1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	8–18 (5–11 MAC)
Head coach	Dale Bandy (6th season);
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 1978–79 1980–81 →

1979–80 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Toledo †	14	–	2	.875	23	–	6	.793
Bowling Green	11	–	5	.688	20	–	10	.667
Northern Illinois	9	–	7	.563	16	–	13	.552
Kent State	7	–	9	.438	16	–	11	.593
Ball State	7	–	9	.438	14	–	15	.483
Miami	7	–	9	.438	9	–	18	.333
Eastern Michigan	7	–	9	.438	11	–	16	.407
Western Michigan	7	–	9	.438	12	–	14	.462
Central Michigan	6	–	10	.375	12	–	13	.480
Ohio	5	–	11	.313	8	–	18	.308

† 1980 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1979–80. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his sixth and final season at Ohio.^[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.^[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 8–18 and last (10th) in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 5–11.^[3] The 18 losses were the most in program history at the time.

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/1/1979*	at No. 4 Ohio State	L 51–78	0–1
12/3/1979*	at St. Bonaventure	L 64–77	0–2
12/5/1979*	Canisius	W 87–82 ^OT	1–2
12/8/1979	Western Michigan	L 69–78	1–3 (0–1)
12/10/1979*	at Marshall	L 61–76	1–4
12/15/1979*	West Virginia	W 69–61	2–4
12/22/1979*	Youngstown State	L 68–72	2–5
12/28/1979*	at Connecticut Connecticut Classic	L 76–95	2–6
12/29/1979*	vs. Cal State Fullerton Titans Connecticut Classic	L 49–71	2–7
1/5/1980	Central Michigan	L 50–83	2–8 (0–2)
1/7/1980*	Cleveland State	W 76–75	3–8
1/9/1980	Toledo	L 62–69	3–9 (0–3)
1/12/1980	Bowling Green	L 50–72	3–10 (0–4)
1/16/1980	at Eastern Michigan	L 65–67	3-11 (0–5)
1/19/1980	Northern Illinois	L 65–69	3-12 (0-6)
1/23/1980	at Kent State	L 76–85	3–13 (0-7)
1/26/1980	Ball State	W 75–74	4–13 (1–7)
1/28/1980*	Virginia Tech	L 62–78	4–14
1/30/1980	Kent State	W 67–57	5–14 (2–7)
2/2/1980	at Miami (OH)	L 67–71	5–15 (2–8)
2/6/1980	at Toledo	L 62–75	5–16 (2–9)
2/9/1980	Central Michigan	W 67–66 ^OT	6–16 (3–9)
2/13/1980	at Western Michigan	W 56–50	7–16 (4–9)
2/16/1980	at Bowling Green	L 82–91	7–17 (4–10)
2/20/1980	Eastern Michigan	W 61–60	8–17 (5–10)
2/23/1980	at Northern Illinois	L 55–71	8–18 (5–11)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]^[3]

Statistics[edit]

Team statistics[edit]

Final 1979–80 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1692	1906
Scoring Average	65.08	73.31
Field goals – Att	676–1571	731–1483
Free throws – Att	340–523	444–632
Rebounds	886	988
Assists	308	319
Turnovers
Steals	158	150
Blocked Shots	49	77

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
Kirk Lehman	26	-	931	35.8	457	17.6	183	384	0.477	91	113	0.805	59	2.3	67	74		29	1
Spindle Graves	26	-	759	29.2	315	12.1	107	265	0.404	101	156	0.647	138	5.3	91	101		43	6
Bill Littlefield	25	-	635	25.4	198	7.9	82	201	0.408	34	46	0.739	84	3.4	60	74		18	4
Jim Zalenka	22	-	499	22.7	174	7.9	69	149	0.463	36	53	0.679	93	4.2	18	41		13	3
Andre Adams	25	-	651	26.0	137	5.5	55	132	0.417	27	44	0.614	115	4.6	10	75		12	4
John Patterson	24	-	454	18.9	111	4.6	51	94	0.543	9	21	0.429	68	2.8	7	69		5	13
Tim Woodson	25	-	376	15.0	96	3.8	38	79	0.481	20	40	0.500	51	2.0	16	30		9	8
Doug Graves	26	-	416	16.0	89	3.4	41	100	0.410	7	12	0.583	74	2.8	4	46		4	7
Harold Moore	25	-	373	14.9	76	3.0	33	117	0.282	10	27	0.370	66	2.6	28	44		19	3
Mick Isgrigg	18	-	80	4.4	22	1.2	9	28	0.321	4	7	0.571	13	0.7	1	3		3	0
Tracy Poindexter	9	-	77	8.6	17	1.9	8	22	0.364	1	4	0.250	17	1.9	6	15		3	0
Total	26	-	-	-	1692	65.1	676	1571	0.430	340	523	0.650	886	34.1	308	572		158	49
Opponents	26	-	-	-	1906	73.3	731	1483	0.493	444	632	0.703	988	38.0	319	497		150	77

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]

^ "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "1979-80 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "1979-80 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

[1] "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

[SR-3] "1979-80 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 10, 2022.

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

[stats-5] "1979-80 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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