# 1982–83 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1982–83 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1982–83. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his third season at Ohio. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 23–9 and second in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 12–6. They won the MAC tournament with wins over Eastern Michigan, Toledo, and MAC regular season champion Bowling Green. John Devereaux was named the tournament MVP. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Illinois State before losing to Kentucky in the second round. 23 wins was the school record at the time.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/26/1982* | vs. St. Mary's (CA) Joe Lapchick Tournament | W 57–54 | 1–0 |
| 11/27/1982* | vs. No. 19 St. John's Joe Lapchick Tournament | L 52–62 | 1–1 |
| 12/2/1982* | Marietta | W 90–68 | 2–1 |
| 12/10/1982* | at Providence Fleet Basketball Classic | W 48–47 | 3–1 |
| 12/11/1982* | vs. Rhode Island Fleet Basketball Classic | W 67–65 $^{OT}$ | 4–1 |
| 12/15/1982* | at Niagara | L 69–71 $^{OT}$ | 4–2 |
| 12/29/1982* | Brooklyn | W 58–43 | 5–2 |
| 1/5/1983 | Toledo | W 71–52 | 6–1 (1–0) |
| 1/8/1983 | at Northern Illinois | W 62–57 | 7–1 (2–0) |
| 1/12/1983 | Kent State | W 68–63 | 8–1 (3–0) |
| 1/15/1983 | at Miami (OH) | L 60–73 | 8–2 (3–1) |
| 1/19/1983 | Western Michigan | W 82–55 | 9–2 (4–1) |
| 1/22/1983 | at Ball State | W 73–62 | 10–2 (5–1) |
| 1/26/1983 | at Central Michigan | W 77–72 | 11-2 (6–1) |
| 1/29/1983 | Bowling Green | L 55–72 | 11-3 (6–2) |
| 1/31/1983* | Radford | W 68–50 | 12–3 |
| 2/2/1983 | at Eastern Michigan | W 72–57 | 13–3 (7–2) |
| 2/5/1983 | Northern Illinois | W 59–45 | 14–3 (8–2) |
| 2/9/1983 | at Kent State | W 73–71 | 15–3 (9–2) |
| 2/12/1983 | Miami (OH) | L 51–53 | 15–4 (9–3) |
| 2/14/1983* | DePaul | W 63–62 $^{2OT}$ | 16–4 |
| 2/16/1983 | at Western Michigan | L 59–65 | 16–5 (9–4) |
| 2/19/1983 | Ball State | W 62–48 | 17–5 (10–4) |
| 2/23/1983 | Central Michigan | W 87–63 | 18–5 (11–4) |
| 2/26/1983 | at Bowling Green | L 75–89 | 18–6 (11–5) |
| 3/2/1983 | Eastern Michigan | W 62–60 | 19–6 (12–5) |
| 3/5/1983 | at Toledo | L 56–59 | 19–7 (12–6) |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/8/1983 | Eastern Michigan Quarterfinals | W 74–60 | 20–7 (13–6) |
| 3/10/1983 | Toledo Semifinals | W 70–59 | 21–7 (14–6) |
| 3/12/1983 | at Bowling Green Championship | W 59–56 | 22–7 (15–6) |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/17/1983* | vs. Illinois State Mideast Regional First Round | W 51–49 | 23–7 |
| 3/19/1983* | vs. No. 12 Kentucky Mideast Regional Second Round | L 40–57 | 23–8 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
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## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 1982–83 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2070 | 1919 |
| Scoring Average | 64.69 | 59.97 |
| Field goals – Att | 820–1679 | 735–1696 |
| Free throws – Att | 430–664 | 449–646 |
| Rebounds | 1160 | 954 |
| Assists | 440 | |
| Turnovers | 440 | 389 |
| Steals | | |
| Blocked Shots | 138 | 71 |
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### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
| John Devereaux | 32 | | 1024 | 32.0 | 453 | 14.2 | 181 | 353 | 0.513 | 91 | 123 | 0.740 | 312 | 9.8 | 43 | 104 | 53 | | 99 |
| Vic Alexander | 31 | | 801 | 25.8 | 344 | 11.1 | 145 | 282 | 0.514 | 54 | 104 | 0.519 | 170 | 5.5 | 13 | 91 | 67 | | 19 |
| Jeff Thomas | 32 | | 1097 | 34.3 | 313 | 9.8 | 138 | 291 | 0.474 | 37 | 52 | 0.712 | 94 | 2.9 | 118 | 61 | 65 | | 6 |
| Eric Hilton | 32 | | 736 | 23.0 | 255 | 8.0 | 96 | 182 | 0.527 | 63 | 96 | 0.656 | 68 | 2.1 | 81 | 55 | 67 | | 2 |
| Eddie Hicks | 32 | | 867 | 27.1 | 189 | 5.9 | 70 | 145 | 0.483 | 49 | 79 | 0.620 | 125 | 3.9 | 45 | 81 | 44 | | 6 |
| Nate Cole | 31 | | 491 | 15.8 | 167 | 5.4 | 64 | 128 | 0.500 | 39 | 51 | 0.765 | 83 | 2.7 | 18 | 53 | 31 | | 1 |
| Robert Tatum | 29 | | 536 | 18.5 | 137 | 4.7 | 51 | 110 | 0.464 | 35 | 46 | 0.761 | 43 | 1.5 | 52 | 39 | 23 | | 1 |
| Rick Scarberry | 24 | | 220 | 9.2 | 71 | 3.0 | 29 | 85 | 0.341 | 13 | 16 | 0.813 | 17 | 0.7 | 6 | 15 | 9 | | 1 |
| Paul Baron | 24 | | 276 | 11.5 | 46 | 1.9 | 14 | 30 | 0.467 | 18 | 41 | 0.439 | 35 | 1.5 | 35 | 46 | 27 | | 0 |
| Steve Becvar | 20 | | 152 | 8.5 | 32 | 1.8 | 12 | 28 | 0.429 | 8 | 13 | 0.615 | 21 | 2.2 | 14 | 14 | 17 | | 0 |
| Sean Carlson | 17 | | 144 | 7.6 | 31 | 1.6 | 12 | 22 | 0.545 | 7 | 19 | 0.368 | 37 | 1.1 | 9 | 20 | 18 | | 3 |
| David Kowalski | 17 | | 123 | 7.2 | 21 | 1.2 | 5 | 18 | 0.278 | 11 | 17 | 0.647 | 6 | 0.4 | 6 | 25 | 14 | | 0 |
| Mike Paxson | 9 | | 33 | 3.7 | 11 | 1.2 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 7 | 0.8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | | 0 |
| Total | 32 | - | | - | 2070 | 64.7 | 820 | 1679 | 0.488 | 430 | 664 | 0.648 | 1160 | 36.3 | 440 | 611 | 440 | | 138 |
| Opponents | 32 | - | 0 | - | 1919 | 60.0 | 735 | 1696 | 0.433 | 449 | 646 | 0.695 | 954 | 29.8 | | 579 | 389 | | 71 |
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