# 1964–65 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1964–65 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1964–65. 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 19–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 11–1. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Dayton in the First Round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1964* | at Indiana | L 70–81 | 0–1 |
| 12/5/1964* | at Northern Illinois | W 93–86 | 1–1 |
| 12/12/1964 | at Marshall | W 106–81 | 2–1 (1–0) |
| 12/15/1964 | at West Virginia Wesleyan | W 91–73 | 3–1 |
| 12/21/1964* | at Purdue | L 73–79 | 3–2 |
| 12/23/1964* | at Northwestern | W 88–67 | 4–2 |
| 12/28/1964* | vs. Duquesne Charlotte Invitational | W 73–50 | 5–2 |
| 12/29/1964* | vs. Davidson Charlotte Invitational | L 63–81 | 5–3 |
| 1/2/1965 | at Bowling Green | W 84–69 | 6–3 (2–0) |
| 1/6/1965 | at Western Michigan | W 91–70 | 7–3 (3–0) |
| 1/9/1965 | Toledo | W 86–69 | 8–3 (4–0) |
| 1/13/1965 | at Miami (OH) | L 48–58 | 8–4 (4–1) |
| 1/18/1965 | at Florida Southern | W 106–69 | 9–4 |
| 1/23/1965 | Western Michigan | W 89–76 | 10–4 (5–1) |
| 1/30/1965 | at Kent State | W 72–70 | 11-4 (6–1) |
| 2/3/1965 | at San Francisco State | W 95–75 | 12-4 |
| 2/6/1965 | Bowling Green | W 77–60 | 13–4 (7–1) |
| 2/10/1965 | Marshall | W 103–85 | 14–4 (8–1) |
| 2/13/1965* | at Notre Dame | L 86–94 | 14–5 |
| 2/17/1965 | Miami (OH) | W 65–55 | 15–5 (9–1) |
| 2/22/1965 | Southern Illinois | L 59–79 | 15–6 (9–1) |
| 2/22/1965* | Loyola (IL) | W 84–76 | 16–6 |
| 2/27/1965 | Kent State | W 95–75 | 17–6 (10–1) |
| 3/6/1965 | at Toledo | W 87–61 | 18–6 (11–1) |
| 3/8/1965 | vs. Miami (OH) | W 76–71 | 19–6 (12–1) |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/9/1965* | vs. Dayton | L 65–66 | 19–7 |
| *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 1964–65 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2127 | 1892 |
| Scoring Average | 81.81 | 72.77 |
| Field goals – Att | 851–1899 | 725–1821 |
| Free throws – Att | 425–653 | 462–664 |
| Rebounds | 1478 | 1106 |
| 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 |
| Don Hilt | 26 | - | | | 493 | 19.0 | 191 | 408 | 0.468 | 111 | 151 | 0.735 | 306 | 11.8 | | 71 | | | |
| Mike Haley | 26 | - | | | 432 | 16.6 | 187 | 410 | 0.456 | 58 | 103 | 0.563 | 235 | 9.0 | | 55 | | | |
| Mike Hammond | 26 | - | | | 306 | 11.8 | 121 | 260 | 0.465 | 64 | 78 | 0.821 | 98 | 3.8 | | 75 | | | |
| John Schroeder | 26 | - | | | 276 | 10.6 | 107 | 260 | 0.412 | 62 | 120 | 0.517 | 302 | 11.6 | | 81 | | | |
| Tom Davis | 26 | - | | | 192 | 7.4 | 66 | 162 | 0.407 | 60 | 80 | 0.750 | 103 | 4.0 | | 67 | | | |
| Dave Brown | 26 | - | | | 177 | 6.8 | 80 | 151 | 0.530 | 17 | 40 | 0.425 | 65 | 2.5 | | 59 | | | |
| Joe Barry | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lloyd Buck | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Ken Fowlkes | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| _ Hamilton | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| _ Reichenbach | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| _ Spires | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tom Weirich | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| _ Williams | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 26 | - | - | - | 2127 | 81.8 | 851 | 1899 | 0.448 | 425 | 653 | 0.651 | 1478 | 56.8 | | 491 | | | |
| Opponents | 26 | - | - | - | 1892 | 72.8 | 725 | 1821 | 0.398 | 462 | 664 | 0.696 | 1106 | 42.5 | | 483 | | | |
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