1971–72 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1971–72 Ohio Bobcats 150 Mid-American Conference MAC 15–11 7–3 Jim Snyder 23rd Convocation Center MAC Regular Season champions NCAA tournament First Round The 1971–72 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1971–72. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Convocation 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/convocation-center Convocation Center Ohio University en 2022-02-06 The Bobcats finished with a record of 15–11 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 7–3.https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1972-schedule.html 1971-72 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference en 2022-02-06 They received a bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Marquette in the First Round.https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-05-18/1972-ncaa-tournament-bracket-scores-stats-records 1972 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records NCAA 2022-02-06 Schedule 1971-72 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings 1972 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats| Regular Season 12/1/1971 yes Muskingum   76–66 1–0 12/4/1971 yes yes Northwestern   65–76 1–1 12/11/1971 yes Ohio State 4 79–68 2–1   12/15/1971 yes Indiana 12 79–70 3–1   12/20/1971 yes yes 17 Michigan Michigan Tourney 81–87 3–2   12/21/1971 yes yes 17 Detroit Michigan Tourney 77–84 3–3   12/23/1971 yes yes 17 Cincinnati 67–104 3–4   12/30/1972 yes yes Marshall 17 81–88 3–5   1/4/1972 yes Missouri 76–78 3–6   |- !colspan=9 style="Ohio Bobcats"| MAC regular season 1/8/1972 yes Bowling Green 91–69 4–6 1–0   1/12/1972 Kent State 85–74 5–6 2–0   1/15/1972 Toledo 71–64 6–6 3–0   1/19/1972 yes Virginia Tech 88–79 7–6   1/22/1972 Miami (OH) 77–91 7–7 3–1   1/29/1972 yes Kent State 77–88 7-8 3–2   2/1/1972 yes VMI 98–60 8-8   2/5/1972 Western Michigan 80–79   9–8 4–2 2/8/1972 yes MacMurray 108–69   10–8 5–2 2/12/1972 yes Miami (OH) 69–66 OT   11–8 6–2 2/16/1972 yes Marshall 10 79–95   11–9 2/22/1972 yes Loyola (IL) 84–79   12–9 2/26/1972 yes Toledo 66–56   13–9 7–2 3/1/1972 yes Western Michigan 83–100   13–10 7–3 3/4/1972 Bowling Green 105–84   14–10 8–3 3/7/1972 yes Toledo 69–67 OT   15–10 9–3 |- !colspan=9 style=Ohio Bobcats| NCAA Tournament 3/11/1972 yes yes Marquette 7 49–73   15–11 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 1971–72 statistics Ohio Bobcats Record Ohio OPP Scoring 2053 2011 Scoring Average 78.96 77.35 Field goals – Att 792–1755 788–1757 Free throws – Att 469–668 435–636 Rebounds 1195 1142 Assists Turnovers Steals Blocked Shots Sourcehttps://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1972.html 1971-72 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats Sports Reference en Player statistics MinutesScoringTotal FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotAvgAPFTO StlBlkTom Corde26-45017.31813930.461881120.786793.057Todd Lalich26-32912.71242600.477811030.7861345.288Tom Riccardi26-32312.41323010.439611050.5811676.466Denny Rusch25-2249.0791830.43266960.6881706.899Bob Howell25-2178.7801830.43757800.713763.051Dave Ball23-2099.1801710.46849720.6811245.449Bill Brown26-1827.0761560.48730430.6981616.243Denny Thompson6-416.815430.34912150.800111.817Chris Collins8-182.37150.467450.800111.47Bernard Rumpke10-181.86170.3536110.545131.312Dave Strack12-171.47190.368380.37560.58Jeff Knight9-111.2270.2867110.636141.63Floyd Carter6-91.53110.273340.75050.81Ken Heiby2-21.0111.000000.00000.03Total26---205379.079217550.4514696680.702119546.0505Opponents26---201177.378817570.4484356360.684114243.9501 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