# 1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1979–80. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his sixth and final season at Ohio. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 8–18 and last (10th) in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 5–11. The 18 losses were the most in program history at the time.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1979* | at No. 4 Ohio State | L 51–78 | 0–1 |
| 12/3/1979* | at St. Bonaventure | L 64–77 | 0–2 |
| 12/5/1979* | Canisius | W 87–82 $^{OT}$ | 1–2 |
| 12/8/1979 | Western Michigan | L 69–78 | 1–3 (0–1) |
| 12/10/1979* | at Marshall | L 61–76 | 1–4 |
| 12/15/1979* | West Virginia | W 69–61 | 2–4 |
| 12/22/1979* | Youngstown State | L 68–72 | 2–5 |
| 12/28/1979* | at Connecticut Connecticut Classic | L 76–95 | 2–6 |
| 12/29/1979* | vs. Cal State Fullerton Titans Connecticut Classic | L 49–71 | 2–7 |
| 1/5/1980 | Central Michigan | L 50–83 | 2–8 (0–2) |
| 1/7/1980* | Cleveland State | W 76–75 | 3–8 |
| 1/9/1980 | Toledo | L 62–69 | 3–9 (0–3) |
| 1/12/1980 | Bowling Green | L 50–72 | 3–10 (0–4) |
| 1/16/1980 | at Eastern Michigan | L 65–67 | 3-11 (0–5) |
| 1/19/1980 | Northern Illinois | L 65–69 | 3-12 (0-6) |
| 1/23/1980 | at Kent State | L 76–85 | 3–13 (0-7) |
| 1/26/1980 | Ball State | W 75–74 | 4–13 (1–7) |
| 1/28/1980* | Virginia Tech | L 62–78 | 4–14 |
| 1/30/1980 | Kent State | W 67–57 | 5–14 (2–7) |
| 2/2/1980 | at Miami (OH) | L 67–71 | 5–15 (2–8) |
| 2/6/1980 | at Toledo | L 62–75 | 5–16 (2–9) |
| 2/9/1980 | Central Michigan | W 67–66 $^{OT}$ | 6–16 (3–9) |
| 2/13/1980 | at Western Michigan | W 56–50 | 7–16 (4–9) |
| 2/16/1980 | at Bowling Green | L 82–91 | 7–17 (4–10) |
| 2/20/1980 | Eastern Michigan | W 61–60 | 8–17 (5–10) |
| 2/23/1980 | at Northern Illinois | L 55–71 | 8–18 (5–11) |
| *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 1979–80 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1692 | 1906 |
| Scoring Average | 65.08 | 73.31 |
| Field goals – Att | 676–1571 | 731–1483 |
| Free throws – Att | 340–523 | 444–632 |
| Rebounds | 886 | 988 |
| Assists | 308 | 319 |
| Turnovers | | |
| Steals | 158 | 150 |
| Blocked Shots | 49 | 77 |
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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 |
| Kirk Lehman | 26 | - | 931 | 35.8 | 457 | 17.6 | 183 | 384 | 0.477 | 91 | 113 | 0.805 | 59 | 2.3 | 67 | 74 | | 29 | 1 |
| Spindle Graves | 26 | - | 759 | 29.2 | 315 | 12.1 | 107 | 265 | 0.404 | 101 | 156 | 0.647 | 138 | 5.3 | 91 | 101 | | 43 | 6 |
| Bill Littlefield | 25 | - | 635 | 25.4 | 198 | 7.9 | 82 | 201 | 0.408 | 34 | 46 | 0.739 | 84 | 3.4 | 60 | 74 | | 18 | 4 |
| Jim Zalenka | 22 | - | 499 | 22.7 | 174 | 7.9 | 69 | 149 | 0.463 | 36 | 53 | 0.679 | 93 | 4.2 | 18 | 41 | | 13 | 3 |
| Andre Adams | 25 | - | 651 | 26.0 | 137 | 5.5 | 55 | 132 | 0.417 | 27 | 44 | 0.614 | 115 | 4.6 | 10 | 75 | | 12 | 4 |
| John Patterson | 24 | - | 454 | 18.9 | 111 | 4.6 | 51 | 94 | 0.543 | 9 | 21 | 0.429 | 68 | 2.8 | 7 | 69 | | 5 | 13 |
| Tim Woodson | 25 | - | 376 | 15.0 | 96 | 3.8 | 38 | 79 | 0.481 | 20 | 40 | 0.500 | 51 | 2.0 | 16 | 30 | | 9 | 8 |
| Doug Graves | 26 | - | 416 | 16.0 | 89 | 3.4 | 41 | 100 | 0.410 | 7 | 12 | 0.583 | 74 | 2.8 | 4 | 46 | | 4 | 7 |
| Harold Moore | 25 | - | 373 | 14.9 | 76 | 3.0 | 33 | 117 | 0.282 | 10 | 27 | 0.370 | 66 | 2.6 | 28 | 44 | | 19 | 3 |
| Mick Isgrigg | 18 | - | 80 | 4.4 | 22 | 1.2 | 9 | 28 | 0.321 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 13 | 0.7 | 1 | 3 | | 3 | 0 |
| Tracy Poindexter | 9 | - | 77 | 8.6 | 17 | 1.9 | 8 | 22 | 0.364 | 1 | 4 | 0.250 | 17 | 1.9 | 6 | 15 | | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | - | - | - | 1692 | 65.1 | 676 | 1571 | 0.430 | 340 | 523 | 0.650 | 886 | 34.1 | 308 | 572 | | 158 | 49 |
| Opponents | 26 | - | - | - | 1906 | 73.3 | 731 | 1483 | 0.493 | 444 | 632 | 0.703 | 988 | 38.0 | 319 | 497 | | 150 | 77 |
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