# 1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1976–77. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his third season at Ohio. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 9–17 and eighth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 4–12.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1976* | Pittsburgh | W 72–62 | 1–0 | |
| 12/4/1976* | Northwestern | L 71–73 | 1–1 | |
| 12/11/1976* | Marietta | W 85–72 | 2–1 | |
| 12/18/1976* | at Cleveland State | W 93–83 | 3–1 | |
| 12/22/1976 | Eastern Michigan | W 91–81 | 4–1 (1–0) | |
| 12/27/1976* | at Oklahoma City All-College Tournament | L 73–97 | 4–2 | The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK |
| 12/29/1976* | vs. St. Joseph's (PA) All-College Tournament | L 62–67 | 4–3 | The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK |
| 12/30/1976* | vs. Tulane All-College Tournament | W 93–67 | 5–3 | The Myriad Oklahoma City, OK |
| 1/5/1977 | at Toledo | L 66–82 | 5–4 (1–1) | |
| 1/8/1977 | Northern Illinois | L 65–81 | 5–5 (1–2) | |
| 1/12/1977* | at Marshall | L 71–79 | 5–6 | |
| 1/15/1977 | at Kent State | L 74–77 | 5–7 (1–3) | |
| 1/19/1977 | Ball State | L 63–66 | 5–8 (1–4) | |
| 1/22/1977 | at Miami (OH) | L 78–84 | 5-9 (1-5) | |
| 1/26/1977 | Western Michigan | W 80–74 | 6-9 (2-5) | |
| 2/2/1977 | at Ball State | L 64–65 | 6–10 (2-6) | |
| 2/5/1977 | at Bowling Green | W 69–68 $^{OT}$ | 7–10 (3–6) | |
| 2/7/1977* | at Loyola (IL) | L 73–74 | 7–11 | |
| 2/9/1977 | Toledo | L 74–75 | 7–12 (3–7) | |
| 2/12/1977 | at Northern Illinois | L 70–77 | 7–13 (3–8) | |
| 2/16/1977* | Virginia Tech | W 82–77 | 8–13 | |
| 2/19/1977 | Kent State | W 81–80 | 9–13 (4–8) | |
| 2/26/1977 | Miami (OH) | L 62–83 | 9–14 (4–9) | |
| 3/2/1977 | at Western Michigan | L 63–75 | 9–15 (4–10) | |
| 3/5/1977 | at Eastern Michigan | L 75–80 | 9–16 (4–11) | |
| 3/7/1977 | Central Michigan | L 64–76 | 9–17 (4–12) | |
| *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 1976–77 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 1914 | 1975 |
| Scoring Average | 73.62 | 75.96 |
| Field goals – Att | 731–1705 | 800–1648 |
| Free throws – Att | 452–623 | 375–550 |
| Rebounds | 958 | 1105 |
| 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 |
| Steve Skaggs | 25 | - | | | 482 | 19.3 | 190 | 395 | 0.481 | 102 | 143 | 0.713 | 178 | 7.1 | | 57 | | | |
| Bucky Walden | 25 | - | | | 338 | 13.5 | 125 | 282 | 0.443 | 88 | 129 | 0.682 | 107 | 4.3 | | 73 | | | |
| Tim Joyce | 18 | - | | | 326 | 18.1 | 128 | 300 | 0.427 | 70 | 95 | 0.737 | 119 | 6.6 | | 60 | | | |
| Ernie Whitus | 20 | - | | | 205 | 10.3 | 79 | 178 | 0.444 | 47 | 68 | 0.691 | 111 | 5.6 | | 61 | | | |
| Kim Leonard | 11 | - | | | 150 | 13.6 | 67 | 174 | 0.385 | 16 | 20 | 0.800 | 24 | 2.2 | | 31 | | | |
| Bill Littlefield | 24 | - | | | 119 | 5.0 | 50 | 117 | 0.427 | 19 | 31 | 0.613 | 67 | 2.8 | | 57 | | | |
| Bob Leon | 26 | - | | | 108 | 4.2 | 29 | 88 | 0.330 | 50 | 55 | 0.909 | 46 | 1.8 | | 68 | | | |
| Cliff Sawyer | 23 | - | | | 88 | 3.8 | 29 | 76 | 0.382 | 30 | 39 | 0.769 | 52 | 2.3 | | 37 | | | |
| Mike Borden | 24 | - | | | 37 | 1.5 | 10 | 30 | 0.333 | 17 | 26 | 0.654 | 67 | 2.8 | | 49 | | | |
| John Kimbel | 10 | - | | | 23 | 2.3 | 7 | 17 | 0.412 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 17 | 1.7 | | 8 | | | |
| Mark Lauretti | 9 | - | | | 20 | 2.2 | 9 | 27 | 0.333 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 5 | 0.6 | | 9 | | | |
| Total | 26 | - | - | - | 1914 | 73.6 | 731 | 1705 | 0.429 | 452 | 623 | 0.726 | 958 | 36.8 | | 544 | | | |
| Opponents | 26 | - | - | - | 1975 | 76.0 | 800 | 1648 | 0.485 | 375 | 550 | 0.682 | 1105 | 42.5 | | 563 | | | |
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