1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	9–17 (4–12 MAC)
Head coach	Dale Bandy (3rd season)
Home arena	Convocation Center

1976–77 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Central Michigan	13	–	3		.813			18	–	10		.643
Miami (Ohio)	13	–	3		.813			20	–	6		.769
Toledo	12	–	4		.750			21	–	6		.778
Northern Illinois	10	–	6		.625			13	–	14		.481
Western Michigan	8	–	8		.500			14	–	13		.519
Ball State	7	–	9		.438			11	–	14		.440
Bowling Green State	5	–	11		.313			9	–	18		.333
Ohio	4	–	12		.250			9	–	17		.346
Eastern Michigan	4	–	12		.250			9	–	18		.333
Kent State	4	–	12		.250			8	–	19		.296
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1976–77. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his third season at Ohio.^[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.^[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 9–17 and eighth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 4–12.^[3]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1976*		Pittsburgh	W 72–62	1–0
12/4/1976*		Northwestern	L 71–73	1–1
12/11/1976*		Marietta	W 85–72	2–1
12/18/1976*		at Cleveland State	W 93–83	3–1
12/22/1976		Eastern Michigan	W 91–81	4–1 (1–0)
12/27/1976*		at Oklahoma City All-College Tournament	L 73–97	4–2	The Myriad  Oklahoma City, OK
12/29/1976*		vs. St. Joseph's (PA) All-College Tournament	L 62–67	4–3	The Myriad  Oklahoma City, OK
12/30/1976*		vs. Tulane All-College Tournament	W 93–67	5–3	The Myriad  Oklahoma City, OK
1/5/1977		at Toledo	L 66–82	5–4 (1–1)
1/8/1977		Northern Illinois	L 65–81	5–5 (1–2)
1/12/1977*		at Marshall	L 71–79	5–6
1/15/1977		at Kent State	L 74–77	5–7 (1–3)
1/19/1977		Ball State	L 63–66	5–8 (1–4)
1/22/1977		at Miami (OH)	L 78–84	5-9 (1-5)
1/26/1977		Western Michigan	W 80–74	6-9 (2-5)
2/2/1977		at Ball State	L 64–65	6–10 (2-6)
2/5/1977		at Bowling Green	W 69–68 ^OT	7–10 (3–6)
2/7/1977*		at Loyola (IL)	L 73–74	7–11
2/9/1977		Toledo	L 74–75	7–12 (3–7)
2/12/1977		at Northern Illinois	L 70–77	7–13 (3–8)
2/16/1977*		Virginia Tech	W 82–77	8–13
2/19/1977		Kent State	W 81–80	9–13 (4–8)
2/26/1977		Miami (OH)	L 62–83	9–14 (4–9)
3/2/1977		at Western Michigan	L 63–75	9–15 (4–10)
3/5/1977		at Eastern Michigan	L 75–80	9–16 (4–11)
3/7/1977		Central Michigan	L 64–76	9–17 (4–12)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4][3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1976–77 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1914	1975
Scoring Average	73.62	75.96
Field goals – Att	731–1705	800–1648
Free throws – Att	452–623	375–550
Rebounds	958	1105
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[5]

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
Steve Skaggs	25	-			482	19.3	190	395	0.481	102	143	0.713	178	7.1		57
Bucky Walden	25	-			338	13.5	125	282	0.443	88	129	0.682	107	4.3		73
Tim Joyce	18	-			326	18.1	128	300	0.427	70	95	0.737	119	6.6		60
Ernie Whitus	20	-			205	10.3	79	178	0.444	47	68	0.691	111	5.6		61
Kim Leonard	11	-			150	13.6	67	174	0.385	16	20	0.800	24	2.2		31
Bill Littlefield	24	-			119	5.0	50	117	0.427	19	31	0.613	67	2.8		57
Bob Leon	26	-			108	4.2	29	88	0.330	50	55	0.909	46	1.8		68
Cliff Sawyer	23	-			88	3.8	29	76	0.382	30	39	0.769	52	2.3		37
Mike Borden	24	-			37	1.5	10	30	0.333	17	26	0.654	67	2.8		49
John Kimbel	10	-			23	2.3	7	17	0.412	9	11	0.818	17	1.7		8
Mark Lauretti	9	-			20	2.2	9	27	0.333	2	3	0.667	5	0.6		9
Total	26	-	-	-	1914	73.6	731	1705	0.429	452	623	0.726	958	36.8		544
Opponents	26	-	-	-	1975	76.0	800	1648	0.485	375	550	0.682	1105	42.5		563

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^[5]

References

1. "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
2. "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
3. "1976-77 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
4. "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
5. "1976-77 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.