1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	17–7 (10–2 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (12th season);
Home arena	Grover Center
	Seasons ← 1959–60 1961–62 →

1960–61 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio	10	–	2	.833	17	–	7	.708
Toledo	8	–	4	.667	15	–	8	.652
Miami	7	–	5	.583	12	–	12	.500
Marshall	5	–	7	.417	11	–	13	.458
Bowling Green	4	–	8	.333	10	–	14	.417
Western Michigan	4	–	8	.333	10	–	14	.417
Kent State	4	–	8	.333	9	–	14	.391

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1960–61. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and for the first time played their home games at the recently constructed Grover Center.^[1]^[2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 17–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.^[3] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Louisville in the First Round.^[4]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/1/1960*	Ohio State	L 64–85	0–1
12/3/1960*	Youngstown State	W 87–74	1–1
12/6/1960*	at Morehead State	W 81–80	2–1
12/10/1960*	at St. Francis (PA)	W 80–72	3–1
12/14/1960	at Marshall	W 71–53	4–1 (1–0)
12/16/1960*	at No. 7 St. John’s	L 50–78	4–2
12/28/1960*	vs. South Dakota Canton Invitational	W 75–56	5–2
12/29/1960*	vs. Wittenberg Canton Invitational	W 50–48	6–2
1/4/1960	Marshall	W 88–79	7–2 (2–0)
1/7/1961	at Bowling Green	W 62–61	8–2 (3–0)
1/10/1961*	DePaul	L 60–69	8–3
1/14/1961	Western Michigan	W 64–62	9-3 (4–0)
1/16/1961	Toledo	W 55–50	10–3 (5–0)
1/21/1961*	Morehead State	W 87–71	11–3
1/28/1961	at Western Michigan	W 78–76	12–3 (6–0)
1/30/1961	at Kent State	W 89–85	13–3 (7–0)
2/4/1961	at Toledo	L 68–95	13–4 (7–1)
2/8/1961*	Miami (OH)	W 91–75	14–4 (8–1)
2/11/1961	Kent State	W 102–92	15–4 (9–1)
2/13/1961*	St. Francis (PA)	W 83–60	16–4
2/15/1961*	at Louisville	L 84–117	16–5
2/18/1961	Bowling Green	W 74–72	17–5 (10–1)
2/23/1961	at Miami	L 79–101	17–6 (10–2)
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1961*	vs. Louisville	L 70–76	17–7
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[5]^[3]

Statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1960–61 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1792	1683
Scoring Average	74.67	70.13
Field goals – Att	708–1710	700–1683
Free throws – Att	376–593	387–558
Rebounds	1231	1143
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[6]

Player statistics[edit]

			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
Larry Kruger	24	-			447	18.6	184	404	0.455	79	105	0.752	193	8.0		55
Bunk Adams	24	-			438	18.3	165	444	0.372	108	181	0.597	308	12.8		55
Billy Whaley	24	-			331	13.8	123	289	0.426	85	130	0.654	94	3.9		68
Stacy Bunton	24	-			195	8.1	82	171	0.480	31	56	0.554	223	9.3		78
Dave Katz	24	-			180	7.5	77	185	0.416	26	34	0.765	61	2.5		56
Gary Bolen	23	-			68	3.0	24	59	0.407	20	40	0.500	66	2.9		35
Loren Wilcox	19	-			66	3.5	25	62	0.403	16	22	0.727	62	3.3		18
Murray Cook	17	-			17	1.0	7	23	0.304	3	4	0.750	15	0.9		8
Mike Schuler	24	-			15	0.6	6	36	0.167	3	3	1.000	12	0.5		10
Jim Koon	21	-			14	0.7	6	21	0.286	2	4	0.500	8	0.4		8
Ralph Ball	6	-			8	1.3	3	5	0.600	2	4	0.500	1	0.2		1
Bob Rollinson	6	-			6	1.0	3	7	0.429	0	4	0.000	8	1.3		1
Hugh Dalton		-			5		2	4	0.500	1	6	0.167	6			1
Total	24	-	-	-	1792	74.7	708	1710	0.414	376	593	0.634	1231	51.3		394
Opponents	24	-	-	-	1683	70.1	700	1683	0.416	387	558	0.694	1143	47.6		417

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[edit]

^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ "1961 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

[2] "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

[SR-3] "1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

[4] "1961 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

[5] "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

[stats-6] "1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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