1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1960–61 Ohio Bobcats 150 Mid-American Conference MAC 17–7 10–2 Jim Snyder 12th Grover Center MAC Regular Season champions NCAA tournament First Round The 1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1960–61. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and for the first time played their home games at the recently constructed Grover Center.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/james-snyder-1.html James Snyder Sports Reference en 2022-02-06https://www.ohio.edu/building-directory/grover-center Grover Center Ohio University en 2022-02-06 The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 17–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1961-schedule.html 1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference en 2022-02-06 They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Louisville in the First Round.https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-05-13/1961-ncaa-tournament-bracket-scores-stats-records 1961 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records NCAA en 2022-02-06 Schedule 1960-61 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1961 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats| Regular Season 12/1/1960 yes Ohio State   64–85 0–1 12/3/1960 yes Youngstown State 87–74 1–1   12/6/1960 yes yes Morehead State 81–80 2–1   12/10/1960 yes yes St. Francis (PA) 80–72 3–1   12/14/1960 yes Marshall 71–53 4–1 1–0   12/16/1960 yes yes St. John’s 7 50–78 4–2   12/28/1960 yes yes South Dakota Canton Invitational 75–56 5–2   12/29/1960 yes yes Wittenberg Canton Invitational 50–48 6–2   |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| MAC regular season 1/4/1960 Marshall 88–79 7–2 2–0   1/7/1961 yes Bowling Green 62–61 8–2 3–0   1/10/1961 yes DePaul 60–69 8–3   1/14/1961 Western Michigan 64–62 9-3 4–0   |- 1/16/1961 Toledo 55–50   10–3 5–0 1/21/1961 yes Morehead State 87–71   11–3 1/28/1961 yes Western Michigan 78–76   12–3 6–0 1/30/1961 yes Kent State 89–85   13–3 7–0 2/4/1961 yes Toledo 68–95   13–4 7–1 2/8/1961 yes Miami (OH) 91–75   14–4 8–1 2/11/1961 Kent State 102–92   15–4 9–1 2/13/1961 yes St. Francis (PA) 83–60   16–4 2/15/1961 yes yes Louisville 84–117   16–5 2/18/1961 Bowling Green 74–72   17–5 10–1 2/23/1961 yes Miami 79–101   17–6 10–2 |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| NCAA tournament 3/14/1961 yes yes Louisville 70–76   17–7 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 1960–61 statistics Ohio Bobcats Record Ohio OPP Scoring 1792 1683 Scoring Average 74.67 70.13 Field goals – Att 708–1710 700–1683 Free throws – Att 376–593 387–558 Rebounds 1231 1143 Assists Turnovers Steals Blocked Shots Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1961.html 1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats Sports Reference en Player statistics MinutesScoringTotal FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotAvgAPFTO StlBlkLarry Kruger24-44718.61844040.455791050.7521938.055Bunk Adams24-43818.31654440.3721081810.59730812.855Billy Whaley24-33113.81232890.426851300.654943.968Stacy Bunton24-1958.1821710.48031560.5542239.378Dave Katz24-1807.5771850.41626340.765612.556Gary Bolen23-683.024590.40720400.500662.935Loren Wilcox19-663.525620.40316220.727623.318Murray Cook17-171.07230.304340.750150.98Mike Schuler24-150.66360.167331.000120.510Jim Koon21-140.76210.286240.50080.48Ralph Ball6-81.3350.600240.50010.21Bob Rollinson6-61.0370.429040.00081.31Hugh Dalton-5240.500160.16761Total24---179274.770817100.4143765930.634123151.3394Opponents24---168370.170016830.4163875580.694114347.6417 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