1964–65 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1964–65 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1964–65 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	19–7 (11–1 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (16th season);
Home arena	Grover Center
	Seasons ← 1963–64 1965–66 →

1964–65 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio	11	–	1	.917	19	–	7	.731
Miami (Ohio)	11	–	1	.917	20	–	5	.800
Toledo	6	–	6	.500	13	–	11	.542
Bowling Green State	6	–	6	.500	9	–	15	.375
Kent State	4	–	8	.333	9	–	11	.450
Western Michigan	3	–	9	.250	8	–	16	.333
Marshall	1	–	11	.083	4	–	20	.167

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1964–65 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1964–65. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center.^[1]^[2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 19–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 11–1.^[3] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Dayton in the First Round.^[4]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Regular Season
12/1/1964*	at Indiana	L 70–81	0–1
12/5/1964*	at Northern Illinois	W 93–86	1–1
12/12/1964	at Marshall	W 106–81	2–1 (1–0)
12/15/1964	at West Virginia Wesleyan	W 91–73	3–1
12/21/1964*	at Purdue	L 73–79	3–2
12/23/1964*	at Northwestern	W 88–67	4–2
12/28/1964*	vs. Duquesne Charlotte Invitational	W 73–50	5–2
12/29/1964*	vs. Davidson Charlotte Invitational	L 63–81	5–3
1/2/1965	at Bowling Green	W 84–69	6–3 (2–0)
1/6/1965	at Western Michigan	W 91–70	7–3 (3–0)
1/9/1965	Toledo	W 86–69	8–3 (4–0)
1/13/1965	at Miami (OH)	L 48–58	8–4 (4–1)
1/18/1965	at Florida Southern	W 106–69	9–4
1/23/1965	Western Michigan	W 89–76	10–4 (5–1)
1/30/1965	at Kent State	W 72–70	11-4 (6–1)
2/3/1965	at San Francisco State	W 95–75	12-4
2/6/1965	Bowling Green	W 77–60	13–4 (7–1)
2/10/1965	Marshall	W 103–85	14–4 (8–1)
2/13/1965*	at Notre Dame	L 86–94	14–5
2/17/1965	Miami (OH)	W 65–55	15–5 (9–1)
2/22/1965	Southern Illinois	L 59–79	15–6 (9–1)
2/22/1965*	Loyola (IL)	W 84–76	16–6
2/27/1965	Kent State	W 95–75	17–6 (10–1)
3/6/1965	at Toledo	W 87–61	18–6 (11–1)
3/8/1965	vs. Miami (OH)	W 76–71	19–6 (12–1)
NCAA Tournament
3/9/1965*	vs. Dayton	L 65–66	19–7
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[5]^[3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1964–65 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	2127	1892
Scoring Average	81.81	72.77
Field goals – Att	851–1899	725–1821
Free throws – Att	425–653	462–664
Rebounds	1478	1106
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[6]

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
Don Hilt	26	-			493	19.0	191	408	0.468	111	151	0.735	306	11.8		71
Mike Haley	26	-			432	16.6	187	410	0.456	58	103	0.563	235	9.0		55
Mike Hammond	26	-			306	11.8	121	260	0.465	64	78	0.821	98	3.8		75
John Schroeder	26	-			276	10.6	107	260	0.412	62	120	0.517	302	11.6		81
Tom Davis	26	-			192	7.4	66	162	0.407	60	80	0.750	103	4.0		67
Dave Brown	26	-			177	6.8	80	151	0.530	17	40	0.425	65	2.5		59
Joe Barry		-
Lloyd Buck		-
Ken Fowlkes		-
_ Hamilton		-
_ Reichenbach		-
_ Spires		-
Tom Weirich		-
_ Williams		-
Total	26	-	-	-	2127	81.8	851	1899	0.448	425	653	0.651	1478	56.8		491
Opponents	26	-	-	-	1892	72.8	725	1821	0.398	462	664	0.696	1106	42.5		483

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