American college basketball season
The 1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1959–60 . The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[ 1] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 16–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.[ 2] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament . There they defeated Notre Dame before losing to Georgia Tech in the Sweet Sixteen.[ 3]
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1959 *
at West Virginia Wesleyan
W 73–72
1–0
12/3/1959 *
at Marietta
W 89–72
2–0
12/8/1959 *
at Morehead State
W 76–65
3–0
12/12/1959 *
at Indiana
L 68–80
3–1
12/17/1959 *
at DePaul
L 54–77
3–2
12/19/1959 *
at Illinois
L 79–85
3–3
1/2/1960
at No. 16 Toledo
L 53–63
3–4 (0–1)
1/5/1960
Miami (OH)
W 104–89
4–4 (1–1)
1/9/1960
at Bowling Green
W 86–72
5–4 (2–1)
1/12/1960
at Marshall
W 87–77
6–4 (3–1)
1/16/1960
Western Michigan
W 88–70
7–4 (4–1)
1/18/1960 *
St. Francis (PA)
W 82–79
8–4
1/23/1960
Kent State
W 100–72
9–4 (5–1)
1/30/1960
at Western Michigan
W 86–71
10–4 (6–1)
2/6/1960
Marshall
W 86–82
11–-4 (7–1)
2/9/1960 *
Stewart AFB
W 95–74
12–-4
2/12/1960
at Kent State
W 84–68
13–4 (8–1)
2/15/1960
No. 12 Toledo
W 71–67
14–4 (9–1)
2/20/1960
No. 18
Bowling Green
W 85–70
15–4 (10–1)
2/23/1960
No. 18
at Miami (OH)
L 74–88
15–5 (10–2)
2/29/1960 *
Morehead State
W 96–66
16–5
3/2/1960 *
Marietta
L 66–74
16–6
NCAA Tournament
3/8/1969 *
vs. Notre Dame
W 74–66
17–6
3/11/1960 *
vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech Sweet Sixteen
L 54–57
17–7
3/12/1960 *
vs. Western Kentucky Regional Consolation
L 87–97
17–8
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
Source:[ 4] [ 2]
Statistics
Team statistics
Final 1959–60 statistics
Record
Ohio
OPP
Scoring
1902
1779
Scoring Average
79.25
74.13
Field goals – Att
760–1780
679–1674
Free throws – Att
382–643
421–621
Rebounds
1397
1079
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
Bunk Adams
25
-
411
16.4
166
393
0.422
79
167
0.473
274
11.0
67
Howie Jolliff
25
-
400
16.0
165
364
0.453
70
122
0.574
445
17.8
87
Larry Kruger
24
-
393
16.4
158
333
0.474
77
100
0.770
188
7.8
54
Billy Whaley
25
-
283
11.3
108
250
0.432
67
96
0.698
0
0.0
0
Dale Bandy
25
-
165
6.6
63
0
0.000
39
0
0.000
0
0.0
0
Bruce Johnson
14
-
118
8.4
44
0
0.000
30
0
0.000
0
0.0
0
Dave Katz
21
-
74
3.5
29
103
0.282
16
22
0.727
0
0.0
0
Verlyn Witte
18
-
60
3.3
27
46
0.587
6
10
0.600
0
0.0
0
Loren Wilcox
16
-
40
2.5
15
53
0.283
10
28
0.357
0
0.0
0
Bob Gaunt
14
-
35
2.5
12
0
0.000
11
0
0.000
0
0.0
0
_ Calhoun
-
Murray Cook
-
Mike Schuler
-
Total
24
-
-
-
1902
79.3
760
1780
0.427
382
643
0.594
1397
58.2
428
Opponents
24
-
-
-
1779
74.1
679
1674
0.406
421
621
0.678
1079
45.0
451
Source[ 5]
References