# 1981–82 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1981–82 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1981–82. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his second season at Ohio. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–14 and sixth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 8–8.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 11/28/1981* | at East Carolina | L 54–72 | 0–1 | |
| 11/30/1981* | at UNC Wilmington | W 66–62 | 1–1 | |
| 12/2/1981* | at Marquette | L 45–49 | 1–2 | MECCA Arena (11,052) Milwaukee, WI |
| 12/4/1981* | Green Bay | W 68–57 | 2–2 | |
| 12/5/1981* | Illinois-Chicago | L 55–63 | 2–3 | |
| 12/19/1981* | at Maryland | L 64–90 | 2–4 | |
| 1/2/1982* | Capital | W 70–41 | 3–4 | |
| 1/6/1982 | Bowling Green | L 65–68 $^{OT}$ | 3–5 (0–1) | |
| 1/9/1982 | at Eastern Michigan | L 57–62 | 3–6 (0–2) | |
| 1/13/1982 | Toledo | W 69–67 | 4–6 (1–2) | |
| 1/16/1982 | at Northern Illinois | W 69–67 $^{OT}$ | 5–6 (2–2) | |
| 1/18/1982* | Loyola (MD) | W 77–63 | 6–6 | |
| 1/20/1982 | Ball State | W 68–67 | 7–6 (3–2) | |
| 1/23/1982 | at Miami (OH) | W 64–62 | 8-6 (4–2) | |
| 1/25/1982* | Radford | W 70–54 | 9-6 | |
| 1/27/1982 | Western Michigan | L 47–49 | 9–7 (4–3) | |
| 1/30/1982 | at Kent State | L 67–83 | 9–8 (4–4) | |
| 2/3/1982 | at Central Michigan | W 72–67 | 10–8 (5–4) | |
| 2/6/1982 | Eastern Michigan | W 72–54 | 11–8 (6–4) | |
| 2/10/1982 | at Toledo | L 64–74 | 11–9 (6–5) | |
| 2/13/1982 | Northern Illinois | L 68–70 | 11–10 (6–6) | |
| 2/15/1982* | at No. 3 DePaul | L 61–83 | 11–11 | Allstate Arena (13,180) Rosemont, IL |
| 2/17/1982 | at Ball State | L 49–59 | 11–12 (6–7) | |
| 2/20/1982 | Miami (OH) | W 78–54 | 12–12 (7–7) | |
| 2/24/1982 | at Western Michigan | L 53–60 | 12–13 (7–8) | |
| 2/27/1982 | Kent State | W 71–59 | 13–13 (8–8) | |
| MAC Tournament ||||||
| 3/2/1982 | at Northern Illinois | L 68–70 $^{OT}$ | 13–14 (8–9) | |
| *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 1981–82 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1731 | 1746 |
| Scoring Average | 64.11 | 64.67 |
| Field goals – Att | 684–1469 | 658–1450 |
| Free throws – Att | 363–531 | 430–618 |
| Rebounds | 930 | 901 |
| Assists | 370 | 387 |
| Turnovers | 425 | 387 |
| Steals | | |
| Blocked Shots | 97 | 58 |
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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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