# 1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1969–70. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 20–4 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 9–1. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Notre Dame in the First Round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1969* | | at Northwestern | W 90–79 | 1–0 |
| 12/6/1969* | | No. 3 Purdue | W 80–79 | 2–0 |
| 12/13/1969* | No. 19 | at No. 16 Ohio State | W 82–80 | 3–0 |
| 12/15/1969* | No. 10 | at Indiana | W 89–83 | 4–0 |
| 12/17/1969* | No. 10 | at Northern Illinois | W 84–72 | 5–0 |
| 12/20/1969* | No. 10 | Ball State | W 92–82 | 6–0 |
| 12/26/1969* | No. 5 | Fresno State | W 92–80 | 7–0 |
| 12/29/1969* | No. 5 | vs. Texas Hurricane Classic | L 65–73 | 7–1 |
| 12/30/1969 | No. 5 | at Miami (FL) Hurricane Classic | W 99–74 | 8–1 |
| 1/3/1970 | No. 5 | Kent State | W 78–52 | 9–1 (1–0) |
| 1/10/1970 | No. 9 | at Bowling Green | L 65–85 | 9–2 (1–1) |
| 1/14/1970 | No. 14 | Miami (OH) | W 81–61 | 10–2 (2–1) |
| 1/17/1970 | No. 14 | Toledo | W 88–79 | 11–2 (3–1) |
| 1/24/1970 | No. 13 | at Kent State | W 77–68 | 12–2 (4–1) |
| 1/28/1970 | No. 13 | at Western Michigan | W 91–81 | 13-2 (5–1) |
| 1/31/1970* | No. 13 | at Wisconsin | L 69–72 | 13-3 |
| 2/4/1970 | | at Toledo | W 80–67 | 14–3 (6–1) |
| 2/7/1970 | | Western Michigan | W 107–68 | 15–3 (7–1) |
| 2/11/1970* | | at Marshall | L 88–93 | 15–4 |
| 2/14/1970 | | at Miami (OH) | W 58–57 | 16–4 (8–1) |
| 2/18/1970* | | Marshall | W 100–86 | 17–4 |
| 2/21/1970* | | Virginia Commonwealth | W 95–75 | 18–4 |
| 2/25/1970* | | Loyola (IL) | W 93–70 | 19–4 |
| 2/28/1970 | | Bowling Green | W 77–76 | 20–4 (9–1) |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/7/1970* | No. 17 | vs. No. 15 Notre Dame | L 82–112 | 20–5 |
| *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 1969–70 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2102 | 1903 |
| Scoring Average | 84.08 | 76.12 |
| Field goals – Att | 820–1839 | 696–1643 |
| Free throws – Att | 462–701 | 511–770 |
| Rebounds | 1291 | 1173 |
| 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 |
| John Canine | 25 | - | | | 471 | 18.8 | 199 | 444 | 0.448 | 73 | 93 | 0.785 | 71 | 2.8 | | 60 | | | |
| Greg McDivitt | 25 | - | | | 368 | 14.7 | 140 | 335 | 0.418 | 88 | 122 | 0.721 | 225 | 9.0 | | 90 | | | |
| Craig Love | 25 | - | | | 341 | 13.6 | 144 | 283 | 0.509 | 53 | 96 | 0.552 | 322 | 12.9 | | 90 | | | |
| Ken Kowall | 25 | - | | | 274 | 11.0 | 106 | 248 | 0.427 | 62 | 110 | 0.564 | 67 | 2.7 | | 64 | | | |
| Dave Groff | 25 | - | | | 251 | 10.0 | 86 | 165 | 0.521 | 79 | 119 | 0.664 | 158 | 6.3 | | 81 | | | |
| Doug Parker | 25 | - | | | 133 | 5.3 | 52 | 121 | 0.430 | 29 | 45 | 0.644 | 101 | 4.0 | | 73 | | | |
| Tom Corde | 25 | - | | | 131 | 5.2 | 46 | 118 | 0.390 | 39 | 55 | 0.709 | 41 | 1.6 | | 49 | | | |
| Gary Wolf | 19 | - | | | 50 | 2.6 | 20 | 37 | 0.541 | 10 | 17 | 0.588 | 40 | 2.1 | | 22 | | | |
| Larry Hunter | 18 | - | | | 26 | 1.4 | 8 | 20 | 0.400 | 10 | 14 | 0.714 | 10 | 0.6 | | 23 | | | |
| Mike Miller | 12 | - | | | 18 | 1.5 | 7 | 19 | 0.368 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 3 | 0.3 | | 5 | | | |
| John Glancy | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bernard Rumpke | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 25 | - | - | - | 2102 | 84.1 | 820 | 1839 | 0.446 | 462 | 701 | 0.659 | 1291 | 51.6 | | 586 | | | |
| Opponents | 25 | - | - | - | 1903 | 76.1 | 696 | 1643 | 0.424 | 511 | 770 | 0.664 | 1173 | 46.9 | | 518 | | | |
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