# 1980–81 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1980–81 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1980–81. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his first season at Ohio. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 7–20 and seventh in the MAC with a conference record of 6–10. The 20 losses were the most in program history at the time.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/29/1980* | East Carolina | L 65–70 | 0–1 | |
| 12/6/1980* | at Cleveland State | L 57–83 | 0–2 | |
| 12/10/1980* | at West Virginia | L 61–69 | 0–3 | |
| 12/13/1980* | at Youngstown State | L 85–93 | 0–4 | |
| 12/20/1980* | at Canisius | L 47–59 | 0–5 | |
| 12/22/1980* | Marshall | L 59–65 | 0–6 | Convocation Center Athens, OH |
| 12/26/1980* | at No. 18 Illinois Fighting Illini Basketball Classic | L 54–84 | 0–7 | |
| 12/27/1980* | vs. Bradley Fighting Illini Basketball Classic | L 56–84 | 0–8 | |
| 12/29/1980* | Charleston (WV) | L 42–49 | 0–9 | |
| 1/7/1981* | at Northern Illinois | L 44–60 | 0–10 | |
| 1/10/1981 | at Central Michigan | L 58–64 | 0–11 (0–1) | |
| 1/14/1981 | Bowling Green | W 78–63 | 1–11 (1–1) | |
| 1/17/1981 | at Eastern Michigan | L 57–62 | 1–12 (1–2) | |
| 1/21/1981 | Toledo | L 73–86 | 1-13 (1–2) | |
| 1/24/1981 | at Kent State | L 69–82 | 1-14 (1-4) | |
| 1/26/1981* | UNC Wilmington | W 86–81 | 2–14 | |
| 1/28/1981 | Ball State | W 75–68 | 3–14 (2–4) | |
| 1/31/1981 | at Miami (OH) | L 73–82 | 3–15 (2–5) | |
| 2/4/1981 | Western Michigan | W 79–74 | 4–15 (3–5) | |
| 2/7/1981 | Central Michigan | W 70–68 | 5–15 (4–5) | |
| 2/11/1981 | at Bowling Green | L 45–79 | 5–16 (4–6) | |
| 2/14/1981 | Eastern Michigan | L 58–68 | 5–17 (4–7) | |
| 2/18/1981 | at Toledo | L 67–95 | 5–18 (4–8) | |
| 2/21/1981 | Kent State | W 89–84 | 6–18 (5–8) | |
| 2/25/1981 | at Ball State | L 63–76 | 6–19 (5–9) | |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 2/28/1981 | Miami (OH) | W 78–72 | 7–19 (6–9) | |
| 3/3/1981 | at Ball State | L 70–85 | 7–20 (6–10) | |
| *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 1980–81 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1758 | 2005 |
| Scoring Average | 65.11 | 74.26 |
| Field goals – Att | 710–1619 | 768–1597 |
| Free throws – Att | 338–507 | 469–653 |
| Rebounds | 978 | 979 |
| 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 |
| Tim Woodson | 26 | | 887 | 34.1 | 349 | 13.4 | 143 | 305 | 0.469 | 63 | 85 | 0.741 | 167 | 6.4 | 30 | 68 | 54 | 17 | 3 |
| Kirk Lehman | 27 | | 936 | 34.7 | 324 | 12.0 | 118 | 255 | 0.463 | 88 | 112 | 0.786 | 53 | 2.0 | 103 | 79 | 70 | 29 | 0 |
| Eric Hilton | 27 | | 783 | 29.0 | 253 | 9.4 | 94 | 193 | 0.487 | 65 | 95 | 0.684 | 68 | 2.5 | 79 | 51 | 78 | 28 | 3 |
| John Devereaux | 27 | | 692 | 25.6 | 227 | 8.4 | 97 | 229 | 0.424 | 33 | 52 | 0.635 | 181 | 6.7 | 22 | 89 | 42 | 15 | 30 |
| Jim Zalenka | 27 | | 562 | 20.8 | 176 | 6.5 | 75 | 194 | 0.387 | 26 | 41 | 0.634 | 74 | 2.7 | 18 | 78 | 30 | 22 | 2 |
| Nate Cole | 27 | | 600 | 22.2 | 173 | 6.4 | 73 | 170 | 0.429 | 27 | 59 | 0.458 | 140 | 5.2 | 23 | 93 | 56 | 22 | 1 |
| Sean Carlson | 26 | | 524 | 20.2 | 129 | 5.0 | 53 | 126 | 0.421 | 23 | 40 | 0.575 | 96 | 3.7 | 25 | 73 | 29 | 3 | 16 |
| Mick Isgrigg | 24 | | 264 | 11.0 | 78 | 3.3 | 37 | 97 | 0.381 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 33 | 1.4 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 |
| Willie Stevenson | 16 | | 75 | 4.7 | 20 | 1.3 | 9 | 22 | 0.409 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 3 | 0.2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 |
| James Towns | 15 | | 91 | 6.1 | 17 | 1.1 | 7 | 18 | 0.389 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 8 | 0.5 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Dennis Dylewski | 9 | | | 0.0 | 6 | 0.7 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.4 | | | | | |
| Steve Becvar | 2 | | 14 | 7.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave Mathews | 2 | | | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 4 | 2.0 | | | | | |
| Total | 27 | - | - | - | 1758 | 65.1 | 710 | 1619 | 0.439 | 338 | 507 | 0.667 | 978 | 36.2 | 0 | 584 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents | 27 | - | | - | 2005 | 74.3 | 768 | 1597 | 0.481 | 469 | 653 | 0.718 | 979 | 36.3 | | 530 | | | |
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