The 1996–97 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1996–97. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center.[1][2] They finished the season 17–10 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 12–6.[3]
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The 1996 97 Ohio Bobcats men s basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1996 97 The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center 1 2 They finished the season 17 10 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 12 6 3 1996 97 Ohio Bobcats men s basketballConferenceMid American ConferenceRecord17 10 12 6 MAC Head coachLarry Hunter 8th season Assistant coachesMike Elfers Reggie Rankin Kevin EckertHome arenaConvocation CenterSeasons 1995 961997 98 1996 97 Mid American Conference men s basketball standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L PCT W L PCTBowling Green 13 5 722 22 10 688Miami 13 5 722 21 9 700Ohio 12 6 667 17 10 630Eastern Michigan 11 7 611 22 10 688Ball State 9 9 500 16 13 552Western Michigan 9 9 500 14 14 500Kent State 7 11 389 9 18 333Toledo 6 12 333 13 14 481Akron 6 12 333 8 18 308Central Michigan 4 14 222 7 19 269 1997 MAC tournament winnerRankings from AP Poll Contents 1 Roster 2 Schedule 3 Statistics 3 1 Team Statistics 3 2 Player statistics 4 ReferencesRoster Edit1996 97 Ohio Bobcats men s basketball teamPlayers CoachesPos Name Height Weight Year HometownG 12 Geno Ford 5 ft 8 in 1 73 m 160 lb 73 kg Sr Cambridge OHC 50 Ed Sears 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m 280 lb 127 kg Sr Brooklyn N YF 44 Curtis Simmons 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 216 lb 98 kg Sr Columbus OHF 35 Damion Washington 6 ft 4 in 1 93 m 180 lb 82 kg So Toledo OHF 32 Diante Flenorl 6 ft 9 in 2 06 m 215 lb 98 kg Fr Milwaukee WIF 33 Basra Fakhir 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 240 lb 109 kg Fr East Cleveland OHG 21 Jason Grunkemeyer 6 ft 6 in 1 98 m 190 lb 86 kg Fr Cincinnati OHG 10 Corey Reed 5 ft 10 in 1 78 m 175 lb 79 kg So Milwaukee WIG 22 Jim Peterson 6 ft 5 in 1 96 m 215 lb 98 kg Fr Beaver Falls PAF 45 Paul Morris 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 240 lb 109 kg Sr Rapid City SDF 24 Matt Jager 6 ft 7 in 2 01 m 220 lb 100 kg Fr Vista CAC 41 Andy Kanzig 6 ft 10 in 2 08 m 280 lb 127 kg So Perrysville OHSG 00 Jonathan Berkley 6 ft 1 in 1 85 m 220 lb 100 kg So Louisville KY Head coachLarry HunterAssistant coach es Mike Elfers Reggie Rankin Kevin EckertLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible W Walk on nbsp Injured nbsp Current redshirtRoster Last update July 4 2014Schedule EditDatetime TV Rank Opponent Result Record Site attendance city stateNon conference regular season11 27 1996 Wilmington W 62 48 1 0 Convocation Center Athens Ohio11 30 1996 at West Virginia L 68 83 1 1 12 7 1996 at Illinois State L 69 81 1 2 Redbird Arena 8 153 Normal Illinois12 12 1996 at Cal State Northridge W 80 73 2 2 12 14 1996 at No 23 UCLA L 61 72 2 3 Pauley Pavilion 8 053 Los Angeles California12 18 1996 Wright State W 74 59 3 3 Convocation Center Athens Ohio12 21 1996 Radford W 83 65 4 3 Convocation Center Athens Ohio12 28 1996 Duquesne W 85 67 5 3 Convocation Center Athens OhioMAC regular season1 4 1997 Western Michigan L 63 64 5 4 0 1 Convocation Center Athens Ohio1 9 1997 at Ball State L 76 86 5 5 0 2 Worthen Arena Muncie Indiana1 11 1997 at Akron W 67 64 6 5 1 2 1 13 1997 at Kent State W 72 60 7 5 2 2 Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent Ohio1 18 1997 at Miami OH L 63 78 7 6 2 3 Millett Hall Oxford Ohio1 22 1997 Toledo W 82 78 8 6 3 3 Convocation Center Athens