# 1949–50 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1949–50 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1949–50. The team was coached by Jim Snyder in his 1st of 26 seasons as Ohio's head coach. They played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 6–14. They finished fourth in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 3–7.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| * | Marietta | L 40–54 | 0–1 |
| * | Ohio Wesleyan | W 74–56 | 1–1 |
| * | at Mount Union | L 39–53 | 1–2 |
| * | at Kent State | L 57–70 | 1–3 |
| | at Western Reserve | W 84–66 | 2–3 (1–0) |
| * | Dayton | L 61–71 | 2–4 |
| | Western Michigan | L 56–81 | 2–5 (1–1) |
| * | at Bowling Green | L 54–74 | 2–6 |
| | at No. 20 Cincinnati | L 38–57 | 2–7 (1–2) |
| | Cincinnati | L 51–76 | 2–8 (1–3) |
| | Miami | W 79–70 | 3–8 (2–3) |
| | at Butler | L 49–70 | 3–9 (2–4) |
| * | at Dayton | L 50–75 | 3–10 |
| | Western Reserve | W 62–49 | 4–10 (3–4) |
| * | Muskingum | W 67–63 | 5–10 |
| | at Miami | L 45–54 | 5–11 (3–5) |
| * | Akron | W 75–74 | 6–11 |
| | at Butler | L 56–67 | 6–12 (3–6) |
| * | at Marietta | L 59–66 | 6–13 |
| | at Western Michigan | L 52–78 | 6–14 (3–7) |
| *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 1949–50 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1148 | 1327 |
| Scoring Average | 57.40 | 66.35 |
| Field goals – Att | 432–1461 | 516–1586 |
| Free throws – Att | 284–459 | 295–470 |
| Rebounds | | |
| 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 |
| Elwood Sparks | 20 | - | | | 237 | 11.9 | 89 | 284 | 0.313 | 59 | 85 | 0.694 | | | | 60 | | | |
| Glen Hursey | 20 | - | | | 178 | 8.9 | 70 | 237 | 0.295 | 38 | 63 | 0.603 | | | | 38 | | | |
| Dave Leightenheimer | 20 | - | | | 154 | 7.7 | 57 | 188 | 0.303 | 40 | 53 | 0.755 | | | | 61 | | | |
| _ Betts | 19 | - | | | 136 | 7.2 | 59 | 165 | 0.358 | 18 | 28 | 0.643 | | | | 42 | | | |
| _ McKown | 20 | - | | | 91 | 4.6 | 35 | 109 | 0.321 | 21 | 34 | 0.618 | | | | 33 | | | |
| Vic Polosky | 19 | - | | | 91 | 4.8 | 29 | 106 | 0.274 | 33 | 64 | 0.516 | | | | 48 | | | |
| _ Lepp | 20 | - | | | 77 | 3.9 | 27 | 114 | 0.237 | 23 | 40 | 0.575 | | | | 31 | | | |
| _ Benich | 14 | - | | | 58 | 4.1 | 21 | 63 | 0.333 | 16 | 28 | 0.571 | | | | 24 | | | |
| _ Renner | 17 | - | | | 53 | 3.1 | 18 | 69 | 0.261 | 17 | 34 | 0.500 | | | | 21 | | | |
| Jack Schumacher | 11 | - | | | 31 | 2.8 | 11 | 51 | 0.216 | 9 | 12 | 0.750 | | | | 8 | | | |
| _ WIlliams | 11 | - | | | 25 | 2.3 | 11 | 44 | 0.250 | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | | | | 19 | | | |
| _ Hupp | 6 | - | | | 15 | 2.5 | 5 | 25 | 0.200 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | | | | 8 | | | |
| _ Luecke | 6 | - | | | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | | | | 0 | | | |
| _ Bingham | 3 | - | | | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | | | | 1 | | | |
| _ Haswell | 5 | - | | | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | | | | 0 | | | |
| Total | 20 | - | - | - | 1148 | 57.4 | 432 | 1461 | 0.296 | 284 | 459 | 0.619 | 0 | 0.0 | | 394 | | | |
| Opponents | 20 | - | - | - | 1327 | 66.4 | 516 | 1586 | 0.325 | 295 | 470 | 0.628 | | 0.0 | | 375 | | | |
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