1967–68 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1967–68 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1967–68. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center.^[1][2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 7–16 and finished sixth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 3–9.^[3]

1967–68 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	7–16 (3–9 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (19th season)
Home arena	Grover Center
Seasons ← 1966–67 1968–69 →

1967–68 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bowling Green	10	–	2		.833			18	–	7		.720
Marshall	9	–	3		.750			17	–	8		.680
Toledo	8	–	4		.667			16	–	8		.667
Western Michigan	5	–	7		.417			11	–	13		.458
Miami	4	–	8		.333			11	–	12		.478
Kent State	3	–	9		.250			9	–	15		.375
Ohio	3	–	9		.250			7	–	16		.304
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
12/2/1967*		Northwestern	W 71–70	1–0
12/5/1967*		Otterbein	W 81–59	2–0
12/9/1967*		at Indiana	L 63–80	2–1
12/11/1967*		at Purdue	L 66–78	2–2
12/15/1967*		at Seattle	L 68–76	2–3
12/19/1967*		at Portland	W 67–65	3–3
12/20/1968*		at Idaho	L 64–78	3–4
12/22/1967*		at Minnesota	L 63–73	3–5
1/2/1968*		Virginia Tech	L 65–74	3–6
1/6/1968		Western Michigan	L 84–86	3–7 (0–1)
1/13/1968		at Marshall	L 69–94	3–8 (0–2)
1/17/1968		at Western Michigan	L 79–83	3–9 (0–3)
1/20/1968*		at Toledo	L 66–74	3–10 (0–4)
1/24/1968		Marshall	L 73–82	3-11 (0–5)
1/27/1968		at Kent State	L 56–68	3-12 (0–6)
1/30/1968*		at Loyola (IL)	L 68–109	3–13
2/3/1968		at Miami (OH)	L 82–84	3–14 (0–7)
2/7/1968		Bowling Green	L 68–78	3–15 (0–8)
2/10/1968		Kent State	W 67–62	4–15 (1–8)
2/12/1968*		Northern Illinois	W 85–76	5–15
2/17/1968		Miami (OH)	W 70–68	6–15 (2–8)
2/24/1968		Toledo	W 74–72	7–15 (3–8)
3/2/1968		at Bowling Green	L 63–84	7–16 (3–9)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[4]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1967–68 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1612	1782
Scoring Average	70.09	77.48
Field goals – Att	641–1597	694–1572
Free throws – Att	330–499	394–546
Rebounds	1096	1059
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[5]

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
Gerald McKee	21	-			419	20.0	172	395	0.435	75	105	0.714	203	9.7		53
John Canine	23	-			264	11.5	114	300	0.380	34	50	0.680	73	3.2		55
Greg McDivitt	23	-			240	10.4	90	212	0.425	60	92	0.652	177	7.7		84
Mark McClintick	12	-			178	14.8	72	161	0.447	34	43	0.791	82	6.8		35
Fred Cluff	16	-			163	10.2	61	150	0.407	41	68	0.603	112	7.0		37
Doug Parker	23	-			145	6.3	51	135	0.378	43	74	0.581	116	5.0		65
Wayne Young	22	-			100	4.5	41	127	0.323	16	23	0.696	59	2.7		14
Larry Coon	23	-			44	1.9	19	56	0.339	6	12	0.500	54	2.3		39
Marshall Hatcher	18	-			38	2.1	15	30	0.500	8	13	0.615	19	1.1		12
Steve Battle	21	-			23	1.1	6	30	0.200	11	15	0.733	28	1.3		21
_ Szabo	2	-			2	1.0	0	0	0.000	2	2	1.000	3	1.5		0
John Glancy	9	-			0	0.0	0	1	0.000	0	2	0.000	3	0.3		0
Total	23	-	-	-	1612	70.1	641	1597	0.401	330	499	0.661	1096	47.7		415
Opponents	23	-	-	-	1782	77.5	694	1572	0.441	394	546	0.722	1059	46.0		387

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^[5]

References

1. "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
2. "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
3. "1967-68 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
4. "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
5. "1967-68 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.