1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1977–78 Ohio Bobcats 150 Mid-American Conference MAC 13–14 6–10 Dale Bandy 4th Bill Brown 4th Convocation Center The 1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1977–78. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his fourth season at Ohio.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/dale-bandy-1.html Dale Bandy Sports Reference en 2022-02-09 They played their home games at Convocation Center.https://www.ohio.edu/building-directory/convocation-center Convocation Center Ohio University en 2022-02-10 The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–14 and seventh in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 6–10.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1978-schedule.html 1977-78 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference en 2022-02-10 Schedule 1977-78 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1978 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats| Regular Season 11/25/1977 yes yes Rhode Island Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina IPTAY Invitational   69–81 0–1 11/26/1977 yes yes TCU Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, South Carolina IPTAY Invitational   78–64 1–1 12/1/1977 yes Cleveland State Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 79–66 2–1   12/5/1977 yes Youngstown State Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 67–64 3–1   12/7/1977 yes Marietta Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 73–69 4–1   12/10/1977 Northern Illinois Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 76–80 4–2 0–1   12/16/1977 yes yes Grambling Cajun Classic 60–53 5–2   12/17/1977 yes yes Louisiana Cajun Classic 81–98 5–3   12/20/1977 yes yes SMU 77–83 5–4   |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| MAC regular season 1/4/1978 yes Kent State Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio 73–59 6–4 1–1   1/7/1978 Ball State Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 75–71 7–4 2–1   1/11/1978 yes Marshall Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 68–56 8–4   1/14/1978 yes Miami (OH) Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio 77–90 8–5 2–2   1/18/1978 Western Michigan Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 59–73 8-6 2-3   1/25/1978 yes Central Michigan Daniel P. Rose Center Mount Pleasant, Michigan 71–77 8-7 2-4   2/1/1978 yes Loyola (IL) Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 86–80 OT   9–7 2/4/1978 yes Toledo Centennial Hall Toledo, Ohio 72–71   10–7 3–4 2/6/1978 yes Bowling Green Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio 66–68   10–8 3–5 2/8/1978 Kent State Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 68–54   11–8 4–5 2/11/1978 yes Ball State Irving Gymnasium Muncie, Indiana 77–82   11–9 4–6 2/15/1978 yes yes Virginia Tech 83–105   11–10 2/18/1978 Miami (OH) Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 66–70   11–11 4–7 2/20/1978 Eastern Michigan Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 66–62   12–11 5–7 2/22/1978 yes Western Michigan Read Fieldhouse Kalamazoo, Michigan 82–88   12–12 5–8 2/25/1978 Bowling Green Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 76–90   12–13 5–9 3/1/1978 Central Michigan Convocation Center Athens, Ohio 105–94   13–13 6–9 3/4/1978 yes Northern Illinois 70–76   13–14 6–10 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 1977–78 statistics Ohio Bobcats Record Ohio OPP Scoring 2000 2024 Scoring Average 74.07 74.96 Field goals – Att 785–1707 810–1765 Free throws – Att 430–610 402–571 Rebounds 1082 1101 Assists 387 353 Turnovers Steals 156 150 Blocked Shots 64 64 Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1978.html 1977-78 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats Sports Reference en Player statistics MinutesScoringTotal FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotAvgAPFTO StlBlkTim Joyce25-90236.154821.92304170.552881130.7791516.04680225Steve Skaggs24-90337.648720.32004140.483871180.7371144.83756154Bucky Walden25-79131.62379.5892150.41459750.787743.09470385Ernie Whitus27-67425.02278.4771870.412731110.6581846.83892726Brewer Gray25-73129.21546.2671810.37020410.4882309.254751912Bob Leon25-39415.8863.420380.52646590.780281.16845180Jan Smoljan25-29711.9722.924640.37524360.667311.22428112Jim Zalenka22-24111.0703.229780.37212210.571562.5113335Bill Littlefield19-1115.8462.419460.4138120.66790.5102783John Patterson23-2665.2331.716340.471180.125350.602222Mark Lauretti13-6711.6221.49220.409460.66781.551320Jim Marhulik16-523.3150.9470.571780.875100.6012100Mike Borden4-143.530.8111.000120.50010.30110Greg Winbush2-52.500.0030.000000.00000.00100Total27---200074.178517070.4604306100.705108240.138755515664Opponents27---202475.081017650.4594025710.704110140.835358215064 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 Bobcats men's basketball Ohio Bobcats men's basketball