1986–87 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1986–87 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1986–87. The team was coached by Billy Hahn in his first season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 14–14 and finished sixth in MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–9.[3]

1986–87 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record14–14 (7–9 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1986–87 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Central Michigan 14 2   .875 22 8   .733
Kent State 11 5   .688 19 10   .655
Bowling Green 10 6   .625 15 14   .517
Eastern Michigan 8 8   .500 14 15   .483
Miami 7 9   .438 14 14   .500
Ohio 7 9   .438 14 14   .500
Western Michigan 7 9   .438 12 16   .429
Toledo 4 12   .250 11 17   .393
Ball State 4 12   .250 9 18   .333
Mid-American Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/29/1986*
Tri-State W 97–74  1–0
 
 
12/1/1986*
Akron W 81–79  2–0
 
 
12/3/1986*
at Robert Morris L 56–58  2–1
 
 
12/6/1986*
at Ohio State L 75–96  2–2
 
 
12/8/1986*
Hofstra W 84–70  3–2
 
 
12/10/1986*
at Marshall L 68–78  3–3
Cam Henderson Center 
Huntington, WV
12/13/1986
at Bowling Green L 63–75  3–4
(0–1)
 
 
12/17/1986*
Youngstown State W 82–63  4–4
 
 
12/19/1986*
at No. 1 UNLV
Rebel Round-Up
L 81–105  4–5
Thomas & Mack Center 
Las Vegas, NV
12/20/1986*
vs. Duquesne
Rebel Round-Up
W 87–85  5–5
Thomas & Mack Center 
Las Vegas, NV
12/29/1986*
Wagner W 77–72  6–5
 
 
1/3/1987
Eastern Michigan W 60–59  7–5
(1–1)
 
 
1/7/1987
at Toledo W 75–72  8–5
(2–1)
 
 
1/14/1987
at Kent State W 80–78  9–5
(3–1)
 
 
1/17/1987
Ball State L 82–86  9-6
(3–2)
 
 
1/21/1987
at Miami (OH) L 67–77  9-7
(3–3)
 
 
1/24/1987
Western Michigan L 80–87  9–8
(3–4)
 
 
1/28/1987
Central Michigan L 61–70  9–9
(3–5)
 
 
1/31/1987
at Eastern Michigan L 67–81  9–10
(3–6)
 
 
2/4/1987
Toledo W 72–70 OT 10–10
(4–6)
 
 
2/7/1987*
Anderson W 74–67  11–10
 
 
2/11/1987
Kent State L 62–63  11–11
(4–7)
 
 
2/14/1987
at Ball State W 52–49  12–11
(5–7)
 
 
2/18/1987
Miami (OH) W 60–47  13–11
(6–7)
 
 
2/21/1987
at Western Michigan W 70–57  14–11
(7–7)
 
 
2/25/1987
at Central Michigan L 50–75  14–12
(7–8)
 
 
2/28/1987
Bowling Green L 53–56  14–13
(7–9)
 
 
MAC Tournament
3/5/1987
vs. Bowling Green
Quarterfinal
L 51–52  14–14
(7–10)
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][3]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1986–87 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1967 2001
Scoring Average 70.25 71.46
Field goals – Att 771–1662 762–1634
3-pt. Field goals – Att 53–183 82–226
Free throws – Att 372–604 395–589
Rebounds 1033 981
Assists 413 373
Turnovers 454 460
Steals 191 206
Blocked Shots 70 58

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Player statistics

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Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A PF TO Stl Blk
Paul Graham 22 - - - 465 21.1 187 391 0.478 10 39 0.256 81 109 0.743 - - 118 5.4 54 82 68 55 11
Reggie Rankin 28 - - - 282 10.1 124 319 0.389 19 59 0.322 15 28 0.536 - - 67 2.4 34 33 47 9 0
John Rhodes 28 - - - 280 10.0 114 196 0.582 0 0 0.000 52 97 0.536 - - 228 8.1 34 99 49 13 29
Marty Lehmann 27 - - - 271 10.0 104 243 0.428 0 3 0.000 63 89 0.708 - - 147 5.4 22 57 55 20 8
Rich Stanfel 28 - - - 215 7.7 77 132 0.583 0 0 0.000 61 108 0.565 - - 186 6.6 15 74 39 12 13
Roger Smith 28 - - - 158 5.6 56 139 0.403 8 30 0.267 38 59 0.644 - - 64 2.3 123 66 93 37 4
Dennis Whitaker 28 - - - 128 4.6 44 110 0.400 8 31 0.258 32 48 0.667 - - 36 1.3 119 57 78 35 2
George Reid 24 - - - 81 3.4 29 65 0.446 0 1 0.000 23 48 0.479 - - 49 2.0 0 46 13 8 3
Steve Bruning 10 - - - 60 6.0 24 48 0.500 8 20 0.400 4 8 0.500 - - 12 1.2 11 18 9 1 0
Jamie Brock 14 - - - 25 1.8 11 16 0.688 0 0 0.000 3 8 0.375 - - 10 0.7 1 10 2 1 0
Nick Davis 5 - - - 2 0.4 1 3 0.333 0 0 0.000 0 2 0.000 - - 2 0.4 0 1 0 0 0
Total 28 - - - 1967 70.3 771 1662 0.464 53 183 0.290 372 604 0.616 1033 36.9 413 543 454 191 70
Opponents 28 - - - 2001 71.5 762 1634 0.466 82 226 0.363 395 589 0.671 981 35.0 373 562 460 206 58
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

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References

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  1. ^ "Danny Nee". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1986-87 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1986-87 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.