# 1993–94 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1993–94 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1993–94. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center. The Bobcats won the Big Island Invitational tournament, MAC regular season and conference tournament titles, and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Ohio finished with a record of 25–8 (14–4 MAC).

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 30, 1993* | | Ohio Dominican | W 84–51 | 1–0 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Dec 3, 1993* | | at Nebraska Ameritas Classic | L 68–94 | 1–1 | Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Dec 4, 1993* | | vs. Navy Ameritas Classic | W 68–50 | 2–1 | Bob Devaney Sports Center Lincoln, Nebraska |
| Dec 11, 1993* | | Robert Morris | W 74–52 | 3–1 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Dec 14, 1993* | | at Duquesne | L 74–79 | 3–2 | A.J. Palumbo Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Dec 18, 1993* | | at West Virginia | L 81–90 | 3–3 | WVU Coliseum Morgantown, West Virginia |
| Dec 20, 1993* | | Youngstown State | W 85–42 | 4–3 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Dec 22, 1993* | | at Wright State | W 78–63 | 5–3 | Ervin J. Nutter Center Fairborn, Ohio |
| Dec 28, 1993* | | vs. Chaminade Big Island Invitational | W 79–76 | 6–3 | Civic Auditorium Hilo, Hawaii |
| Dec 29, 1993* | | vs. No. 14 Connecticut Big Island Invitational | W 85–76 | 7–3 | Civic Auditorium Hilo, Hawaii |
| Dec 30, 1993* | | vs. La Salle Big Island Invitational | W 100–80 | 8–3 | Civic Auditorium Hilo, Hawaii |
| MAC Regular Season ||||||
| Jan 5, 1994 | | at Ball State | W 84–66 | 9–3 (1–0) | Worthen Arena Muncie, Indiana |
| Jan 8, 1994 | | Miami (OH) | L 66–79 | 9–4 (1–1) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Jan 12, 1994 | | at Western Michigan | L 65–75 | 9–5 (1–2) | University Arena Kalamazoo, Michigan |
| Jan 15, 1994 | | Akron | W 85–64 | 10–5 (2–2) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Jan 19, 1994 | | Central Michigan | W 74–57 | 11–5 (3–2) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Jan 22, 1994 | | at Bowling Green | L 72–76 | 11–6 (3–3) | Anderson Arena Bowling Green, Ohio |
| Jan 26, 1994 | | Eastern Michigan | W 94–83 | 12–6 (4–3) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Jan 29, 1994 | | at Toledo | L 77–78 | 12–7 (4–4) | John F. Savage Hall Toledo, Ohio |
| Feb 2, 1994 | | Kent State | W 87–49 | 13–7 (5–4) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Feb 5, 1994 | | at Miami (OH) | W 77–63 | 14–7 (6–4) | Millett Hall Oxford, Ohio |
| Feb 9, 1994 | | Western Michigan | W 86–61 | 15–7 (7–4) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Feb 12, 1994 | | at Akron | W 94–77 | 16–7 (8–4) | James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, Ohio |
| Feb 16, 1994 | | at Central Michigan | W 84–48 | 17–7 (9–4) | Rose Arena Mount Pleasant, Michigan |
| Feb 19, 1994 | | Bowling Green | W 84–70 | 18–7 (10–4) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Feb 23, 1994 | | at Eastern Michigan | W 92–82 | 19–7 (11–4) | Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, Michigan |
| Feb 26, 1994 | | Toledo | W 82–79 | 20–7 (12–4) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Mar 2, 1994 | | at Kent State | W 71–70 | 21–7 (13–4) | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center Kent, Ohio |
| Mar 5, 1994 | | Ball State | W 91–76 | 22–7 (14–4) | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| Mar 8, 1994* | (1) | (8) Western Michigan MAC Tournament Quarterfinal | W 87–56 | 23–7 | Convocation Center Athens, Ohio |
| Mar 9, 1994* | (1) | vs. (4) Ball State MAC Tournament Semifinal | W 79–70 | 24–7 | Battelle Hall Columbus, Ohio |
| Mar 10, 1994* | (1) | vs. (3) Miami (OH) MAC Tournament Championship | W 89–66 | 25–7 | Battelle Hall Columbus, Ohio |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| Mar 18, 1994* | (12 E) | vs. (5 E) No. 18 Indiana First Round | L 72–84 | 25–8 | Capital Centre Landover, Maryland |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 1993–94 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2668 | 2282 |
| Scoring Average | 80.85 | 69.15 |
| Field goals – Att | 924–1945 | 808–1933 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 208–530 | 169–500 |
| Free throws – Att | 612–911 | 497–769 |
| Rebounds | 1314 | 1123 |
| Assists | 489 | 442 |
| Turnovers | 492 | 479 |
| Steals | 190 | 260 |
| Blocked Shots | 168 | 79 |
Source

