The 1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1984–85. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his fifth season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 22–8 and won the MAC regular season championship with a conference record of 14–4.[3] They won the MAC tournament with wins over Kent State and Miami (OH).[4] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Kansas in the first round.[5]
1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball | |
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MAC Regular season and MAC tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 22–8 (14–4 MAC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Convocation Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 12 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 11 | – | 16 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Michigan | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1985 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/24/1984* |
St. Francis (PA) | W 94–84 | 1–0 |
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12/1/1984* |
at No. 12 Indiana | L 73–90 | 1–1 |
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12/7/1984* |
at Wichita State McDonald’s Classic |
W 56–55 | 2–1 |
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12/8/1984* |
vs. Illinois-Chicago McDonald’s Classic |
L 64–72 | 2–2 |
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12/12/1984* |
Ohio Wesleyan | W 75–67 | 3–2 |
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12/15/1984* |
Heidelberg | W 77–70 | 4–2 |
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12/16/1984* |
at Marshall | W 76–71 | 5–2 |
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12/28/1984* |
vs. San Jose State Basketball Classic |
L 62–67 | 5–3 |
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12/29/1984* |
vs. Eastern Kentucky Basketball Classic |
W 58–52 | 6–3 |
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MAC regular season | |||||||||||
1/3/1985 |
Miami (OH) | W 73–62 | 7–3 (1–0) |
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1/5/1985 |
at Western Michigan | L 79–84 | 7–4 (1–1) |
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1/9/1985 |
at Central Michigan | W 75–66 | 8–4 (2–1) |
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1/12/1985 |
Bowling Green | W 79–57 | 9–4 (3–1) |
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1/16/1985 |
at Eastern Michigan | W 73–66 | 10–4 (4–1) |
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1/19/1985 |
Toledo | W 62–55 | 11-4 (5–1) |
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1/23/1985 |
at Northern Illinois | W 50–42 | 12-4 (6–1) |
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1/26/1985 |
Kent State | W 77–58 | 13–4 (7–1) |
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1/29/1985 |
at Ball State | W 60–58 | 14–4 (8–1) |
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2/2/1985 |
Western Michigan | W 62–54 | 15–4 (9–1) |
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2/6/1985 |
Central Michigan | W 56–52 | 16–4 (10–1) |
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2/9/1985 |
at Bowling Green | W 60–56 | 17–4 (11–1) |
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2/13/1985 |
Eastern Michigan | W 71–61 | 18–4 (12–1) |
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2/16/1985 |
at Toledo | L 65–72 | 18–5 (12–2) |
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2/19/1985 |
Northern Illinois | W 72–49 | 19–5 (13–2) |
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2/23/1985 |
at Kent State | L 66–76 | 19–6 (13–3) |
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2/27/1985 |
Ball State | W 64–56 | 20–6 (14–3) |
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3/2/1985 |
at Miami (OH) | L 66–67 | 20–7 (14–4) |
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MAC Tournament | |||||||||||
3/8/1985 |
vs. Kent State Semifinal |
W 57–55 | 21–7 (15–4) |
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3/9/1985 |
vs. Miami (OH) Championship |
W 74–64 | 22–7 (16–4) |
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NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
3/14/1985* |
vs. No. 13 Kansas Mideast Regional First Round |
L 38–49 | 22–8 |
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*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. |
Statistics
editTeam statistics
edit- Final 1984–85 statistics
Record | Ohio | OPP |
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Scoring | 2014 | 1887 |
Scoring Average | 67.13 | 62.90 |
Field goals – Att | 773–1636 | 697–1567 |
Free throws – Att | 468–681 | 493–719 |
Rebounds | 1038 | 984 |
Assists | 466 | 409 |
Turnovers | ||
Steals | ||
Blocked Shots |
Source[7]
Player statistics
editMinutes | Scoring | Total FGs | Free-Throws | Rebounds | |||||||||||||||
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Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
Vic Alexander | 27 | 390 | 14.7 | 161 | 300 | 0.537 | 68 | 106 | 0.642 | 195 | 2.4 | 13 | |||||||
Robert Tatum | 25 | 368 | 14.4 | 136 | 301 | 0.452 | 96 | 115 | 0.835 | 60 | 7.2 | 77 | |||||||
Rick Scarberry | 30 | 321 | 10.7 | 146 | 324 | 0.451 | 29 | 39 | 0.744 | 51 | 1.7 | 56 | |||||||
Eddie Hicks | 29 | 280 | 9.7 | 94 | 181 | 0.519 | 92 | 123 | 0.748 | 195 | 6.7 | 25 | |||||||
Paul Baron | 30 | 273 | 9.1 | 80 | 163 | 0.491 | 113 | 150 | 0.753 | 119 | 4.0 | 190 | |||||||
Eddie Washington | 29 | 128 | 4.4 | 56 | 126 | 0.444 | 16 | 29 | 0.552 | 35 | 1.2 | 53 | |||||||
Henry Smith | 25 | 90 | 3.6 | 32 | 77 | 0.416 | 26 | 63 | 0.413 | 99 | 4.0 | 15 | |||||||
Rich Stanfel | 28 | 65 | 2.5 | 28 | 72 | 0.389 | 9 | 16 | 0.563 | 93 | 1.5 | 7 | |||||||
Marty Lehmann | 15 | 38 | 2.3 | 17 | 35 | 0.486 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 22 | 3.3 | 4 | |||||||
John Rhodes | 15 | 28 | 1.9 | 9 | 24 | 0.375 | 10 | 17 | 0.588 | 38 | 2.5 | 3 | |||||||
Jamie Brock | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 10 | 14 | 0.714 | 1 | 5 | 0.200 | 12 | 1.0 | 2 | |||||||
Roger Smith | 15 | 12 | 0.8 | 4 | 19 | 0.211 | 4 | 11 | 0.364 | 12 | 0.8 | 21 | |||||||
Total | 30 | - | 0 | - | 2014 | 67.1 | 773 | 1636 | 0.472 | 468 | 681 | 0.687 | 1038 | 34.6 | 466 | 630 | |||
Opponents | 30 | - | 0 | - | 1887 | 62.9 | 697 | 1567 | 0.445 | 493 | 719 | 0.686 | 984 | 32.8 | 409 | 612 |
Legend | |||||
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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[7]
References
edit- ^ "Danny Nee". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ a b "1984-85 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ "Mid-American Conference men's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ "1985 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
- ^ a b "1984-85 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.