# 1983–84 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1983–84 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1983–84. 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 20–8 and second in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 14–4.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/26/1983* | Charleston (WV) | W 75–51 | 1–0 |
| 11/30/1983* | at No. 16 DePaul | L 45–69 | 1–1 |
| 12/3/1983* | at Pennsylvania | W 71–67 | 2–1 |
| 12/7/1983* | at Duke | L 63–82 | 2–2 |
| 12/10/1983* | Niagara | W 84–68 | 3–2 |
| 12/17/1983* | at Ohio State | L 69–73 | 3–3 |
| 12/27/1983* | Brooklyn | W 55–48 | 4–3 |
| 12/29/1983* | at Manhattan | W 78–57 | 5–3 |
| 12/30/1983* | at Siena | W 69–56 | 6–3 |
| MAC regular season ||||||
| 1/4/1984 | at Kent State | W 65–55 | 7–3 (1–0) |
| 1/7/1984 | Ball State | W 66–48 | 8–3 (2–0) |
| 1/11/1984 | at Western Michigan | W 83–58 | 9–3 (3–0) |
| 1/14/1984 | at Miami (OH) | L 38–51 | 9–4 (3–1) |
| 1/18/1984 | Central Michigan | W 57–56 | 10-4 (4–1) |
| 1/21/1984 | at Bowling Green | L 46–51 | 10-5 (4–2) |
| 1/25/1984 | Eastern Michigan | W 65–47 | 11–5 (5–2) |
| 1/28/1984 | at Toledo | W 69–65 | 12–5 (6–2) |
| 2/1/1984 | Northern Illinois | W 79–51 | 13–5 (7–2) |
| 2/4/1984 | at Ball State | L 60–63 | 13–6 (7–3) |
| 2/8/1984 | Western Michigan | W 67–54 | 14–6 (8–3) |
| 2/11/1984 | Miami (OH) | W 82–68 | 15–6 (9–3) |
| 2/15/1984 | at Central Michigan | W 76–60 | 16–6 (10–3) |
| 2/18/1984 | Bowling Green | L 45–52 | 16–7 (10–4) |
| 2/22/1984 | at Eastern Michigan | W 73–71 | 17–7 (11–4) |
| 2/25/1984 | Toledo | W 59–52 | 18–7 (12–4) |
| 2/29/1984 | at Northern Illinois | W 85–65 | 19–7 (13–4) |
| 3/3/1984 | at Kent State | W 53–49 | 20–7 (14–4) |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/9/1984 | vs. Kent State Quarterfinals | L 53–57 | 20–8 (14–5) |
| *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 1983–84 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1820 | 1644 |
| Scoring Average | 65.00 | 58.71 |
| Field goals – Att | 727–1520 | 625–1471 |
| Free throws – Att | 366–527 | 394–602 |
| Rebounds | 990 | 887 |
| Assists | 408 | 352 |
| Turnovers | 398 | 403 |
| Steals | 171 | 178 |
| Blocked Shots | 116 | 59 |
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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 | 27 | 27 | 894 | 33.1 | 504 | 18.7 | 199 | 364 | 0.547 | 106 | 132 | 0.803 | 277 | 10.3 | 40 | 76 | 53 | 15 | 70 |
| Vic Alexander | 28 | 16 | 771 | 27.5 | 357 | 12.8 | 149 | 307 | 0.485 | 59 | 91 | 0.648 | 158 | 5.6 | 8 | 98 | 49 | 12 | 21 |
| Robert Tatum | 28 | 28 | 952 | 34.0 | 328 | 11.7 | 128 | 265 | 0.483 | 72 | 85 | 0.847 | 69 | 2.5 | 82 | 66 | 65 | 38 | 2 |
| Rick Scarberry | 27 | 7 | 349 | 21.0 | 120 | 4.4 | 58 | 129 | 0.450 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 23 | 2.3 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| Eddie Hicks | 25 | 7 | 525 | 12.9 | 110 | 4.4 | 42 | 86 | 0.488 | 26 | 38 | 0.684 | 58 | 0.9 | 15 | 57 | 30 | 20 | 4 |
| Paul Baron | 28 | 27 | 851 | 30.4 | 106 | 3.8 | 36 | 103 | 0.350 | 34 | 61 | 0.557 | 92 | 3.3 | 158 | 71 | 81 | 37 | 3 |
| Nate Cole | 25 | 5 | 381 | 15.2 | 90 | 3.6 | 38 | 91 | 0.418 | 14 | 35 | 0.400 | 59 | 2.4 | 8 | 47 | 11 | 9 | 6 |
| Roger Smith | 27 | 0 | 388 | 13.1 | 81 | 3.2 | 30 | 69 | 0.435 | 21 | 33 | 0.636 | 32 | 1.8 | 44 | 39 | 42 | 20 | 2 |
| David Kowalski | 17 | 9 | 223 | 14.4 | 54 | 3.0 | 20 | 47 | 0.426 | 14 | 19 | 0.737 | 31 | 1.2 | 8 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 0 |
| Sean Carlson | 28 | 3 | 306 | 3.8 | 39 | 1.8 | 16 | 38 | 0.421 | 7 | 14 | 0.500 | 80 | 0.8 | 16 | 48 | 28 | 1 | 8 |
| _ Bruning | 11 | 0 | 42 | 10.9 | 20 | 1.4 | 7 | 13 | 0.538 | 6 | 8 | 0.750 | 9 | 2.9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Becvar | 11 | 1 | 43 | 3.9 | 11 | 1.0 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 11 | 1.0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | - | 0 | - | 1820 | 65.0 | 727 | 1520 | 0.478 | 366 | 527 | 0.694 | 990 | 35.4 | 408 | 557 | 398 | 171 | 116 |
| Opponents | 28 | - | 0 | - | 1644 | 58.7 | 625 | 1471 | 0.425 | 394 | 602 | 0.654 | 887 | 31.7 | 352 | 502 | 403 | 178 | 59 |
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