American college basketball season
1961–62 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
PCT
W
L
PCT
No. 8 Bowling Green
11
–
1
.917
21
–
4
.840
Ohio
8
–
4
.667
13
–
10
.565
Toledo
7
–
5
.583
14
–
10
.583
Western Michigan
6
–
6
.500
13
–
11
.542
Marshall
6
–
6
.500
10
–
13
.435
Miami
3
–
9
.250
7
–
17
.292
Kent State
1
–
11
.083
2
–
19
.095
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1961–62 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1961–62 . The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center .[1] [2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–10 and finished second in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 8–4.[3]
Schedule
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
12/2/1961 *
at Canisius
L 59–72
0–1
12/5/1961
at Marshall
W 68–57
1–1 (1–0)
12/7/1961 *
at Morehead State
W 60–56
2–1
12/11/1961 *
St. Francis (PA)
W 80–79
3–1
12/14/1961 *
at Wichita State
L 55–58
3–2
12/16/1961 *
at Nebraska
L 64–81
3–3
12/18/1961 *
at Loyola (IL)
L 69–77
3–4
1/6/1962
No. 10 Bowling Green
L 62–64
3–5 (1–1)
1/8/1962
Western Michigan
W 82–81
4–5 (2–1)
1/13/1962
at Toledo
L 67–75
4–6 (2–2)
1/17/1962
at Miami (OH)
W 78–75
5–6 (3–2)
1/20/1962
at Kent State
W 83–66
6–6 (4–2)
1/23/1962 *
Muskingum
W 83–68
7–6
1/30/1962 *
Loyola (IL)
L 75–93
7-7
2/3/1962 *
at Youngstown State
W 63–58
8-7
2/7/1962 *
Morehead State
W 87–73
9–7
2/10/1962
Kent State
W 79–70
10–7 (5–2)
2/13/1962
Marshall
L 72–77
10–8 (5–3)
2/17/1962
at No. 10 Bowling Green
L 58–83
10–9 (5–4)
2/21/1962
Miami
W 83–71
11–9 (6–4)
2/24/1962
Toledo
W 83–72
12–9 (7–4)
2/28/1962 *
Louisville
L 86–95
12–10
3/3/1962 *
Western Michigan
W 91–85
13–10 (8–4)
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern Time .
Source:[4]
Statistics
Team statistics
Final 1961–62 statistics
Record
Ohio
OPP
Scoring
1687
1686
Scoring Average
73.35
73.30
Field goals – Att
660–1581
650–1516
Free throws – Att
367–545
386–560
Rebounds
1110
1029
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
Jerry Jackson
23
-
363
15.8
146
339
0.431
71
116
0.612
220
9.6
60
Billy Whaley
23
-
311
13.5
114
294
0.388
83
119
0.697
92
4.0
61
Dave Katz
23
-
286
12.4
119
260
0.458
48
60
0.800
69
3.0
47
Paul Storey
23
-
284
12.3
115
242
0.475
54
73
0.740
169
7.3
48
Stacy Bunton
23
-
236
10.3
89
221
0.403
58
86
0.674
191
8.3
86
Gary Bolen
-
Charles Gill
-
Dave Roberts
-
_ Welles
-
Loren Wilcox
-
Total
23
-
-
-
1687
73.3
660
1581
0.417
367
545
0.673
1110
48.3
421
Opponents
23
-
-
-
1686
73.3
650
1516
0.429
386
560
0.689
1029
44.7
406
Source[5]
References