1973–74 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 = 1973–74
|team = Ohio Bobcats
|image =
|image_size = 150
|conference = Mid-American Conference
|division =
|short_conf = MAC
|CoachRank =
|APRank =
|record = 16–11
|conf_record = 11–3
|head_coach = Jim Snyder
|hc_year = 25th
|asst_coach1 =
|asst_coach2 =
|asst_coach3 =
|stadium = Convocation Center
|champion = MAC Regular Season champions
|bowl = NCAA Tournament
|bowl_result = First Round
}}
{{1973–74 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings}}
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.{{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}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ohio.edu/building-directory/convocation-center|title=Convocation Center|website=Ohio University|language=en|access-date=2022-02-06}} The Bobcats finished with a record of 16–11 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 9–3.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/ohio/1974-schedule.html|title=1973-74 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results|website=Sports Reference|language=en|access-date=2022-02-06}} They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. There they lost to Marquette in the First Round.{{cite web |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2020-05-18/1974-ncaa-tournament-bracket-scores-stats-records|title=1974 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records|website=NCAA|language=en|access-date=2022-02-06}}
Schedule
{{CBB schedule start|time=|ranklink=1973-74 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings|rankyear=1974|rank=|tv=|record=yes|attend=yes}}
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!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}| Regular Season
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/1/1973
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| rank =
| opponent = Northwestern
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| attend =
| score = 81–83
| record = 0–1
| conference =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/5/1973
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away =
| rank =
| opponent = Marietta
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| attend =
| score = 80–53
| record = 1–1
| conference =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/8/1973
| time =
| nonconf =
| away =
| rank =
| opponent = Eastern Michigan
| opprank = 16
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| score = 73–54
| record = 2–1
| conference = 1–0
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/18/1973
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| away = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Utah
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| score = 68–70
| record = 2–2
| conference =
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/21/1973
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = UCLA
| opprank = 1
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 63–110
| record = 2–3
| conference =
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/22/1973
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Southern California
| opprank = 16
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 68–80
| record = 2–4
| conference =
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 12/29/1973
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Ohio State
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 84–79
| record = 3–4
| conference =
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/2/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Ball State
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 99–88
| overtime =
| record = 4–4
| conference = 2–0
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/5/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Kent State
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 81–75
| overtime =
| record = 5–4
| conference = 3–0
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/7/1974
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Loyola (IL)
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 76–65
| overtime =
| record = 6–4
| conference =
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/9/1974
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Wisconsin
| opprank = 13
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 68–69
| overtime =
| record = 6–5
| conference =
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/12/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Toledo
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 82–72
| overtime =
| record = 7–5
| conference = 4–0
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/16/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Miami (OH)
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 73–71
| overtime =
| record = 8–5
| conference = 5–0
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/19/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Western Michigan
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 97–55
| overtime =
| record = 9–5
| conference = 6–0
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/23/1974
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Cleveland State
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 102–78
| overtime =
| record = 10-5
| conference =
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/26/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Central Michigan
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 83–84
| overtime =
| record = 10-6
| conference = 6-1
| attend =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 1/30/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Bowling Green
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 66–74
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 10–7
| conference = 6–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/2/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Kent State
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 95–65
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 11–7
| conference = 7–2
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/5/1974
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Cincinnati
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 80–82
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 11–8
| conference =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/9/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Toledo
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 79–80
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 11–9
| conference = 7–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/13/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Miami (OH)
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 85–70
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 12–9
| conference = 8–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/16/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Western Michigan
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 78–76
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 13–9
| conference = 9–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/18/1974
