# 1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1984–85. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his fifth season at Ohio. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 22–8 and won the MAC regular season championship with a conference record of 14–4. They won the MAC tournament with wins over Kent State and Miami (OH). They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Kansas in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/24/1984* | St. Francis (PA) | W 94–84 | 1–0 |
| 12/1/1984* | at No. 12 Indiana | L 73–90 | 1–1 |
| 12/7/1984* | at Wichita State McDonald’s Classic | W 56–55 | 2–1 |
| 12/8/1984* | vs. Illinois-Chicago McDonald’s Classic | L 64–72 | 2–2 |
| 12/12/1984* | Ohio Wesleyan | W 75–67 | 3–2 |
| 12/15/1984* | Heidelberg | W 77–70 | 4–2 |
| 12/16/1984* | at Marshall | W 76–71 | 5–2 |
| 12/28/1984* | vs. San Jose State Basketball Classic | L 62–67 | 5–3 |
| 12/29/1984* | vs. Eastern Kentucky Basketball Classic | W 58–52 | 6–3 |
| MAC regular season ||||||
| 1/3/1985 | Miami (OH) | W 73–62 | 7–3 (1–0) |
| 1/5/1985 | at Western Michigan | L 79–84 | 7–4 (1–1) |
| 1/9/1985 | at Central Michigan | W 75–66 | 8–4 (2–1) |
| 1/12/1985 | Bowling Green | W 79–57 | 9–4 (3–1) |
| 1/16/1985 | at Eastern Michigan | W 73–66 | 10–4 (4–1) |
| 1/19/1985 | Toledo | W 62–55 | 11-4 (5–1) |
| 1/23/1985 | at Northern Illinois | W 50–42 | 12-4 (6–1) |
| 1/26/1985 | Kent State | W 77–58 | 13–4 (7–1) |
| 1/29/1985 | at Ball State | W 60–58 | 14–4 (8–1) |
| 2/2/1985 | Western Michigan | W 62–54 | 15–4 (9–1) |
| 2/6/1985 | Central Michigan | W 56–52 | 16–4 (10–1) |
| 2/9/1985 | at Bowling Green | W 60–56 | 17–4 (11–1) |
| 2/13/1985 | Eastern Michigan | W 71–61 | 18–4 (12–1) |
| 2/16/1985 | at Toledo | L 65–72 | 18–5 (12–2) |
| 2/19/1985 | Northern Illinois | W 72–49 | 19–5 (13–2) |
| 2/23/1985 | at Kent State | L 66–76 | 19–6 (13–3) |
| 2/27/1985 | Ball State | W 64–56 | 20–6 (14–3) |
| 3/2/1985 | at Miami (OH) | L 66–67 | 20–7 (14–4) |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/8/1985 | vs. Kent State Semifinal | W 57–55 | 21–7 (15–4) |
| 3/9/1985 | vs. Miami (OH) Championship | W 74–64 | 22–7 (16–4) |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/14/1985* | vs. No. 13 Kansas Mideast Regional First Round | L 38–49 | 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 1984–85 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2014 | 1887 |
| Scoring Average | 67.13 | 62.90 |
| Field goals – Att | 773–1636 | 697–1567 |
| Free throws – Att | 468–681 | 493–719 |
| Rebounds | 1038 | 984 |
| Assists | 466 | 409 |
| 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 |
| Vic Alexander | 27 | | | | 390 | 14.7 | 161 | 300 | 0.537 | 68 | 106 | 0.642 | 195 | 2.4 | 13 | | | | |
| Robert Tatum | 25 | | | | 368 | 14.4 | 136 | 301 | 0.452 | 96 | 115 | 0.835 | 60 | 7.2 | 77 | | | | |
| Rick Scarberry | 30 | | | | 321 | 10.7 | 146 | 324 | 0.451 | 29 | 39 | 0.744 | 51 | 1.7 | 56 | | | | |
| Eddie Hicks | 29 | | | | 280 | 9.7 | 94 | 181 | 0.519 | 92 | 123 | 0.748 | 195 | 6.7 | 25 | | | | |
| Paul Baron | 30 | | | | 273 | 9.1 | 80 | 163 | 0.491 | 113 | 150 | 0.753 | 119 | 4.0 | 190 | | | | |
| Eddie Washington | 29 | | | | 128 | 4.4 | 56 | 126 | 0.444 | 16 | 29 | 0.552 | 35 | 1.2 | 53 | | | | |
| Henry Smith | 25 | | | | 90 | 3.6 | 32 | 77 | 0.416 | 26 | 63 | 0.413 | 99 | 4.0 | 15 | | | | |
| Rich Stanfel | 28 | | | | 65 | 2.5 | 28 | 72 | 0.389 | 9 | 16 | 0.563 | 93 | 1.5 | 7 | | | | |
| Marty Lehmann | 15 | | | | 38 | 2.3 | 17 | 35 | 0.486 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 22 | 3.3 | 4 | | | | |
| John Rhodes | 15 | | | | 28 | 1.9 | 9 | 24 | 0.375 | 10 | 17 | 0.588 | 38 | 2.5 | 3 | | | | |
| Jamie Brock | 12 | | | | 21 | 1.8 | 10 | 14 | 0.714 | 1 | 5 | 0.200 | 12 | 1.0 | 2 | | | | |
| Roger Smith | 15 | | | | 12 | 0.8 | 4 | 19 | 0.211 | 4 | 11 | 0.364 | 12 | 0.8 | 21 | | | | |
| Total | 30 | - | 0 | - | 2014 | 67.1 | 773 | 1636 | 0.472 | 468 | 681 | 0.687 | 1038 | 34.6 | 466 | 630 | | | |
| Opponents | 30 | - | 0 | - | 1887 | 62.9 | 697 | 1567 | 0.445 | 493 | 719 | 0.686 | 984 | 32.8 | 409 | 612 | | | |
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