American college basketball season
The 1973–74 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1973–74 . The team was coached by Jim Snyder , in his 25th and final season at Ohio , and played their home games at Convocation Center .[ 1] [ 2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 16–11 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 9–3.[ 3] They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament . There they lost to Marquette in the First Round.[ 4]
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1973 *
Northwestern
L 81–83
0–1
12/5/1973 *
Marietta
W 80–53
1–1
12/8/1973
No. 16 Eastern Michigan
W 73–54
2–1 (1–0)
12/18/1973 *
at Utah
L 68–70
2–2
12/21/1973 *
at No. 1 UCLA
L 63–110
2–3
12/22/1973 *
at No. 16 Southern California
L 68–80
2–4
12/29/1973 *
at Ohio State
W 84–79
3–4
1/2/1974
Ball State
W 99–88
4–4 (2–0)
1/5/1974
at Kent State
W 81–75
5–4 (3–0)
1/7/1974 *
Loyola (IL)
W 76–65
6–4
1/9/1974 *
at No. 13 Wisconsin
L 68–69
6–5
1/12/1974
Toledo
W 82–72
7–5 (4–0)
1/16/1974
at Miami (OH)
W 73–71
8–5 (5–0)
1/19/1974
Western Michigan
W 97–55
9–5 (6–0)
1/23/1974 *
at Cleveland State
W 102–78
10-5
1/26/1974
at Central Michigan
L 83–84
10-6 (6-1)
1/30/1974
Bowling Green
L 66–74
10–7 (6–2)
2/2/1974
Kent State
W 95–65
11–7 (7–2)
2/5/1974 *
at Cincinnati
L 80–82
11–8
2/9/1974
at Toledo
L 79–80
11–9 (7–3)
2/13/1974
Miami (OH)
W 85–70
12–9 (8–3)
2/16/1974
at Western Michigan
W 78–76
13–9 (9–3)
2/18/1974 *
at Fairfield
L 80–91
13–10
2/23/1974
Central Michigan
W 79–78 OT
14–10 (10–3)
2/26/1974 *
at Penn State
W 78–69
15–10
3/2/1974
at Bowling Green
W 71–70
16–10 (11–3)
NCAA Tournament
3/9/1974 *
vs. No. 11 Marquette
L 59–85
16–11
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
Source:[ 5] [ 3]
Statistics
Team statistics
Final 1973–74 statistics
Record
Ohio
OPP
Scoring
2128
2027
Scoring Average
78.81
75.07
Field goals – Att
875–1933
872–1893
Free throws – Att
378–548
283–415
Rebounds
1188
1070
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots
Source[ 6]
Player statistics
Minutes
Scoring
Total FGs
Free-Throws
Rebounds
Player
GP
GS
Tot
Avg
Pts
Avg
FG
FGA
Pct
FT
FTA
Pct
Tot
Avg
A
PF
TO
Stl
Blk
Walter Luckett
27
-
617
22.9
254
524
0.485
109
150
0.727
159
5.9
82
Bill Brown
27
-
383
14.2
157
319
0.492
69
87
0.793
159
5.9
55
George Green
27
-
312
11.6
127
269
0.472
58
84
0.690
279
10.3
79
Larry Slappy
27
-
209
7.7
90
226
0.398
29
45
0.644
65
2.4
63
Denny Rusch
22
-
169
7.7
61
138
0.442
47
71
0.662
139
6.3
77
Ulice Payne
27
-
165
6.1
74
176
0.420
17
31
0.548
109
4.0
39
Dave Ball
26
-
152
5.8
63
173
0.364
26
44
0.591
112
4.3
46
Denny Thompson
26
-
51
2.0
21
52
0.404
9
12
0.750
17
0.7
27
Mike Corde
12
-
20
1.7
8
16
0.500
4
5
0.800
4
0.3
4
Tom Hester
10
-
18
1.8
6
12
0.500
6
9
0.667
8
0.8
6
Alan Talbert
8
-
15
1.9
6
14
0.429
3
5
0.600
4
0.5
2
Doug Jauch
-
Dave Strack
-
Total
27
-
-
-
2128
78.8
875
1933
0.453
378
548
0.690
1188
44.0
0
Opponents
27
-
-
-
2027
75.1
872
1893
0.461
283
415
0.682
1070
39.6
Source[ 6]
References