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Fairfield
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 80–91
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 13–10
| conference =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/23/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Central Michigan
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 79–78
| overtime = OT
| attend =
| record = 14–10
| conference = 10–3
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 2/26/1974
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Penn State
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 78–69
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 15–10
| conference =
}}
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 3/2/1974
| time =
| nonconf =
| homecoming =
| away = yes
| neutral =
| rank =
| opponent = Bowling Green
| opprank =
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 71–70
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 16–10
| conference = 11–3
}}
|-
!colspan=9 style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}| NCAA Tournament
{{CBB schedule entry
| date = 3/9/1974
| time =
| nonconf = yes
| homecoming =
| away =
| neutral = yes
| rank =
| opponent = Marquette
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst =
| gamename =
| tv =
| score = 59–85
| overtime =
| attend =
| record = 16–11
}}
{{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 1973–74 statistics
| class="wikitable" | ||
| {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Ohio Bobcats|Record|Ohio|OPP}} | ||
| Scoring | 2128 | 2027 |
| Scoring Average | 78.81 | 75.07 |
| Field goals – Att | 875–1933 | 872–1893 |
| Free throws – Att | 378–548 | 283–415 |
| Rebounds | 1188 | 1070 |
| 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;"| |
|---|
| 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 |
| Walter Luckett
|align="right" |27 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |617 |align="right" |22.9 |align="right" |254 |align="right" |524 |align="right" |0.485 |align="right" |109 |align="right" |150 |align="right" |0.727 |align="right" |159 |align="right" |5.9 |align="right" | |align="right" |82 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Bill Brown
|align="right" |27 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |383 |align="right" |14.2 |align="right" |157 |align="right" |319 |align="right" |0.492 |align="right" |69 |align="right" |87 |align="right" |0.793 |align="right" |159 |align="right" |5.9 |align="right" | |align="right" |55 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| George Green
|align="right" |27 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |312 |align="right" |11.6 |align="right" |127 |align="right" |269 |align="right" |0.472 |align="right" |58 |align="right" |84 |align="right" |0.690 |align="right" |279 |align="right" |10.3 |align="right" | |align="right" |79 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Larry Slappy
|align="right" |27 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |209 |align="right" |7.7 |align="right" |90 |align="right" |226 |align="right" |0.398 |align="right" |29 |align="right" |45 |align="right" |0.644 |align="right" |65 |align="right" |2.4 |align="right" | |align="right" |63 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Denny Rusch
|align="right" |22 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |169 |align="right" |7.7 |align="right" |61 |align="right" |138 |align="right" |0.442 |align="right" |47 |align="right" |71 |align="right" |0.662 |align="right" |139 |align="right" |6.3 |align="right" | |align="right" |77 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Ulice Payne
|align="right" |27 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |165 |align="right" |6.1 |align="right" |74 |align="right" |176 |align="right" |0.420 |align="right" |17 |align="right" |31 |align="right" |0.548 |align="right" |109 |align="right" |4.0 |align="right" | |align="right" |39 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Dave Ball
|align="right" |26 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |152 |align="right" |5.8 |align="right" |63 |align="right" |173 |align="right" |0.364 |align="right" |26 |align="right" |44 |align="right" |0.591 |align="right" |112 |align="right" |4.3 |align="right" | |align="right" |46 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Denny Thompson
|align="right" |26 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |51 |align="right" |2.0 |align="right" |21 |align="right" |52 |align="right" |0.404 |align="right" |9 |align="right" |12 |align="right" |0.750 |align="right" |17 |align="right" |0.7 |align="right" | |align="right" |27 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Mike Corde
|align="right" |12 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |20 |align="right" |1.7 |align="right" |8 |align="right" |16 |align="right" |0.500 |align="right" |4 |align="right" |5 |align="right" |0.800 |align="right" |4 |align="right" |0.3 |align="right" | |align="right" |4 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Tom Hester
|align="right" |10 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |18 |align="right" |1.8 |align="right" |6 |align="right" |12 |align="right" |0.500 |align="right" |6 |align="right" |9 |align="right" |0.667 |align="right" |8 |align="right" |0.8 |align="right" | |align="right" |6 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Alan Talbert
|align="right" |8 |align="right" |
| align="right" |
|align="right" | |align="right" |15 |align="right" |1.9 |align="right" |6 |align="right" |14 |align="right" |0.429 |align="right" |3 |align="right" |5 |align="right" |0.600 |align="right" |4 |align="right" |0.5 |align="right" | |align="right" |2 |align="right" | |align="right" | |align="right" | |
| Doug Jauch
|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" | |
| Dave Strack
|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}}|27 |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}}|2128
|align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|78.8 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|875 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|1933 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|0.453 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|378 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|548 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|0.690 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|1188 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|44.0 |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}| |align="center" style={{NCAA color cell|Ohio Bobcats}}|0 |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" |27 |align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |
| align="center" |2027
|align="center" |75.1 |align="center" |872 |align="center" |1893 |align="center" |0.461 |align="center" |283 |align="center" |415 |align="center" |0.682 |align="center" |1070 |align="center" |39.6 |align="center" | |align="center" | |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 |
| 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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