1956–57 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1956–57 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1956–57 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	15–8 (7–5 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (8th season);
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
	Seasons ← 1955–56 1957–58 →

1956–57 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Miami (Ohio)	11	–	1	.917	17	–	8	.680
Marshall	8	–	4	.667	15	–	9	.625
Ohio	7	–	5	.583	15	–	8	.652
Bowling Green	7	–	5	.583	14	–	9	.609
Western Michigan	4	–	8	.333	8	–	13	.381
Toledo	3	–	9	.250	5	–	19	.208
Kent State	2	–	10	.167	5	–	18	.217

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1956–57 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1956–57. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.^[1] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 15–8 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–5.^[2]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/4/1956*	Marietta	W 107–67	1–0
12/8/1956*	Case Tech	W 76–56	2–0
12/12/1956*	at Ohio Wesleyan	W 113–71	3–0
12/15/1956	at Kent State	W 97–89	4–0 (1–0)
12/21/1956*	vs. East Tennessee State Watauga Invitational	L 62–63	4–1
12/22/1956*	vs. Austin Peay Watauga Invitational	W 85–65	5–1
1/2/1957*	Arizona State	W 97–81	6–1
1/5/1957*	at Morehead State	L 88–119	6–2
1/9/1957	at Marshall	L 71–77	6–3 (1–1)
1/12/1957	at Bowling Green	L 69–80	6–4 (1–2)
1/15/1957	Miami (OH)	L 77–89	6–5 (1–3)
1/18/1957	Kent State	W 85–76	7–5 (2–3)
1/19/1957*	at Xavier	L 80–106	7–6
1/26/1957*	Morehead State	W 66–59	8–6
1/30/1957	Marshall	W 103–74	9–6 (3–3)
2/2/1957	at Western Michigan	L 88–94	9–7 (3–4)
2/4/1957	at Toledo	L 71–74	9–8 (3–5)
2/8/1957	Bowling Green	W 91–80	10–8 (4–5)
2/11/1957	at Miami (OH)	W 89–81	11–8 (5–5)
2/16/1957	Western Michigan	W 88–71	6–5
2/18/1957	Toledo	W 75–55	13–8 (7–5)
2/23/1957*	Baldwin-Wallace	W 114–73	14–8
3/1/1957	Marietta	W 112–85	15–8
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[3]^[2]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1956–57 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	2004	1785
Scoring Average	87.13	77.61
Field goals – Att	757–1781	664–1763
Free throws – Att	490–732	457–708
Rebounds	1253	1126
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[4]

Player statistics

			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
Fred Moore	23	-			453	19.7	193	432	0.447	67	97	0.691	240	10.4		54
Don Sifft	23	-			347	15.1	144	335	0.430	59	83	0.711	108	4.7		47
Dave Scott	23	-			306	13.3	117	271	0.432	72	113	0.637	298	13.0		65
Bob Anderson	23	-			267	11.6	84	180	0.467	99	131	0.756	88	3.8		61
Dick Norman	22	-			163	7.4	55	123	0.447	53	72	0.736	58	2.6		36
_ Williams	21	-			126	6.0	36			54
Bob Peters	9	-			80	8.9	32			16
_ Pell	20	-			76	3.8	25			26
_ Edwards	21	-			66	3.1	25			16
John Tudor	16	-			46	2.9	15			16
Jerry Wolf	16	-			45	2.8	19			7
Russ Grooms	19	-			27	1.4	11			5
Total	23	-	-	-	2004	87.1	757	1781	0.425	490	732	0.669	1253	54.5		429
Opponents	23	-	-	-	1785	77.6	664	1763	0.377	457	708	0.645	1126	49.0		434

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