1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular season and MAC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record22–8 (14–4 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1984–85 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Ohio † 14 – 4   .778 22 – 8   .733
Miami 13 – 5   .722 20 – 11   .645
Toledo 11 – 7   .611 16 – 12   .571
Kent State 11 – 7   .611 17 – 13   .567
Eastern Michigan 9 – 9   .500 15 – 13   .536
Ball State 8 – 10   .444 13 – 16   .448
Western Michigan 7 – 11   .389 12 – 16   .429
Northern Illinois 7 – 11   .389 11 – 16   .407
Bowling Green 6 – 12   .333 12 – 15   .444
Central Michigan 4 – 14   .222 9 – 18   .333
† 1985 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1984–85 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1984–85. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his fifth season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 22–8 and won the MAC regular season championship with a conference record of 14–4.[3] They won the MAC tournament with wins over Kent State and Miami (OH).[4] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they lost to Kansas in the first round.[5]

Schedule

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/24/1984*
 St. Francis (PA) W 94–84  1–0
  
 
12/1/1984*
 at No. 12 Indiana L 73–90  1–1
  
 
12/7/1984*
 at Wichita State
McDonald’s Classic 		W 56–55  2–1
  
 
12/8/1984*
 vs. Illinois-Chicago
McDonald’s Classic 		L 64–72  2–2
  
 
12/12/1984*
 Ohio Wesleyan W 75–67  3–2
  
 
12/15/1984*
 Heidelberg W 77–70  4–2
  
 
12/16/1984*
 at Marshall W 76–71  5–2
  
 
12/28/1984*
 vs. San Jose State
Basketball Classic 		L 62–67  5–3
  
 
12/29/1984*
 vs. Eastern Kentucky
Basketball Classic 		W 58–52  6–3
  
 
MAC regular season
1/3/1985
 Miami (OH) W 73–62  7–3
(1–0) 		 
 
1/5/1985
 at Western Michigan L 79–84  7–4
(1–1) 		 
 
1/9/1985
 at Central Michigan W 75–66  8–4
(2–1) 		 
 
1/12/1985
 Bowling Green W 79–57  9–4
(3–1) 		 
 
1/16/1985
 at Eastern Michigan W 73–66  10–4
(4–1) 		 
 
1/19/1985
 Toledo W 62–55  11-4
(5–1) 		 
 
1/23/1985
 at Northern Illinois W 50–42  12-4
(6–1) 		 
 
1/26/1985
 Kent State W 77–58  13–4
(7–1) 		 
 
1/29/1985
 at Ball State W 60–58  14–4
(8–1) 		 
 
2/2/1985
 Western Michigan W 62–54  15–4
(9–1) 		 
 
2/6/1985
 Central Michigan W 56–52  16–4
(10–1) 		 
 
2/9/1985
 at Bowling Green W 60–56  17–4
(11–1) 		 
 
2/13/1985
 Eastern Michigan W 71–61  18–4
(12–1) 		 
 
2/16/1985
 at Toledo L 65–72  18–5
(12–2) 		 
 
2/19/1985
 Northern Illinois W 72–49  19–5
(13–2) 		 
 
2/23/1985
 at Kent State L 66–76  19–6
(13–3) 		 
 
2/27/1985
 Ball State W 64–56  20–6
(14–3) 		 
 
3/2/1985
 at Miami (OH) L 66–67  20–7
(14–4) 		 
 
MAC Tournament
3/8/1985
 vs. Kent State
Semifinal 		W 57–55  21–7
(15–4) 		 
 
3/9/1985
 vs. Miami (OH)
Championship 		W 74–64  22–7
(16–4) 		 
 
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1985*
 vs. No. 13 Kansas
Mideast Regional First Round 		L 38–49  22–8
  
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[6][3]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1984–85 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2014 1887
Scoring Average 67.13 62.90
Field goals – Att 773–1636 697–1567
Free throws – Att 468–681 493–719
Rebounds 1038 984
Assists 466 409
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source[7]

Player statistics

Minutes Scoring Total FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct FT FTA Pct Tot Avg A PF TO Stl Blk
Vic Alexander 27 390 14.7 161 300 0.537 68 106 0.642 195 2.4 13
Robert Tatum 25 368 14.4 136 301 0.452 96 115 0.835 60 7.2 77
Rick Scarberry 30 321 10.7 146 324 0.451 29 39 0.744 51 1.7 56
Eddie Hicks 29 280 9.7 94 181 0.519 92 123 0.748 195 6.7 25
Paul Baron 30 273 9.1 80 163 0.491 113 150 0.753 119 4.0 190
Eddie Washington 29 128 4.4 56 126 0.444 16 29 0.552 35 1.2 53
Henry Smith 25 90 3.6 32 77 0.416 26 63 0.413 99 4.0 15
Rich Stanfel 28 65 2.5 28 72 0.389 9 16 0.563 93 1.5 7
Marty Lehmann 15 38 2.3 17 35 0.486 4 7 0.571 22 3.3 4
John Rhodes 15 28 1.9 9 24 0.375 10 17 0.588 38 2.5 3
Jamie Brock 12 21 1.8 10 14 0.714 1 5 0.200 12 1.0 2
Roger Smith 15 12 0.8 4 19 0.211 4 11 0.364 12 0.8 21
Total 30 - 0 - 2014 67.1 773 1636 0.472 468 681 0.687 1038 34.6 466 630
Opponents 30 - 0 - 1887 62.9 697 1567 0.445 493 719 0.686 984 32.8 409 612
Legend
  GP  Games played   GS  Games started  Avg  Average per game
  FG  Field-goals made  FGA  Field-goal attempts  Off  Offensive rebounds
 Def  Defensive rebounds   A  Assists   TO Turnovers
 Blk  Blocks  Stl  Steals  High  Team high

Source[7]

References

  1. ^ "Danny Nee". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1984-85 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  4. ^ "Mid-American Conference men's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  5. ^ "1985 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
  6. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  7. ^ a b "1984-85 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.