# 1985–86 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1985–86 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1985–86. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his sixth and final season at Ohio. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 22–8 and finished second in MAC regular season with a conference record of 14–4. They lost in the semifinals of the MAC tournament to Ball State. They received a bid to the Postseason NIT. There they lost to Ohio State in the first round. After the season Danny Nee took the head coaching job at Nebraska. He was replaced by Billy Hahn.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/30/1985* | Capital | W 92–58 | 1–0 | |
| 12/3/1985* | Marshall | W 85–79 | 2–0 | |
| 12/6/1985* | vs. Navy Carrier Classic | L 62–73 | 2–1 | Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY |
| 12/7/1985* | vs. La Salle Carrier Classic | W 70–65 | 3–1 | |
| 12/9/1985* | at Hofstra | W 73–66 | 4–1 | |
| 12/11/1985* | at Wagner | W 70–57 | 5–1 | |
| 12/14/1985* | at No. 1 North Carolina | L 57–99 | 5–2 | Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC |
| 12/21/1985* | at St. Francis (PA) | W 99–78 | 6–2 | |
| 12/30/1985* | Marietta | W 90–66 | 7–2 | |
| MAC regular season ||||||
| 1/2/1986 | at Northern Illinois | W 68–63 | 8–2 (1–0) | |
| 1/4/1986 | at Central Michigan | W 78–61 | 9–2 (2–0) | |
| 1/8/1986 | Kent State | W 91–76 | 10–2 (3–0) | |
| 1/11/1986 | at Bowling Green | L 75–77 | 10–3 (3–1) | |
| 1/15/1986 | Ball State | L 73–77 | 10–4 (3–2) | |
| 1/18/1986 | at Eastern Michigan | W 77–74 | 11-4 (4–2) | |
| 1/22/1986 | Miami (OH) | L 65–85 | 11-5 (4–3) | |
| 1/25/1986 | at Toledo | L 98–100 | 11–6 (4–4) | |
| 1/29/1986 | Western Michigan | W 85–62 | 12–6 (5–4) | |
| 2/1/1986 | Central Michigan | W 79–57 | 13–6 (6–4) | |
| 2/5/1986 | at Kent State | W 68–63 | 14–6 (7–4) | |
| 2/8/1986 | Bowling Green | W 74–57 | 15–6 (8–4) | |
| 2/12/1986 | at Ball State | W 63–61 | 16–6 (9–4) | |
| 2/15/1986 | Eastern Michigan | W 81–69 | 17–6 (10–4) | |
| 2/19/1986 | at Miami (OH) | W 80–79 $^{OT}$ | 18–6 (11–4) | |
| 2/22/1986 | Toledo | W 74–63 | 19–6 (12–4) | |
| 2/26/1986 | at Western Michigan | W 81–75 | 20–6 (13–4) | |
| 3/1/1986 | Northern Illinois | W 83–64 | 21–6 (14–4) | |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/6/1986 | vs. Central Michigan Quarterfinal | W 66–62 | 22–6 (15–4) | |
| 3/7/1986 | vs. Ball State Semifinal | L 69–93 | 22–7 (15–5) | |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/14/1986* | vs. Ohio State Mideast Regional First Round | L 62–65 | 22–8 | |
| *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 1985–86 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2314 | 2124 |
| Scoring Average | 77.13 | 70.80 |
| Field goals – Att | 932–1828 | 815–1721 |
| Free throws – Att | 450–687 | 494–725 |
| Rebounds | 1066 | 1022 |
| Assists | 520 | 435 |
| Turnovers | 415 | 468 |
| Steals | 268 | 189 |
| Blocked Shots | 77 | 83 |
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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 |
| Robert Tatum | 30 | 30 | 1007 | 33.6 | 516 | 17.2 | 212 | 403 | 0.526 | 92 | 126 | 0.730 | 56 | 1.9 | 90 | 61 | 57 | 56 | 2 |
| Paul Graham | 29 | 16 | 757 | 26.1 | 461 | 15.9 | 181 | 377 | 0.480 | 99 | 128 | 0.773 | 136 | 4.7 | 52 | 89 | 61 | 41 | 15 |
| Dave Jamerson | 28 | 3 | 668 | 23.9 | 392 | 14.0 | 169 | 294 | 0.575 | 54 | 65 | 0.831 | 85 | 3.0 | 54 | 51 | 42 | 47 | 0 |
| John Rhodes | 29 | 20 | 755 | 26.0 | 266 | 9.2 | 110 | 196 | 0.561 | 46 | 95 | 0.484 | 197 | 6.8 | 13 | 109 | 55 | 16 | 46 |
| Paul Baron | 30 | 29 | 945 | 31.5 | 237 | 7.9 | 90 | 194 | 0.464 | 57 | 95 | 0.600 | 134 | 4.5 | 113 | 95 | 86 | 52 | 0 |
| Roger Smith | 30 | 27 | 712 | 23.7 | 139 | 4.6 | 54 | 119 | 0.454 | 31 | 49 | 0.633 | 63 | 2.1 | 113 | 67 | 61 | 39 | 1 |
| Marty Lehmann | 30 | 9 | 614 | 20.5 | 132 | 4.4 | 54 | 118 | 0.458 | 24 | 43 | 0.558 | 131 | 4.4 | 8 | 62 | 26 | 12 | 1 |
| Jamie Brock | 19 | 6 | 163 | 8.6 | 51 | 2.7 | 23 | 40 | 0.575 | 5 | 12 | 0.417 | 24 | 1.3 | 2 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| George Reid | 21 | 0 | 172 | 8.2 | 42 | 2.0 | 10 | 23 | 0.435 | 22 | 31 | 0.710 | 28 | 1.3 | 2 | 38 | 9 | 3 | 1 |
| Rich Stanfel | 23 | 10 | 289 | 12.6 | 41 | 1.8 | 16 | 26 | 0.615 | 9 | 27 | 0.333 | 73 | 3.2 | 1 | 52 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| Steve Bruning | 15 | 0 | 160 | 10.7 | 37 | 2.5 | 13 | 34 | 0.382 | 11 | 14 | 0.786 | 31 | 2.1 | 9 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Nick Davis | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | - | 0 | - | 2314 | 77.1 | 932 | 1828 | 0.510 | 450 | 687 | 0.655 | 1066 | 35.5 | 520 | 656 | 415 | 268 | 77 |
| Opponents | 30 | - | 0 | - | 2124 | 70.8 | 815 | 1721 | 0.474 | 494 | 725 | 0.681 | 1022 | 34.1 | 435 | 606 | 468 | 189 | 83 |
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