# 2005–06 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 2005–06 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 2005–06. The team was coached by Tim O'Shea and played their home games at the Convocation Center. They finished the season 19–11 and 10–9 in MAC play to finish fourth in the MAC East.

## Coaching staff

| Name | Position | College | Graduating year |
| Tim O'Shea | Head coach | Boston College | 1984 |
| John Rhodes | Associate Head Coach | Ohio University | 1988 |
| Kevin Kuwik | Assistant coach | Notre Dame | 1996 |
| Brian Townsend | Assistant coach | Michigan | 1991 |
| Adam DeMong | Assistant coach | Boston College | 2003 |

## Preseason

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 26, 2005. Ohio was picked first in the MAC East.

### Preseason men's basketball poll

(First place votes in parentheses)

#### East Division

* Ohio (16) 153
* Akron (6) 120
* Miami (4) 85
* Kent State 85
* Buffalo 79
* Bowling Green 45

#### West Division

* Toledo (15) 135
* Ball State (5) 127
* Western Michigan (5) 114
* Northern Illinois (1) 97
* Eastern Michigan 54
* Central Michigan 40

#### Tournament champs

Ohio (14), Akron (5), Ball State (4), Miami (2), Toledo (1)

### Preseason All-MAC

Preseason All-MAC teams :
| Team | Player | Position | Year |
| Preseason All-MAC East | Leon Williams | F | So. |
Source