Ohio1 25 1997 Central Michigan W 83 68 9 6 4 3 Convocation Center Athens Ohio1 29 1997 at Bowling Green L 59 72 9 7 4 4 Anderson Arena Bowling Green Ohio2 1 1997 Ball State W 79 58 10 7 5 4 Convocation Center Athens Ohio2 3 1997 Eastern Michigan W 71 70 11 7 6 4 Convocation Center Athens Ohio2 5 1997 at Akron W 71 67 12 7 7 4 2 8 1997 Kent State W 79 59 13 7 8 4 Convocation Center Athens Ohio2 12 1997 at Eastern Michigan W 71 62 14 7 9 4 Bowen Field House Ypsilanti Michigan2 15 1997 Miami OH W 67 65 15 7 10 4 Convocation Center Athens Ohio2 17 1997 at Toledo L 69 80 15 8 10 5 John F Savage Hall Toledo Ohio2 22 1997 at Central Michigan W 100 82 16 8 11 5 Rose Arena Mount Pleasant Michigan2 26 1997 Bowling Green W 89 87 OT 17 8 12 5 Convocation Center Athens Ohio3 1 1997 at Western Michigan L 73 82 17 9 12 6 University Arena Kalamazoo MichiganMAC Tournament3 4 1997 3 vs 6 Western Michigan Quarterfinals L 68 74 17 10 12 7 SeaGate Convention Centre Toledo Ohio Non conference game Rankings from AP Poll Tournament seedings in parentheses All times are in Eastern Time Source 4 3 Statistics EditTeam Statistics Edit Final 1996 97 StatisticsRecord Ohio OPPScoring 1984 1904Scoring Average 73 48 70 52Field goals Att 742 1550 666 14813 pt Field goals Att 117 307 145 412Free throws Att 383 588 427 597Rebounds 1015 836Assists 364 368Turnovers 440 403Steals 204 204Blocked Shots 73 68Source 5 Player statistics Edit Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3 point FGs Free Throws ReboundsPlayer GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A PF TO Stl BlkGeno Ford 27 27 1015 37 6 505 18 7 167 404 0 413 59 151 0 391 112 131 0 855 0 0 98 3 6 78 76 68 46 4Ed Sears 27 27 706 26 1 403 14 9 156 241 0 647 0 0 0 91 133 0 684 0 0 176 6 5 24 88 0 12 16Curtis Simmons 24 10 673 28 388 16 2 158 268 0 59 1 4 0 25 71 122 0 582 0 0 139 5 8 56 63 0 40 25Damion Washington 27 7 573 21 2 156 5 8 57 135 0 422 19 57 0 333 23 35 0 657 0 0 94 3 5 33 46 45 21 1Diante Flenorl 25 18 534 21 4 143 5 7 60 148 0 405 1 4 0 25 22 36 0 611 0 0 98 3 9 32 51 30 15 12Basra Fakhir 27 19 555 20 6 123 4 6 55 114 0 482 0 0 0 13 27 0 481 0 0 146 5 4 28 58 31 8 3Jason Grunkemeyer 26 6 428 16 5 115 4 4 36 85 0 424 27 57 0 474 16 25 0 64 0 0 41 1 6 14 44 24 9 2Corey Reed 26 18 621 23 9 97 3 7 33 86 0 384 0 1 0 31 72 0 431 0 0 70 2 7 84 52 60 43 9Jim Peterson 19 0 103 5 4 36 1 9 12 42 0 286 10 33 0 303 2 4 0 5 0 0 10 0 5 1 19 8 2 0Paul Morris 9 3 183 20 3 18 2 8 20 0 4 0 0 0 2 3 0 667 0 0 34 3 8 14 23 19 8 1Jason Bundy 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Matt Jager 3 0 21 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 3 0 0 0Andy Kanzig 2 0 10 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0Total 27 0 1984 73 5 742 1550 0 479 117 307 0 381 383 588 0 651 390 625 1015 37 6 364 524 440 204 73Opponents 27 1904 70 5 666 1481 0 450 145 412 0 352 427 597 0 715 294 542 836 31 0 368 545 403 204 68Legend 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 highSource 5 References Edit Larry Hunter Sports Reference Retrieved February 14 2022 Convocation Center Ohio University Retrieved February 14 2022 a b 1997 98 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results Sports Reference Retrieved February 14 2022 Ohio Men s Basketball Record Book PDF Ohio University Athletics a b 1996 97 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats Sports Reference Final 1997 Division I Men s Basketball Statistics Report Ohio Record Book Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 97 Ohio Bobcats men 27s basketball team amp oldid 1171225221, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,