# 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. 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. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Louisville and Kentucky before losing to Michigan in the Elite Eight.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| 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. ||||||
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## 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 | | |
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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 |
| 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 | | | |
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