# 1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1959–60. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 16–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Notre Dame before losing to Georgia Tech in the Sweet Sixteen.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1959* | | at West Virginia Wesleyan | W 73–72 | 1–0 |
| 12/3/1959* | | at Marietta | W 89–72 | 2–0 |
| 12/8/1959* | | at Morehead State | W 76–65 | 3–0 |
| 12/12/1959* | | at Indiana | L 68–80 | 3–1 |
| 12/17/1959* | | at DePaul | L 54–77 | 3–2 |
| 12/19/1959* | | at Illinois | L 79–85 | 3–3 |
| 1/2/1960 | | at No. 16 Toledo | L 53–63 | 3–4 (0–1) |
| 1/5/1960 | | Miami (OH) | W 104–89 | 4–4 (1–1) |
| 1/9/1960 | | at Bowling Green | W 86–72 | 5–4 (2–1) |
| 1/12/1960 | | at Marshall | W 87–77 | 6–4 (3–1) |
| 1/16/1960 | | Western Michigan | W 88–70 | 7–4 (4–1) |
| 1/18/1960* | | St. Francis (PA) | W 82–79 | 8–4 |
| 1/23/1960 | | Kent State | W 100–72 | 9–4 (5–1) |
| 1/30/1960 | | at Western Michigan | W 86–71 | 10–4 (6–1) |
| 2/6/1960 | | Marshall | W 86–82 | 11–-4 (7–1) |
| 2/9/1960* | | Stewart AFB | W 95–74 | 12–-4 |
| 2/12/1960 | | at Kent State | W 84–68 | 13–4 (8–1) |
| 2/15/1960 | | No. 12 Toledo | W 71–67 | 14–4 (9–1) |
| 2/20/1960 | No. 18 | Bowling Green | W 85–70 | 15–4 (10–1) |
| 2/23/1960 | No. 18 | at Miami (OH) | L 74–88 | 15–5 (10–2) |
| 2/29/1960* | | Morehead State | W 96–66 | 16–5 |
| 3/2/1960* | | Marietta | L 66–74 | 16–6 |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/8/1969* | | vs. Notre Dame | W 74–66 | 17–6 |
| 3/11/1960* | | vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech Sweet Sixteen | L 54–57 | 17–7 |
| 3/12/1960* | | vs. Western Kentucky Regional Consolation | L 87–97 | 17–8 |
| *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 1959–60 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1902 | 1779 |
| Scoring Average | 79.25 | 74.13 |
| Field goals – Att | 760–1780 | 679–1674 |
| Free throws – Att | 382–643 | 421–621 |
| Rebounds | 1397 | 1079 |
| 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 |
| Bunk Adams | 25 | - | | | 411 | 16.4 | 166 | 393 | 0.422 | 79 | 167 | 0.473 | 274 | 11.0 | | 67 | | | |
| Howie Jolliff | 25 | - | | | 400 | 16.0 | 165 | 364 | 0.453 | 70 | 122 | 0.574 | 445 | 17.8 | | 87 | | | |
| Larry Kruger | 24 | - | | | 393 | 16.4 | 158 | 333 | 0.474 | 77 | 100 | 0.770 | 188 | 7.8 | | 54 | | | |
| Billy Whaley | 25 | - | | | 283 | 11.3 | 108 | 250 | 0.432 | 67 | 96 | 0.698 | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | |
| Dale Bandy | 25 | - | | | 165 | 6.6 | 63 | 0 | 0.000 | 39 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | |
| Bruce Johnson | 14 | - | | | 118 | 8.4 | 44 | 0 | 0.000 | 30 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | |
| Dave Katz | 21 | - | | | 74 | 3.5 | 29 | 103 | 0.282 | 16 | 22 | 0.727 | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | |
| Verlyn Witte | 18 | - | | | 60 | 3.3 | 27 | 46 | 0.587 | 6 | 10 | 0.600 | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | |
| Loren Wilcox | 16 | - | | | 40 | 2.5 | 15 | 53 | 0.283 | 10 | 28 | 0.357 | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | |
| Bob Gaunt | 14 | - | | | 35 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 | 0.000 | 11 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | | 0 | | | |
| _ Calhoun | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Murray Cook | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mike Schuler | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 24 | - | - | - | 1902 | 79.3 | 760 | 1780 | 0.427 | 382 | 643 | 0.594 | 1397 | 58.2 | | 428 | | | |
| Opponents | 24 | - | - | - | 1779 | 74.1 | 679 | 1674 | 0.406 | 421 | 621 | 0.678 | 1079 | 45.0 | | 451 | | | |
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