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
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	21–6 (10–2 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (15th season)
Home arena	Grover Center
Seasons ← 1962–63 1964–65 →

1963–64 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Ohio	10	–	2		.833			21	–	6		.778
Miami	9	–	3		.750			17	–	7		.708
Bowling Green	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

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

Team statistics

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

			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

1. "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
2. "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
3. "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. "1963-64 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.