1966–67 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1966–67 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1966–67 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	8–15 (4–8 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (18th season);
Home arena	Grover Center
	Seasons ← 1965–66 1967–68 →

1966–67 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Toledo	11	–	1	.917	23	–	2	.920
Marshall	10	–	2	.833	20	–	8	.714
Miami	7	–	5	.583	14	–	10	.583
Bowling Green	5	–	7	.417	11	–	13	.458
Western Michigan	4	–	8	.333	10	–	14	.417
Ohio	4	–	8	.333	8	–	15	.348
Kent State	1	–	11	.083	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1966–67 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1966–67. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center.^[1]^[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 8–15 and finished fifth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 4–8.^[3]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/1/1966*	Ohio Wesleyan	W 86–55	1–0
12/3/1966*	at Northwestern	L 67–93	1–1
12/5/1966*	Purdue	L 71–74	1–2
12/7/1966*	at Indiana	W 91–90 ^OT	2–2
12/10/1966	at Marshall	L 68–70	2–3 (0–1)
12/17/1966*	at Minnesota	L 67–71	2–4
12/19/1967*	at Northern Illinois	W 84–76	3–4
12/22/1966*	at Michigan	L 80–86	3–5
1/3/1967*	at MacMurray	W 122–70	4–5
1/7/1967	at Western Michigan	L 70–72 ^OT	4–6 (0–2)
1/11/1967	Marshall	W 94–93	5–6 (1–2)
1/18/1967	at Miami (OH)	L 56–68	5–7 (1–3)
1/21/1967	Otterbein	L 68–75	5–8
1/28/1967	at Kent State	W 55–53	6-8 (2–3)
2/1/1967	Western Michigan	W 69–65	7-8 (2–4)
2/4/1967	at Bowling Green	L 79–82	7–9 (3–4)
2/8/1967*	at Virginia Tech	L 47–87	7–10
2/11/1967	Toledo	L 80–84	7–11 (3–5)
2/15/1967	Miami (OH)	L 56–80	7–12 (3–6)
2/18/1967	Kent State	W 76–71	8–12 (4–8)
2/21/1967*	Loyola (IL)	L 70–73	8–13
2/25/1967	Bowling Green	L 76–77	8–14 (4–7)
3/1/1967	at Toledo	L 90–93	8–15 (4–8)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]

Statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1966–67 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1722	1752
Scoring Average	74.87	76.17
Field goals – Att	707–1761	658–1492
Free throws – Att	308–516	436–649
Rebounds	1284	1025
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[5]

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
Gerald McKee	23	-			406	17.7	174	442	0.394	59	96	0.615	239	10.4		57
Fred Cluff	23	-			272	11.8	103	254	0.406	64	95	0.674	175	7.6		71
Mike Hammond	23	-			259	11.3	110	251	0.438	39	56	0.696	72	3.1		77
John Schroeder	23	-			259	11.3	114	270	0.422	31	92	0.337	306	13.3		80
Larry Coon		-
_ Hamilton		-
Marshall Hatcher		-
Mark McClintick		-
_ Reichenbach		-
_ Wood		-
Total	23	-	-	-	1722	74.9	707	1761	0.401	308	516	0.597	1284	55.8		494
Opponents	23	-	-	-	1752	76.2	658	1492	0.441	436	649	0.672	1025	44.6		362

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^[5]

References[edit]

^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "1966-67 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1966-67 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

[2] "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

[SR-3] "1966-67 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

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

[stats-5] "1966-67 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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