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1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	13–11 (5–7 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (7th season);
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1954–55 1956–57 →

1955–56 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Marshall	10	–	2	.833	18	–	5	.783
Miami (OH)	8	–	4	.667	12	–	8	.600
Western Michigan	7	–	5	.583	11	–	9	.550
Toledo	6	–	6	.500	9	–	13	.409
Ohio	5	–	7	.417	13	–	11	.542
Kent State	5	–	7	.417	10	–	11	.476
Bowling Green	1	–	11	.083	4	–	19	.174

Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1955–56 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1955–56. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.^[2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 13–11 and finished fifth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 5–7.^[3]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/3/1955*	at Indiana	L 74–93	0–1
12/8/1955*	at Morris Harvey	W 91–71	1–1
12/10/1955*	Ohio Wesleyan	W 94–85	2–1
12/13/1955*	Marietta	W 85–54	3–1
12/15/1955	at Marshall	L 71–87	3–2 (0–1)
12/27/1955*	vs. Western Kentucky Kentucky Invitational	L 60–76	3–3
12/28/1955*	vs. Arizona Kentucky Invitational	W 90–76	4–3
12/29/1955*	vs. Morehead State Kentucky Invitational	W 97–91	5–3
1/5/1956*	at Georgetown (KY)	W 98–79	6–3
1/7/1956	at Kent State	W 80–72	7–3 (1–1)
1/9/1956	Western Michigan	L 74–86	7–4 (1–2)
1/12/1956	Marshall	L 63–72	7–5 (1–3)
1/17/1956	at Miami (OH)	L 70–93	7–6 (1–4)
1/21/1956	at Bowling Green	W 83–81	8–6 (2–4)
1/25/1956	Toledo	W 89–79	9–6 (3–4)
1/27/1956	Kent State	W 90–71	10–6 (4–4)
2/4/1956*	at Baldwin-Wallace	L 84–85	10–7
2/10/1956*	at Morehead State	L 67–110	10–8
2/14/1956	Miami (OH)	L 84–85	10–9 (4–5)
2/18/1956	Bowling Green	W 78–74	11–9 (5–5)
2/22/1956	at Western Michigan	L 63–70	11–10 (5–6)
2/25/1956*	Morehead State	W 113–99	12–10
2/27/1956	at Toledo	L 67–77	12–11 (5–7)
3/1/1956*	at Marietta	W 105–89	13–11
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]^[3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1955–56 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1970	1955
Scoring Average	82.08	81.46
Field goals – Att	705–1822	692–1858
Free throws – Att	560–819	571–825
Rebounds	1188	1188
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
Scotty Griesheimer	23	-			327	14.2	128	267	0.479	71	117	0.607	194	8.4		60
Fred Moore	24	-			308	12.8	133	346	0.384	42	68	0.618	135	5.6		47
Bob Evans	24	-			283	11.8	81	200	0.405	121	154	0.786	171	7.1		76
Dick Garrison	24	-			275	11.5	82	189	0.434	111	148	0.750	183	7.6		75
Bob Peters	24	-			190	7.9	69	155	0.445	52	77	0.675	101	4.2		58
Harry Weinbrecht	24	-			177	7.4	58	191	0.304	61	85	0.718	67	2.8		43
Don Sifft	23	-			153	6.7	63	176	0.358	27	41	0.659	74	3.2		32
Larry Morrison	22	-			92	4.2	31	109	0.284	30	47	0.638	42	1.9		27
Henry Pell	21	-			90	4.3	36	111	0.324	18	30	0.600	53	2.5		34
John Tudor	13	-			33	2.5	10	29	0.345	13	29	0.448	35	2.7		13
Larry Williams	11	-			24	2.2	8	21	0.381	8	13	0.615	7	0.6		8
Russ Grooms	8	-			14	1.8	5	19	0.263	4	8	0.500	11	1.4		12
Bill Oppenheimer	7	-			2	0.3	1	7	0.143	0	0	0.000	2	0.3		3
John Paulette	3	-			2	0.7	0	0	0.000	2	2	1.000	0	0.0		0
Duane Baker	3	-			0	0.0	0	0	0.000	0	0	0.000	0	0.0		2
Total	24	-	-	-	1970	82.1	705	1822	0.387	560	819	0.684	1188	49.5		490
Opponents	24	-	-	-	1955	81.5	692	1858	0.372	571	825	0.692	1188	49.5		478

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