1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1978–79 Ohio Bobcats 150 Mid-American Conference MAC 16–11 10–6 Dale Bandy 5th Convocation Center The 1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1978–79. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his fifth 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 16–11 and third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 10–6.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1979-schedule.html 1978-79 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference en 2022-02-10 Schedule 1978-79 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1979 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats| Regular Season 11/30/1978 yes yes Florida   61–96 0–1 12/2/1978 yes yes Stetson   98–95 1–1 12/6/1978 yes Marietta 92–71 2–1   12/9/1978 Ball State 69–70 2–2 0–1   12/16/1978 yes yes Youngstown State 86–71 3–2   12/18/1978 yes yes Cleveland State 76–74 4–2   12/29/1978 yes yes West Virginia West Virginia Classic 78–76 5–2   12/30/1978 yes yes Duquesne West Virginia Classic 74–85 5–3   |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| MAC regular season 1/6/1979 Western Michigan 101–82 6–3 1–1   1/10/1979 yes Miami (OH) 74–68 7–3 2–1   1/13/1979 Eastern Michigan 76–64 8–3 3–1   1/17/1979 yes Central Michigan 70–71 8–4 3–2   1/20/1979 Bowling Green 77–79 OT 8–5 3–3   1/22/1979 yes St. Bonaventure 81–84 OT 8-6   1/24/1979 yes Toledo 67–79 8-7 3-4   1/27/1979 Northern Illinois 94–78   9–7 4-4 1/31/1979 yes yes Marshall 81–94   9–8 2/3/1979 yes Kent State 85–84 OT   10–8 5–4 2/7/1979 Miami (OH) 75–60   11–8 6–4 2/10/1979 yes Western Michigan 82–70   12–8 7–4 2/12/1979 yes yes Loyola (IL) 75–104   12–9 2/17/1979 yes Eastern Michigan 86–82   13–9 8–4 2/21/1979 Central Michigan 62–80   13–10 8–5 2/24/1979 yes Bowling Green 80–71   14–10 9–5 2/26/1979 yes Robert Morris 75–74   15–10 2/28/1979 Toledo 70–75   15–11 10–5 3/3/1979 yes Ball State 81–74   16–11 10–6 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 1978–79 statistics Ohio Bobcats Record Ohio OPP Scoring 2126 2111 Scoring Average 78.74 78.19 Field goals – Att 851–1805 834–1742 Free throws – Att 424–588 443–649 Rebounds 1030 1091 Assists 492 359 Turnovers Steals 201 162 Blocked Shots 72 60 Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1979.html 1978-79 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats Sports Reference en Player statistics MinutesScoringTotal FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotAvgAPFTO StlBlkTim Joyce27-93734.759422.02304660.4941341630.8221405.211784316Steve Skaggs27-94935.147217.51964250.46180990.808712.67773262Brewer Gray27-72326.82087.7901800.50028460.6092258.349813125Doug Graves27-76228.22057.6911800.50623380.6051575.821681216Kirk Lehman26-51920.01847.1691420.48646570.807361.46855242Spindle Graves27-54820.31425.3511280.39840670.597712.6103107454Jim Zalenka26-31112.01184.5461030.44726360.722823.21446118Harold Moore27-30811.4943.539890.43816300.533501.9252492Bill Littlefield20-1256.3542.718410.43918260.692201.092251John Patterson25-2279.1381.516400.4006120.500381.544034Total27---212678.785118050.4714245880.721103038.149261520172Opponents27---211178.283417420.4794436490.683109140.435957516260 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