# 1947–48 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1947–48 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1947–48. The team was coached by Dutch Trautwein and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 10–10. They finished third in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 4–4.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| * | at Dayton | W 46–40 | 1–0 |
| * | Marietta | W 63–44 | 2–0 |
| * | Xavier | W 57–52 | 3–0 |
| * | at Bowling Green | L 49–67 | 3–1 |
| | at Miami | W 63–41 | 4–1 (1–0) |
| * | Wayne State | W 55–39 | 5–1 |
| * | Kentucky | L 57–79 | 5–2 |
| | at Western Reserve | L 56–57 | 5–3 (1–1) |
| * | Ohio Wesleyan | W 63–57 | 6–3 |
| * | Akron | L 62–63 | 6–4 |
| | at Butler | L 35–59 | 6–5 (1–2) |
| * | at Xavier | L 37–56 | 6–6 |
| | Butler | L 42–47 | 6–7 (1–3) |
| | Miami | W 56–37 | 7–7 (2–3) |
| * | at Wayne State | L 47–55 | 7–8 |
| | Cincinnati | W 64–62 | 8–8 (3–3) |
| * | at Marietta | L 53–68 | 8–9 |
| | Western Reserve | W 58–51 | 9–9 (4–3) |
| * | at Ohio Wesleyan | W 62–54 | 10–9 |
| | at Cincinnati | L 46–90 | 10–10 (4–4) |
| *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 1947–48 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1071 | 1118 |
| Scoring Average | 53.55 | 55.90 |
| Field goals – Att | 381– | 420– |
| Free throws – Att | 309–478 | 278–435 |
| 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 |
| _ Shrider | 19 | - | | | 311 | 16.4 | 117 | | | 77 | 119 | 0.647 | | | | 41 | | | |
| _ Wylie | 18 | - | | | 170 | 9.4 | 41 | | | 88 | 102 | 0.863 | | | | 49 | | | |
| _ Johnson | 17 | - | | | 158 | 9.3 | 64 | | | 30 | 58 | 0.517 | | | | 28 | | | |
| _ Kinsley | 20 | - | | | 102 | 5.1 | 36 | | | 30 | 49 | 0.612 | | | | 47 | | | |
| _ Gordon | 20 | - | | | 95 | 4.8 | 27 | | | 41 | 56 | 0.732 | | | | 79 | | | |
| _ Dickey | 15 | - | | | 67 | 4.5 | 30 | | | 7 | 17 | 0.412 | | | | 37 | | | |
| _ Williams | 17 | - | | | 39 | 2.3 | 16 | | | 7 | 18 | 0.389 | | | | 31 | | | |
| _ Ruoff | 14 | - | | | 31 | 2.2 | 13 | | | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | | | | 21 | | | |
| _ Whyte | 6 | - | | | 24 | 4.0 | 9 | | | 6 | 12 | 0.500 | | | | 12 | | | |
| _ Gyurko | 17 | - | | | 21 | 1.2 | 7 | | | 7 | 16 | 0.438 | | | | 18 | | | |
| _ Stefan | 11 | - | | | 17 | 1.5 | 6 | | | 5 | 10 | 0.500 | | | | 6 | | | |
| _ McKown | 8 | - | | | 15 | 1.9 | 6 | | | 3 | 7 | 0.429 | | | | 2 | | | |
| _ Shreffler | 3 | - | | | 10 | 3.3 | 4 | | | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | | | | 3 | | | |
| _ Lamb | 11 | - | | | 9 | 0.8 | 4 | | | 1 | 4 | 0.250 | | | | 10 | | | |
| _ Schott | 3 | - | | | 2 | 0.7 | 1 | | | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | | | | 0 | | | |
| Total | 20 | - | - | - | 1071 | 53.6 | 381 | 0 DIV/0! | 309 | 478 | 0.646 | 0 | 0.0 | | 384 | | | |
| Opponents | 20 | - | - | - | 1118 | 55.9 | 420 | DIV/0! | 278 | 435 | 0.639 | | 0.0 | | 409 | | | |
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