# 1971–72 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1971–72 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1971–72. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 15–11 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 7–3. They received a bid to the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Marquette in the First Round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1971* | | Muskingum | W 76–66 | 1–0 |
| 12/4/1971* | | at Northwestern | L 65–76 | 1–1 |
| 12/11/1971* | | No. 4 Ohio State | W 79–68 | 2–1 |
| 12/15/1971* | | No. 12 Indiana | W 79–70 | 3–1 |
| 12/20/1971* | No. 17 | at Michigan Michigan Tourney | L 81–87 | 3–2 |
| 12/21/1971* | No. 17 | vs. Detroit Michigan Tourney | L 77–84 | 3–3 |
| 12/23/1971* | No. 17 | at Cincinnati | L 67–104 | 3–4 |
| 12/30/1972* | | at No. 17 Marshall | L 81–88 | 3–5 |
| 1/4/1972* | | Missouri | L 76–78 | 3–6 |
| 1/8/1972 | | at Bowling Green | W 91–69 | 4–6 (1–0) |
| 1/12/1972 | | Kent State | W 85–74 | 5–6 (2–0) |
| 1/15/1972 | | Toledo | W 71–64 | 6–6 (3–0) |
| 1/19/1972* | | Virginia Tech | W 88–79 | 7–6 |
| 1/22/1972 | | Miami (OH) | L 77–91 | 7–7 (3–1) |
| 1/29/1972 | | at Kent State | L 77–88 | 7-8 (3–2) |
| 2/1/1972* | | VMI | W 98–60 | 8-8 |
| 2/5/1972 | | Western Michigan | W 80–79 | 9–8 (4–2) |
| 2/8/1972* | | MacMurray | W 108–69 | 10–8 (5–2) |
| 2/12/1972 | | at Miami (OH) | W 69–66 $^{OT}$ | 11–8 (6–2) |
| 2/16/1972* | | No. 10 Marshall | L 79–95 | 11–9 |
| 2/22/1972* | | Loyola (IL) | W 84–79 | 12–9 |
| 2/26/1972 | | at Toledo | W 66–56 | 13–9 (7–2) |
| 3/1/1972 | | at Western Michigan | L 83–100 | 13–10 (7–3) |
| 3/4/1972 | | Bowling Green | W 105–84 | 14–10 (8–3) |
| 3/7/1972 | | at Toledo | W 69–67 $^{OT}$ | 15–10 (9–3) |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/11/1972* | | vs. No. 7 Marquette | L 49–73 | 15–11 |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||
Source:

## Statistics
### Team statistics

    Final 1971–72 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2053 | 2011 |
| Scoring Average | 78.96 | 77.35 |
| Field goals – Att | 792–1755 | 788–1757 |
| Free throws – Att | 469–668 | 435–636 |
| Rebounds | 1195 | 1142 |
| Assists | | |
| Turnovers | | |
| Steals | | |
| Blocked Shots | | |
Source

### 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 |
| Tom Corde | 26 | - | | | 450 | 17.3 | 181 | 393 | 0.461 | 88 | 112 | 0.786 | 79 | 3.0 | | 57 | | | |
| Todd Lalich | 26 | - | | | 329 | 12.7 | 124 | 260 | 0.477 | 81 | 103 | 0.786 | 134 | 5.2 | | 88 | | | |
| Tom Riccardi | 26 | - | | | 323 | 12.4 | 132 | 301 | 0.439 | 61 | 105 | 0.581 | 167 | 6.4 | | 66 | | | |
| Denny Rusch | 25 | - | | | 224 | 9.0 | 79 | 183 | 0.432 | 66 | 96 | 0.688 | 170 | 6.8 | | 99 | | | |
| Bob Howell | 25 | - | | | 217 | 8.7 | 80 | 183 | 0.437 | 57 | 80 | 0.713 | 76 | 3.0 | | 51 | | | |
| Dave Ball | 23 | - | | | 209 | 9.1 | 80 | 171 | 0.468 | 49 | 72 | 0.681 | 124 | 5.4 | | 49 | | | |
| Bill Brown | 26 | - | | | 182 | 7.0 | 76 | 156 | 0.487 | 30 | 43 | 0.698 | 161 | 6.2 | | 43 | | | |
| Denny Thompson | 6 | - | | | 41 | 6.8 | 15 | 43 | 0.349 | 12 | 15 | 0.800 | 11 | 1.8 | | 17 | | | |
| Chris Collins | 8 | - | | | 18 | 2.3 | 7 | 15 | 0.467 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 11 | 1.4 | | 7 | | | |
| Bernard Rumpke | 10 | - | | | 18 | 1.8 | 6 | 17 | 0.353 | 6 | 11 | 0.545 | 13 | 1.3 | | 12 | | | |
| Dave Strack | 12 | - | | | 17 | 1.4 | 7 | 19 | 0.368 | 3 | 8 | 0.375 | 6 | 0.5 | | 8 | | | |
| Jeff Knight | 9 | - | | | 11 | 1.2 | 2 | 7 | 0.286 | 7 | 11 | 0.636 | 14 | 1.6 | | 3 | | | |
| Floyd Carter | 6 | - | | | 9 | 1.5 | 3 | 11 | 0.273 | 3 | 4 | 0.750 | 5 | 0.8 | | 1 | | | |
| Ken Heiby | 2 | - | | | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | | 3 | | | |
| Total | 26 | - | - | - | 2053 | 79.0 | 792 | 1755 | 0.451 | 469 | 668 | 0.702 | 1195 | 46.0 | | 505 | | | |
| Opponents | 26 | - | - | - | 2011 | 77.3 | 788 | 1757 | 0.448 | 435 | 636 | 0.684 | 1142 | 43.9 | | 501 | | | |
Source