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1963–64 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1963–64 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1963–64. 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 19–5 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.[3] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Louisville and Kentucky before losing to Michigan in the Elite Eight.[4]

1963–64 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record21–6 (10–2 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaGrover Center
Seasons
1963–64 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio 10 – 2   .833 21 – 6   .778
Miami (Ohio) 9 – 3   .750 17 – 7   .708
Bowling Green State 7 – 5   .583 14 – 9   .609
Western Michigan 6 – 6   .500 10 – 14   .417
Kent State 5 – 7   .417 11 – 13   .458
Toledo 4 – 8   .333 13 – 11   .542
Marshall 1 – 11   .083 6 – 17   .261
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
12/2/1963*
 Denison W 73–39  1–0
  
 
12/4/1963*
 Morehead State W 105–84  2–0
  
 
12/7/1963*
 at Wisconsin W 77–76  3–0
  
 
12/9/1963*
 Southern Illinois W 76–69  4–0
  
 
12/14/1963
 at Marshall W 85–69  5–0
(1–0) 		 
 
12/17/1963*
 at St. John’s W 58–54  6–0
  
 
12/18/1963*
 at Army L 45–58  6–1
  
 
12/30/1963*
 at Louisville L 61–69  6–2
  
 
1/4/1964
 Bowling Green W 88–79  7–2
(2–0) 		 
 
1/7/1964
 at Western Michigan L 93–95  7–3
(2–1) 		 
 
1/11/1964
 at Toledo W 70–65  8–3
(3–1) 		 
 
1/15/1964
 Miami (OH) W 67–57  9–3
(4–1) 		 
 
1/18/1964*
 at St. Francis (PA) W 85–77  10–3
  
 
1/20/1964*
 Muskingum W 76–58  11–3
  
 
1/25/1964
 Western Michigan W 95–69  12–3
(5–1) 		 
 
2/1/1964
 at Kent State W 76–73  13-3
(6–1) 		 
 
2/5/1964
 Marshall W 98–82  14–3
(7–1) 		 
 
2/8/1964
 at Bowling Green L 69–76  14–4
(7–2) 		 
 
2/19/1964
 at Miami (OH) W 63–60  15–4
(8–2) 		 
 
2/22/1964
 Kent State W 65–44  16–4
(9–2) 		 
 
2/25/1964*
 at Morehead State W 85–67  17–4
  
 
2/29/1964*
 Louisville W 88–79  18–4
  
 
3/3/1964*
 at No. 9 Loyola (IL) L 87–103  18–5
  
 
3/7/1964
 Toledo W 82–76  19–5
(10–2) 		 
 
NCAA Tournament
3/10/1964*
 vs. Louisville W 71–69 OT 20–5
  
 
3/13/1964*
 vs. No. 4 Kentucky
Sweet Sixteen 		W 85–69  21–5
  
 
3/14/1964*
 vs. No. 2 Michigan
Elite Eight 		L 57–69  21–6
  
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[5][3]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1963–64 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2083 1885
Scoring Average 77.15 69.81
Field goals – Att 827–1842 738–1827
Free throws – Att 429–681 409–591
Rebounds 1384 1154
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[6]

Player statistics

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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
Jerry Jackson 27 - 475 17.6 198 418 0.474 79 126 0.627 149 5.5 57
Don Hilt 27 - 422 15.6 167 325 0.514 88 139 0.633 280 10.4 76
Paul Storey 27 - 380 14.1 158 346 0.457 64 99 0.646 152 5.6 57
Mike Haley 27 - 350 13.0 138 366 0.377 74 124 0.597 233 8.6 70
Charles Gill 27 - 147 5.4 53 115 0.461 41 56 0.732 110 4.1 79
Tom Davis 27 - 122 4.5 45 90 0.500 32 45 0.711 85 3.1 50
Lloyd Buck 23 - 61 2.7 25 61 0.410 11 22 0.500 49 2.1 34
Tom Weirich 26 - 61 2.3 21 57 0.368 19 28 0.679 31 1.2 16
Ken Brown 19 - 35 1.8 13 34 0.382 9 25 0.360 38 2.0 14
Joe Barry 11 - 20 1.8 5 9 0.556 10 15 0.667 4 0.4 2
Gary Lashley 7 - 4 0.6 2 4 0.500 0 0 0.000 6 0.9 2
Jim Schoon 7 - 4 0.6 1 6 0.167 2 2 1.000 3 0.4 2
Scott Lawson 7 - 2 0.3 1 5 0.200 0 0 0.000 2 0.3 1
Bill Sherman 6 - 0 0.0 0 6 0.000 0 0 0.000 2 0.3 3
Total 27 - - - 2083 77.1 827 1842 0.449 429 681 0.630 1384 51.3 463
Opponents 27 - - - 1885 69.8 738 1827 0.404 409 591 0.692 1154 42.7 517
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[6]

References

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  1. ^ "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1963-64 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  4. ^ "1964 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  5. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  6. ^ a b "1963-64 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
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