### Player statistics

| | | | Minutes | Minutes | Scoring | Scoring | Total FGs | Total FGs | Total FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | 3-point FGs | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Free-Throws | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | Rebounds | | | | | |
| Player | GP | GS | Tot | Avg | Pts | Avg | FG | FGA | Pct | 3FG | 3FA | Pct | FT | FTA | Pct | Off | Def | Tot | Avg | A | PF | TO | Stl | Blk |
| Gary Trent | 33 | 32 | 1215 | 36.8 | 837 | 25.4 | 309 | 536 | 0.576 | 9 | 33 | 0.273 | 210 | 291 | 0.722 | - | - | 377 | 11.4 | 65 | 78 | 125 | 28 | 53 |
| Chad Estis | 33 | 19 | 884 | 26.8 | 367 | 11.1 | 112 | 275 | 0.407 | 80 | 205 | 0.39 | 63 | 81 | 0.778 | - | - | 55 | 1.7 | 93 | 53 | 39 | 29 | 1 |
| Geno Ford | 33 | 24 | 891 | 27 | 309 | 9.4 | 85 | 218 | 0.39 | 43 | 102 | 0.422 | 96 | 128 | 0.75 | - | - | 50 | 1.5 | 69 | 80 | 53 | 28 | 0 |
| Gus Johnson | 33 | 9 | 630 | 19.1 | 227 | 6.9 | 59 | 138 | 0.428 | 45 | 106 | 0.425 | 64 | 76 | 0.842 | - | - | 40 | 1.2 | 38 | 40 | 31 | 21 | 0 |
| Jason Terry | 33 | 32 | 750 | 22.7 | 220 | 6.7 | 85 | 174 | 0.489 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 84 | 0.595 | - | - | 152 | 4.6 | 18 | 90 | 40 | 1 | 85 |
| Jeff Boals | 33 | 19 | 862 | 26.1 | 206 | 6.2 | 81 | 178 | 0.455 | 4 | 12 | 0.333 | 40 | 68 | 0.588 | - | - | 171 | 5.2 | 68 | 93 | 74 | 25 | 2 |
| Curtis Simmons | 33 | 15 | 572 | 17.3 | 150 | 4.5 | 65 | 126 | 0.516 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 50 | 0.4 | - | - | 123 | 3.7 | 34 | 70 | 0 | 18 | 13 |
| Mike Reese | 30 | 13 | 541 | 18 | 141 | 4.7 | 51 | 106 | 0.481 | 13 | 33 | 0.394 | 26 | 53 | 0.491 | - | - | 58 | 1.9 | 65 | 39 | 38 | 19 | 2 |
| Ryan Greenwood | 24 | 1 | 377 | 15.7 | 71 | 3 | 25 | 64 | 0.391 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 37 | 0.568 | - | - | 94 | 3.9 | 19 | 50 | 26 | 14 | 5 |
| Jason Kent | 29 | 0 | 162 | 5.6 | 49 | 1.7 | 20 | 52 | 0.385 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 6 | 12 | 0.5 | - | - | 20 | 0.7 | 11 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Kevin Murphy | 29 | 1 | 141 | 4.7 | 46 | 2.1 | 17 | 33 | 0.515 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 0.5 | - | - | 35 | 0.5 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| Rush Floyd | 21 | 0 | 99 | 4.9 | 45 | 1.6 | 15 | 45 | 0.333 | 11 | 31 | 0.355 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | - | - | 10 | 1.2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 33 | - | - | - | 2668 | 80.8 | 924 | 1945 | 0.475 | 208 | 530 | 0.392 | 612 | 911 | 0.672 | | | 1314 | 39.8 | 489 | 640 | 492 | 190 | 168 |
| Opponents | 33 | - | - | - | 2282 | 69.2 | 808 | 1933 | 0.418 | 169 | 500 | 0.338 | 497 | 769 | 0.646 | | | 1123 | 34.0 | 442 | 759 | 479 | 260 | 79 |
Source

## Awards and honors

* Gary Trent – MAC Player of the Year (2x)