## Schedule and results

Source:
| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/26/05* 3:00 pm | St. Francis | W 77–61 | 1–0 | Convocation Center (2,164) Athens, OH |
| 12/3/05* 4:00 pm | American | W 81–50 | 2–0 | Convocation Center (2,137) Athens, OH |
| 12/6/05* 7:30 pm | at Marist | W 69–63 | 3–0 | McCann Arena (2,463) Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 12/10/05* 6:00 pm | Rhode Island | W 71–63 | 4–0 | Convocation Center (4,578) Athens, OH |
| 12/14/05* 8:00 pm | at Cincinnati | L 58–86 | 4–1 | Fifth Third Arena (9,133) Cincinnati, OH |
| 12/17/05* 3:00 pm | Shippensburg | W 73–57 | 5–1 | Convocation Center (3,130) Athens, OH |
| 12/22/05* 7:00 pm | Detroit | W 56–55 | 6–1 | Convocation Center (3,614) Athens, OH |
| 12/30/05* 8:00 pm | vs. No. 19 Kentucky | L 63–71 | 6–2 | US Bank Arena (16,043) Cincinnati, OH |
| 1/4/06 7:00 pm | Western Michigan | W 87–55 | 7–2 (1–0) | Convocation Center (4,405) Athens, OH |
| 1/8/06 2:00 pm | Ball State | W 71–60 | 8–2 (2–0) | Convocation Center (4,196) Athens, OH |
| 1/11/06 7:00 pm | at Eastern Michigan | W 75–63 | 9–2 (3–0) | Convocation Center (1,330) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 1/14/06 2:00 pm | Central Michigan | W 76–44 | 10–2 (4–0) | Convocation Center (10,094) Athens, OH |
| 1/17/06 8:05 pm | at Northern Illinois | L 59–64 | 10–3 (4–1) | Convocation Center (1,712) DeKalb, IL |
| 1/21/06 4:30 pm | at Toledo | W 71–68 | 11–3 (5–1) | Savage Arena (7,334) Toledo, OH |
| 1/24/06 7:00 pm | Akron | W 66–63 | 12–3 (6–1) | Convocation Center (5,981) Athens, OH |
| 1/26/06 8:00 pm | at Buffalo | L 51–70 | 12–4 (6–2) | Alumni Arena (5,884) Buffalo, NY |
| 12/29/06 12:00 pm | Miami (OH) | L 59–73 | 12–5 (6–3) | Convocation Center (7,238) Athens, OH |
| 2/1/06 7:00 pm | Kent State | L 60–73 | 12–6 (6–4) | Convocation Center (4,283) Athens, OH |
| 2/4/06 2:00 pm | at Bowling Green | W 93–90 $^{2OT}$ | 13–6 (7–4) | Stroh Center (2,054) Bowling Green, OH |
| 2/9/06 7:00 pm | Northern Illinois | W 78–67 | 14–6 (8–4) | Convocation Center (4,126) Athens, OH |
| 2/12/06 7:00 pm | at Western Michigan | L 62–65 | 14–7 (8–5) | University Arena (3,386) Kalamazoo, MI |
| 2/15/06 7:00 pm | at Miami (OH) | L 54–65 | 14–8 (8–6) | Millett Hall (4,007) Oxford, OH |
| 2/18/06* 8:00 pm | Samford | W 64–52 | 15–8 (8–6) | Convocation Center (5,112) Athens, OH |
| 2/22/06 7:00 pm | Buffalo | W 85–72 | 16–8 (9–6) | Convocation Center (4,006) Athens, OH |
| 2/25/06 4:00 pm | at Akron | L 61–76 | 16–9 (9–7) | James A. Rhodes Arena (5,202) Akron, Ohio |
| 2/28/06 8:00 pm | at Kent State | L 58–78 | 16–10 (9–8) | Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center (5,207) Kent, OH |
| 3/4/06 8:00 pm | Bowling Green | W 85–48 | 17–10 (10–8) | Convocation Center (6,384) Athens, OH |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/6/06 7:00 pm | Central Michigan First Round | W 82–53 | 18–10 | Convocation Center (4,198) Athens, OH |
| 3/9/06 9:00 pm | vs. Miami (OH) Quarterfinals | W 73–58 | 19–10 | Quicken Loans Arena (6,865) Cleveland, OH |
| 3/10/06 7:00 pm | vs. Kent State Semifinals | L 59–72 | 19–11 | Quicken Loans Arena (10,917) Cleveland, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 2005–06 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2077 | 1935 |
| Scoring Average | 69.23 | 64.50 |
| Field goals – Att | 719–1570 | 712–1610 |
| 3-pt. Field goals – Att | 218–609 | – |
| Free throws – Att | 421–606 | – |
| Rebounds | 986 | 957 |
| Assists | 427 | |
| Turnovers | 424 | |
| Steals | 255 | |
| Blocked Shots | 70 | |
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 |
| Mychal Green | 30 | 30 | 965 | 32.2 | 382 | 12.7 | 126 | 292 | 0.432 | 70 | 167 | 0.419 | 60 | 79 | 0.759 | 30 | 99 | 129 | 4.3 | 57 | 64 | 63 | 34 | 14 |
| Leon Williams | 30 | 30 | 786 | 26.2 | 331 | 11 | 126 | 213 | 0.592 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 123 | 0.642 | 72 | 136 | 208 | 6.9 | 20 | 108 | 59 | 21 | 14 |
| Sonny Troutman | 30 | 30 | 826 | 27.5 | 263 | 8.8 | 91 | 219 | 0.416 | 26 | 92 | 0.283 | 55 | 77 | 0.714 | 26 | 58 | 84 | 2.8 | 83 | 70 | 69 | 58 | 3 |
| Whitney Davis | 30 | 0 | 717 | 23.9 | 247 | 8.2 | 81 | 177 | 0.458 | 29 | 80 | 0.363 | 56 | 87 | 0.644 | 33 | 58 | 91 | 3 | 27 | 47 | 40 | 32 | 4 |
| Jeff Halbert | 28 | 25 | 584 | 20.9 | 183 | 6.5 | 61 | 135 | 0.452 | 47 | 108 | 0.435 | 14 | 19 | 0.737 | 19 | 61 | 80 | 2.9 | 39 | 37 | 20 | 16 | 3 |
| Jeremy Fears | 19 | 16 | 509 | 26.8 | 182 | 9.6 | 67 | 159 | 0.421 | 16 | 54 | 0.296 | 32 | 47 | 0.681 | 21 | 27 | 48 | 2.5 | 79 | 31 | 62 | 37 | 4 |
| Jerome Tillman | 26 | 5 | 400 | 15.4 | 175 | 6.7 | 65 | 124 | 0.524 | 1 | 16 | 0.063 | 44 | 61 | 0.721 | 37 | 62 | 99 | 3.8 | 7 | 42 | 20 | 13 | 15 |
| Antonio Chatman | 30 | 14 | 694 | 23.1 | 153 | 5.1 | 45 | 112 | 0.402 | 17 | 48 | 0.354 | 46 | 60 | 0.767 | 7 | 33 | 40 | 1.3 | 89 | 40 | 55 | 22 | 1 |
| Johnnie Jackson | 30 | 0 | 398 | 13.3 | 120 | 4 | 41 | 102 | 0.402 | 8 | 35 | 0.229 | 30 | 40 | 0.75 | 27 | 47 | 74 | 2.5 | 18 | 42 | 27 | 17 | 7 |
| Ken Ottrix | 14 | 0 | 50 | 3.6 | 22 | 1.6 | 10 | 20 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 1.1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Stephen King | 9 | 0 | 30 | 3.3 | 14 | 1.6 | 5 | 7 | 0.714 | 3 | 5 | 0.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Annen | 14 | 0 | 61 | 4.4 | 5 | 0.4 | 1 | 5 | 0.2 | 1 | 4 | 0.25 | 2 | 7 | 0.286 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Seth Bauman | 5 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1.4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Cliff McGowen | 5 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 30 | - | 6050 | - | 2077 | 69.2 | 719 | 1570 | 0.458 | 218 | 609 | 0.358 | 421 | 606 | 0.695 | 330 | 656 | 986 | 32.9 | 427 | 502 | 424 | 255 | 70 |
| Opponents | 30 | - | 6050 | - | 1935 | 64.5 | 712 | 1610 | 0.442 | | | - | | | - | | | 957 | 31.9 | | | | | |
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