1949–50 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

{{short description|American college basketball season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NCAA team season

|mode = Basketball

|year = 1949–50

|team = Ohio Bobcats

|image =

|image_size = 150

|conference =

|division =

|short_conf =

|CoachRank =

|APRank =

|record = 6–14

|conf_record = 3–7

|head_coach = Jim Snyder

|hc_year = 1st

|asst_coach1 =

|asst_coach2 =

|asst_coach3 =

|stadium = Men's Gymnasium

|champion =

|bowl =

|bowl_result =

}}

{{1949–50 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings}}

The 1949–50 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1949–50. The team was coached by Jim Snyder in his 1st of 26 seasons as Ohio's head coach. They played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/james-snyder-1.html|title=James Snyder|website=Sports Reference|language=en|access-date=2022-02-17}} They finished the season 6–14. They finished fourth in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 3–7.

Schedule

{{CBB schedule start|time=|ranklink=1949-50 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings|rankyear=1950|rank=|tv=|record=yes|attend=yes}}

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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}| Regular Season

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf = yes

| away =

| opponent = Marietta

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 40–54

| record = 0–1

| conference =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf = yes

| away =

| opponent = Ohio Wesleyan

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 74–56

| record = 1–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf = yes

| away = y

| opponent = Mount Union

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 39–53

| record = 1–2

| conference =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf = yes

| away = y

| opponent = Kent State

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 57–70

| record = 1–3

| conference =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf =

| away = y

| opponent = Western Reserve

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 84–66

| record = 2–3

| conference = 1–0

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf = yes

| away =

| opponent = Dayton

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 61–71

| record = 2–4

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf =

| away =

| opponent = Western Michigan

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 56–81

| record = 2–5

| conference = 1–1

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf = yes

| away = y

| opponent = Bowling Green

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 54–74

| record = 2–6

| conference =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf =

| away = y

| opponent = Cincinnati

| opprank = 20

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 38–57

| record = 2–7

| conference = 1–2

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf =

| away =

| opponent = Cincinnati

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 51–76

| record = 2–8

| conference = 1–3

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf =

| away =

| opponent = Miami

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 79–70

| record = 3–8

| conference = 2–3

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf =

| away = y

| opponent = Butler

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 49–70

| record = 3–9

| conference = 2–4

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf = yes

| away = y

| opponent = Dayton

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 50–75

| record = 3–10

| conference =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf =

| away =

| opponent = Western Reserve

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 62–49

| record = 4–10

| conference = 3–4

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf = yes

| away =

| opponent = Muskingum

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 67–63

| record = 5–10

| conference =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf =

| away = y

| opponent = Miami

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 45–54

| record = 5–11

| conference = 3–5

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf = yes

| away =

| opponent = Akron

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 75–74

| record = 6–11

| conference =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf =

| away = y

| opponent = Butler

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 56–67

| record = 6–12

| conference = 3–6

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf = yes

| away = y

| opponent = Marietta

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 59–66

| record = 6–13

| conference =

}}

{{CBB schedule entry

| date =

| nonconf =

| away = y

| opponent = Western Michigan

| site_stadium =

| site_cityst =

| score = 52–78

| record = 6–14

| conference = 3–7

}}

{{CBB schedule end

| rank = yes

| poll = AP Poll

| timezone = Eastern Time

}} Source:{{cite web|url=https://ohiobobcats.com/documents/2021/5/26/ohio_mbb_202122_records.pdf|title=Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book|publisher=Ohio University Athletics}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1950-schedule.html|title=1949-50 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results|website=Sports Reference|language=en|access-date=2022-02-16}}

Statistics

=Team statistics=

:Final 1949–50 statistics

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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Ohio Bobcats|Record|Ohio|OPP}}
Scoring11481327
Scoring Average57.4066.35
Field goals – Att432–1461516–1586
Free throws – Att284–459295–470
Rebounds
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1950.html|title=1949-50 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats|website=Sports Reference|language=en}}

=Player statistics=

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!colspan="2" style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Minutes

!colspan="2" style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Scoring

!colspan="3" style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Total FGs

!colspan="3" style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Free-Throws

!colspan="2" style={{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Rebounds

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scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Player

