# 1973–74 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1973–74 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1973–74. The team was coached by Jim Snyder, in his 25th and final season at Ohio, and played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 16–11 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 9–3. They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. There they lost to Marquette in the First Round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record |
| Regular Season ||||||
| 12/1/1973* | Northwestern | L 81–83 | 0–1 |
| 12/5/1973* | Marietta | W 80–53 | 1–1 |
| 12/8/1973 | No. 16 Eastern Michigan | W 73–54 | 2–1 (1–0) |
| 12/18/1973* | at Utah | L 68–70 | 2–2 |
| 12/21/1973* | at No. 1 UCLA | L 63–110 | 2–3 |
| 12/22/1973* | at No. 16 Southern California | L 68–80 | 2–4 |
| 12/29/1973* | at Ohio State | W 84–79 | 3–4 |
| 1/2/1974 | Ball State | W 99–88 | 4–4 (2–0) |
| 1/5/1974 | at Kent State | W 81–75 | 5–4 (3–0) |
| 1/7/1974* | Loyola (IL) | W 76–65 | 6–4 |
| 1/9/1974* | at No. 13 Wisconsin | L 68–69 | 6–5 |
| 1/12/1974 | Toledo | W 82–72 | 7–5 (4–0) |
| 1/16/1974 | at Miami (OH) | W 73–71 | 8–5 (5–0) |
| 1/19/1974 | Western Michigan | W 97–55 | 9–5 (6–0) |
| 1/23/1974* | at Cleveland State | W 102–78 | 10-5 |
| 1/26/1974 | at Central Michigan | L 83–84 | 10-6 (6-1) |
| 1/30/1974 | Bowling Green | L 66–74 | 10–7 (6–2) |
| 2/2/1974 | Kent State | W 95–65 | 11–7 (7–2) |
| 2/5/1974* | at Cincinnati | L 80–82 | 11–8 |
| 2/9/1974 | at Toledo | L 79–80 | 11–9 (7–3) |
| 2/13/1974 | Miami (OH) | W 85–70 | 12–9 (8–3) |
| 2/16/1974 | at Western Michigan | W 78–76 | 13–9 (9–3) |
| 2/18/1974* | at Fairfield | L 80–91 | 13–10 |
| 2/23/1974 | Central Michigan | W 79–78 $^{OT}$ | 14–10 (10–3) |
| 2/26/1974* | at Penn State | W 78–69 | 15–10 |
| 3/2/1974 | at Bowling Green | W 71–70 | 16–10 (11–3) |
| NCAA Tournament ||||||
| 3/9/1974* | vs. No. 11 Marquette | L 59–85 | 16–11 |
| *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 1973–74 statistics
| Record | Ohio | OPP |
| Scoring | 2128 | 2027 |
| Scoring Average | 78.81 | 75.07 |
| Field goals – Att | 875–1933 | 872–1893 |
| Free throws – Att | 378–548 | 283–415 |
| Rebounds | 1188 | 1070 |
| 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 |
| Walter Luckett | 27 | - | | | 617 | 22.9 | 254 | 524 | 0.485 | 109 | 150 | 0.727 | 159 | 5.9 | | 82 | | | |
| Bill Brown | 27 | - | | | 383 | 14.2 | 157 | 319 | 0.492 | 69 | 87 | 0.793 | 159 | 5.9 | | 55 | | | |
| George Green | 27 | - | | | 312 | 11.6 | 127 | 269 | 0.472 | 58 | 84 | 0.690 | 279 | 10.3 | | 79 | | | |
| Larry Slappy | 27 | - | | | 209 | 7.7 | 90 | 226 | 0.398 | 29 | 45 | 0.644 | 65 | 2.4 | | 63 | | | |
| Denny Rusch | 22 | - | | | 169 | 7.7 | 61 | 138 | 0.442 | 47 | 71 | 0.662 | 139 | 6.3 | | 77 | | | |
| Ulice Payne | 27 | - | | | 165 | 6.1 | 74 | 176 | 0.420 | 17 | 31 | 0.548 | 109 | 4.0 | | 39 | | | |
| Dave Ball | 26 | - | | | 152 | 5.8 | 63 | 173 | 0.364 | 26 | 44 | 0.591 | 112 | 4.3 | | 46 | | | |
| Denny Thompson | 26 | - | | | 51 | 2.0 | 21 | 52 | 0.404 | 9 | 12 | 0.750 | 17 | 0.7 | | 27 | | | |
| Mike Corde | 12 | - | | | 20 | 1.7 | 8 | 16 | 0.500 | 4 | 5 | 0.800 | 4 | 0.3 | | 4 | | | |
| Tom Hester | 10 | - | | | 18 | 1.8 | 6 | 12 | 0.500 | 6 | 9 | 0.667 | 8 | 0.8 | | 6 | | | |
| Alan Talbert | 8 | - | | | 15 | 1.9 | 6 | 14 | 0.429 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 4 | 0.5 | | 2 | | | |
| Doug Jauch | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dave Strack | | - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Total | 27 | - | - | - | 2128 | 78.8 | 875 | 1933 | 0.453 | 378 | 548 | 0.690 | 1188 | 44.0 | | 0 | | | |
| Opponents | 27 | - | - | - | 2027 | 75.1 | 872 | 1893 | 0.461 | 283 | 415 | 0.682 | 1070 | 39.6 | | | | | |
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