1907–08 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1907–08 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	James C. Jones (1st season)
Home arena	Ewing Hall

1907–08 IAAUS men's basketball independents standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Allegheny		–			–			12	–	0		1.000
Bucknell		–			–			12	–	0		1.000
Cincinnati		–			–			9	–	0		1.000
Wabash		–			–			24	–	0		1.000
Montana State		–			–			8	–	1		.889
Canisius		–			–			6	–	1		.857
Lehigh		–			–			6	–	1		.857
Mount Union		–			–			18	–	3		.857
Georgetown		–			–			5	–	1		.833
Illinois State		–			–			5	–	1		.833
Washington State		–			–			12	–	3		.800
Dayton		–			–			10	–	3		.769
Syracuse		–			–			10	–	3		.769
Army		–			–			9	–	3		.750
Michigan State		–			–			15	–	5		.750
Notre Dame		–			–			12	–	4		.750
Temple		–			–			6	–	2		.750
Dartmouth		–			–			11	–	4		.733
Wake Forest		–			–			8	–	3		.727
Penn State		–			–			10	–	4		.714
Brigham Young		–			–			4	–	2		.667
Holy Cross		–			–			12	–	6		.667
Bradley		–			–			9	–	5		.643
Ohio		–			–			7	–	4		.636
Oregon State		–			–			7	–	4		.636
Fordham		–			–			18	–	12		.600
North Dakota State		–			–			6	–	4		.600
New York University		–			–			7	–	5		.583
Brown		–			–			11	–	8		.579
Oklahoma		–			–			4	–	3		.571
Butler		–			–			4	–	4		.500
Colorado		–			–			6	–	6		.500
Idaho		–			–			4	–	4		.500
Maine		–			–			5	–	5		.500
Navy		–			–			2	–	2		.500
Niagara		–			–			6	–	6		.500
Rhode Island		–			–			8	–	8		.500
Virginia		–			–			5	–	5		.500
Colgate		–			–			8	–	9		.471
Oregon		–			–			8	–	9		.471
Kentucky		–			–			5	–	6		.455
Ohio State		–			–			5	–	6		.455
Manhattan		–			–			7	–	9		.438
Connecticut		–			–			6	–	9		.400
Trinity		–			–			2	–	3		.400
Oklahoma State		–			–			2	–	3		.400
Wyoming		–			–			2	–	3		.400
Arizona		–			–			1	–	2		.333
St. John's (NY)		–			–			4	–	8		.333
West Virginia		–			–			3	–	7		.300
Indiana State		–			–			2	–	6		.250
William & Mary		–			–			1	–	4		.200
Kansas State		–			–			1	–	12		.077
Utah State		–			–			0	–	8		.000
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1907–08 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team was the first university sponsored basketball program that represented Ohio University. James C. Jones was hired to coach the new program and played their home games in the basement of Ewing Hall.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
*		Parkersburg YMCA	W 46–9	1–0	Ewing Hall  Athens, OH
*		at Parkersburg YMCA	W 25–13	2–0	Parkersburg YMCA  Parkersburg, WV
*		Starling O.M.U.	W 45–14	3–0	Ewing Hall  Athens, OH
*		Capital	W 24–16	4–0	Ewing Hall  Athens, OH
*		West Virginia	W 22–20	5–0	Ewing Hall  Athens, OH
*		Cincinnati	L 20–22	5–1	Ewing Hall  Athens, OH
*		at Wilmington	L 16–17	5–2	Wilmington, OH
*		at Cincinnati	L 10–47	5–3	McMicken Hall  Cincinnati, OH
*		at Miami (OH)	L 8–24	5–4	Oxford, OH
*		Kenyon	W 33–19	6–4	Ewing Hall  Athens, OH
*		Bethany	W 48–14	74	Ewing Hall  Athens, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

• Ohio Record Book Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
• Ohio Basketball at 100 Archived 2018-09-28 at the Wayback Machine