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |GP

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |GS

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Tot

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Avg

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Pts

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Avg

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |FG

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |FGA

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Pct

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |FT

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |FTA

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Pct

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Tot

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Avg

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |A

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |PF

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |TO

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Stl

! scope="col" style={{CollegePrimaryStyle|Ohio Bobcats}} |Blk

Elwood Sparks

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|align="right" |237

|align="right" |11.9

|align="right" |89

|align="right" |284

|align="right" |0.313

|align="right" |59

|align="right" |85

|align="right" |0.694

|align="right" |

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |60

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Glen Hursey

|align="right" |20

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |178

|align="right" |8.9

|align="right" |70

|align="right" |237

|align="right" |0.295

|align="right" |38

|align="right" |63

|align="right" |0.603

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |38

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Dave Leightenheimer

|align="right" |20

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |154

|align="right" |7.7

|align="right" |57

|align="right" |188

|align="right" |0.303

|align="right" |40

|align="right" |53

|align="right" |0.755

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |61

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

_ Betts

|align="right" |19

|align="right"

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |136

|align="right" |7.2

|align="right" |59

|align="right" |165

|align="right" |0.358

|align="right" |18

|align="right" |28

|align="right" |0.643

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |42

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

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_ McKown

|align="right" |20

|align="right"

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |91

|align="right" |4.6

|align="right" |35

|align="right" |109

|align="right" |0.321

|align="right" |21

|align="right" |34

|align="right" |0.618

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |33

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Vic Polosky

|align="right" |19

|align="right"

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |91

|align="right" |4.8

|align="right" |29

|align="right" |106

|align="right" |0.274

|align="right" |33

|align="right" |64

|align="right" |0.516

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |

|align="right" |48

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|align="right" |

_ Lepp

|align="right" |20

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |77

|align="right" |3.9

|align="right" |27

|align="right" |114

|align="right" |0.237

|align="right" |23

|align="right" |40

|align="right" |0.575

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|align="right" |31

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_ Benich

|align="right" |14

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |58

|align="right" |4.1

|align="right" |21

|align="right" |63

|align="right" |0.333

|align="right" |16

|align="right" |28

|align="right" |0.571

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|align="right" |24

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_ Renner

|align="right" |17

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |53

|align="right" |3.1

|align="right" |18

|align="right" |69

|align="right" |0.261

|align="right" |17

|align="right" |34

|align="right" |0.500

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |21

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|align="right" |

Jack Schumacher

|align="right" |11

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |31

|align="right" |2.8

|align="right" |11

|align="right" |51

|align="right" |0.216

|align="right" |9

|align="right" |12

|align="right" |0.750

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|align="right" |8

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_ WIlliams

|align="right" |11

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |25

|align="right" |2.3

|align="right" |11

|align="right" |44

|align="right" |0.250

|align="right" |3

|align="right" |7

|align="right" |0.429

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|align="right" |

|align="right" |19

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_ Hupp

|align="right" |6

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|align="right" |15

|align="right" |2.5

|align="right" |5

|align="right" |25

|align="right" |0.200

|align="right" |5

|align="right" |7

|align="right" |0.714

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|align="right" |8

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_ Luecke

|align="right" |6

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|align="right" |2

|align="right" |0.3

|align="right" |0

|align="right" |2

|align="right" |0.000

|align="right" |2

|align="right" |2

|align="right" |1.000

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|align="right" |0

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_ Bingham

|align="right" |3

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|align="right" |0

|align="right" |0.0

|align="right" |0

|align="right" |1

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|align="right" |1

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_ Haswell

|align="right" |5

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|align="right" |0

|align="right" |0.0

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|align="right" |3

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class="sortbottom"

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|Total

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|20

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}

align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}
align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}
align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|1148

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|57.4

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|432

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|1461

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|0.296

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|284

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|459

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|0.619

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|0

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|0.0

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|394

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|

|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|

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|align="center" |Opponents

|align="center" |20

|align="center"

align="center"
align="center"
align="center" |1327

|align="center" |66.4

|align="center" |516

|align="center" |1586

|align="center" |0.325

|align="center" |295

|align="center" |470

|align="center" |0.628

|align="center" |

|align="center" |0.0

|align="center" |

|align="center" |375

|align="center" |

|align="center" |

|align="center" |

class="toccolours" style="font-size: 80%; white-space: nowrap;"
colspan="6" style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;" |Legend
style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" |  GP 

| Games played

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  GS 

| Games started

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | Avg 

| Average per game

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  FG 

| style="padding-right: 8px" |Field-goals made

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | FGA 

| style="padding-right: 8px" |Field-goal attempts

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | Off 

| Offensive rebounds

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | Def 

| style="padding-right: 8px" |Defensive rebounds

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  A 

| style="padding-right: 8px" |Assists

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" |  TO

| Turnovers

style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black;" | Blk 

| Blocks

| style="background-color: #F2F2F2; border: 1px solid black" | Stl 

| Steals

| style="background:#B22222; color:#ffffff; border: 1px solid black" | High 

| Team high

Source

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