1973–74 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record16–11 (11–3 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
1973–74 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Ohio9–3 .75016–11  .593
Toledo8–4 .66719–9  .679
Bowling Green7–5 .58315–11  .577
Central Michigan6–6 .50014–12  .538
Miami6–6 .50013–13  .500
Western Michigan5–7 .41713–13  .500
Kent State1–11 .0839–17  .346
Rankings from AP Poll

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
Scoring21282027
Scoring Average78.8175.07
Field goals – Att875–1933872–1893
Free throws – Att378–548283–415
Rebounds11881070
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
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[6]

References

  1. ↑ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  3. 1 2 "1973-74 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  4. ↑ "1974 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  6. 1 2 "1973-74 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
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