960 Miami (OH) 104–89 4–4 1–1   1/9/1960 yes Bowling Green 86–72 5–4 2–1   1/12/1960 yes Marshall 87–77 6–4 3–1   1/16/1960 Western Michigan 88–70 7–4 4–1   1/18/1960 yes St. Francis (PA) 82–79 8–4   1/23/1960 Kent State 100–72 9–4 5–1   1/30/1960 yes Western Michigan 86–71 10–4 6–1   2/6/1960 Marshall 86–82 11–-4 7–1   2/9/1960 yes Stewart AFB 95–74 12–-4   2/12/1960 yes Kent State 84–68   13–4 8–1 2/15/1960 Toledo 12 71–67   14–4 9–1 2/20/1960 18 Bowling Green 85–70   15–4 10–1 2/23/1960 yes 18 Miami (OH) 74–88   15–5 10–2 2/29/1960 yes Morehead State 96–66   16–5 3/2/1960 yes Marietta 66–74   16–6 |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| NCAA tournament 3/8/1969 yes yes Notre Dame 74–66   17–6 3/11/1960 yes yes Georgia Tech 13 Sweet Sixteen 54–57   17–7 3/12/1960 yes yes Western Kentucky Regional Consolation 87–97   17–8 yes 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 1959–60 statistics Ohio Bobcats Record Ohio OPP Scoring 1902 1779 Scoring Average 79.25 74.13 Field goals – Att 760–1780 679–1674 Free throws – Att 382–643 421–621 Rebounds 1397 1079 Assists Turnovers Steals Blocked Shots Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1960.html 1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats Sports Reference en Player statistics MinutesScoringTotal FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotAvgAPFTO StlBlkBunk Adams25-41116.41663930.422791670.47327411.067Howie Jolliff25-40016.01653640.453701220.57444517.887Larry Kruger24-39316.41583330.474771000.7701887.854Billy Whaley25-28311.31082500.43267960.69800.00Dale Bandy25-1656.66300.0003900.00000.00Bruce Johnson14-1188.44400.0003000.00000.00Dave Katz21-743.5291030.28216220.72700.00Verlyn Witte18-603.327460.5876100.60000.00Loren Wilcox16-402.515530.28310280.35700.00Bob Gaunt14-352.51200.0001100.00000.00_ Calhoun-Murray Cook-Mike Schuler-Total24---190279.376017800.4273826430.594139758.2428Opponents24---177974.167916740.4064216210.678107945.0451 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