1959–60 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 = 1959–60
|team = Ohio Bobcats
|image =
|image_size = 150
|conference = Mid-American Conference
|division =
|short_conf = MAC
|CoachRank =
|APRank =
|record = 17–8
|conf_record = 10–2
|head_coach = Jim Snyder
|hc_year = 11th
|asst_coach1 =
|asst_coach2 =
|asst_coach3 =
|stadium = Men's Gymnasium
|champion = MAC Regular Season champions
|bowl = NCAA tournament
|bowl_result = Sweet Sixteen
}}
{{1959–60 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/coaches/james-snyder-1.html|title=James Snyder|website=Sports Reference|language=en|access-date=2022-02-06}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1960-schedule.html|title=1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results|website=Sports Reference|language=en|access-date=2022-02-05}} They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Notre Dame before losing to Georgia Tech in the Sweet Sixteen.{{cite web |url=https://wwwcache.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-05-13/1960-ncaa-tournament-bracket-scores-stats-records|title=1960 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records|website=NCAA|language=en|access-date=2022-02-05}}
Schedule
{{CBB schedule start|time=|ranklink=1959-60 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings|rankyear=1960|rank=|tv=|record=yes|attend=yes}}
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}| Regular Season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/1/1959
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = West Virginia Wesleyan
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| attend =
| score = 73–72
| record = 1–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/3/1959
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = Marietta
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| attend =
| score = 89–72
| record = 2–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/8/1959
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = Morehead State
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| attend =
| score = 76–65
| record = 3–0
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/12/1959
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| score = 68–80
| record = 3–1
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/17/1959
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = DePaul
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 54–77
| record = 3–2
| conference =
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/19/1959
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Illinois
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 79–85
| record = 3–3
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/2/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Toledo
| opprank = 16
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 53–63
| record = 3–4
| conference = 0–1
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/5/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Miami (OH)
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 104–89
| overtime =
| record = 4–4
| conference = 1–1
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/9/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Bowling Green
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 86–72
| overtime =
| record = 5–4
| conference = 2–1
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/12/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Marshall
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 87–77
| overtime =
| record = 6–4
| conference = 3–1
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/16/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Western Michigan
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 88–70
| overtime =
| record = 7–4
| conference = 4–1
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/18/1960
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = St. Francis (PA)
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 82–79
| overtime =
| record = 8–4
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/23/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Kent State
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 100–72
| overtime =
| record = 9–4
| conference = 5–1
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/30/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Western Michigan
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 86–71
| overtime =
| record = 10–4
| conference = 6–1
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/6/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Marshall
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 86–82
| overtime =
| record = 11–-4
| conference = 7–1
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/9/1960
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Stewart AFB
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 95–74
| overtime =
| record = 12–-4
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/12/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Kent State
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 84–68
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 13–4
| conference = 8–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/15/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Toledo
| opprank = 12
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 71–67
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 14–4
| conference = 9–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/20/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank = 18
| opponent = Bowling Green
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 85–70
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 15–4
| conference = 10–1
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/23/1960
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank = 18
| opponent = Miami (OH)
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 74–88
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 15–5
| conference = 10–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/29/1960
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Morehead State
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 96–66
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 16–5
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 3/2/1960
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Marietta
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 66–74
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 16–6
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}| 1960 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 3/8/1969
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Notre Dame
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 74–66
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 17–6
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 3/11/1960
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Georgia Tech
| opprank = 13
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename = Sweet Sixteen
| tv =
| score = 54–57
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 17–7
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 3/12/1960
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Western Kentucky
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename = Regional Consolation
| tv =
| score = 87–97
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 17–8
}}
{{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}}
Statistics
=Team statistics=
:Final 1959–60 statistics
| class="wikitable" | ||
| {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Ohio Bobcats|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 |
=Player statistics=
| class="wikitable sortable" border="1" style="font-size:90%;" |
| colspan="3" style="border-top-style:hidden; border-left-style:hidden; background: white;"|
!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 !colspan="5" style="border-top-style:hidden; border-right-style:hidden; background: white;"| |
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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 |
| Bunk Adams
|align="right" |25 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |411 |align="right" |16.4 |align="right" |166 |align="right" |393 |align="right" |0.422 |align="right" |79 |align="right" |167 |align="right" |0.473 |align="right" |274 |align="right" |11.0 |align="right" | |align="right" |67 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Howie Jolliff
|align="right" |25 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |400 |align="right" |16.0 |align="right" |165 |align="right" |364 |align="right" |0.453 |align="right" |70 |align="right" |122 |align="right" |0.574 |align="right" |445 |align="right" |17.8 |align="right" | |align="right" |87 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Larry Kruger
|align="right" |24 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |393 |align="right" |16.4 |align="right" |158 |align="right" |333 |align="right" |0.474 |align="right" |77 |align="right" |100 |align="right" |0.770 |align="right" |188 |align="right" |7.8 |align="right" | |align="right" |54 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Billy Whaley
|align="right" |25 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |283 |align="right" |11.3 |align="right" |108 |align="right" |250 |align="right" |0.432 |align="right" |67 |align="right" |96 |align="right" |0.698 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.0 |align="right" | |align="right" |0 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Dale Bandy
|align="right" |25 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |165 |align="right" |6.6 |align="right" |63 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.000 |align="right" |39 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.000 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.0 |align="right" | |align="right" |0 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Bruce Johnson
|align="right" |14 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |118 |align="right" |8.4 |align="right" |44 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.000 |align="right" |30 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.000 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.0 |align="right" | |align="right" |0 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Dave Katz
|align="right" |21 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |74 |align="right" |3.5 |align="right" |29 |align="right" |103 |align="right" |0.282 |align="right" |16 |align="right" |22 |align="right" |0.727 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.0 |align="right" | |align="right" |0 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Verlyn Witte
|align="right" |18 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |60 |align="right" |3.3 |align="right" |27 |align="right" |46 |align="right" |0.587 |align="right" |6 |align="right" |10 |align="right" |0.600 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.0 |align="right" | |align="right" |0 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Loren Wilcox
|align="right" |16 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |40 |align="right" |2.5 |align="right" |15 |align="right" |53 |align="right" |0.283 |align="right" |10 |align="right" |28 |align="right" |0.357 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.0 |align="right" | |align="right" |0 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Bob Gaunt
|align="right" |14 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |35 |align="right" |2.5 |align="right" |12 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.000 |align="right" |11 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.000 |align="right" |0 |align="right" |0.0 |align="right" | |align="right" |0 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| _ Calhoun
|align="right" | |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Murray Cook
|align="right" | |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Mike Schuler
|align="right" | |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| class="sortbottom"
|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|Total |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|24 |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}}|1902
|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|79.3 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|760 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|1780 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|0.427 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|382 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|643 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|0.594 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|1397 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|58.2 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}| |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|428 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}| |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}| |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}| |
| class="sortbottom"
|align="center" |Opponents |align="center" |24 |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |1779
|align="center" |74.1 |align="center" |679 |align="center" |1674 |align="center" |0.406 |align="center" |421 |align="center" |621 |align="center" |0.678 |align="center" |1079 |align="center" |45.0 |align="center" | |align="center" |451 |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 |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
References
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