1994–95 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1994–95 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Preseason NIT champions
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record24–10 (13–5 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1994–95 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Miami 16 – 2   .889 23 – 7   .767
Ohio 13 – 5   .722 24 – 10   .706
Eastern Michigan 12 – 6   .667 20 – 10   .667
Ball State † 11 – 7   .611 19 – 11   .633
Bowling Green 10 – 8   .556 16 – 11   .593
Toledo 10 – 8   .556 16 – 11   .593
Western Michigan 13 – 5   .722 15 – 12   .556
Kent State 5 – 13   .278 8 – 19   .296
Akron 4 – 14   .222 8 – 18   .308
Central Michigan 0 – 18   .000 3 – 23   .115
† 1995 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994–95 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1994–95. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center. The Bobcats won the 1994 Preseason NIT at Madison Square Garden, downing New Mexico State 84-80 in the championship game, and defeated Ohio State in Columbus in the same tournament.

Roster

1994–95 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 45 Jeff Boals 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Magnolia, OH
F 43 Ryan Greenwood 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Sr Indianapolis, IN
G 23 Mike Reese 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Hamilton, OH
G 21 Gus Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Huron, OH
C 50 Ed Sears 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Jr Brooklyn, N.Y
C 52 Jason Terry 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr Mount Gilead, OH
F 20 Gary Trent 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Columbus, OH
G 12 Geno Ford 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Cambridge, OH
F 44 Curtis Simmons 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 216 lb (98 kg) So Columbus, OH
G 31 Chet Feldman 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Munroe Falls, OH
F -- Basra Fakhir 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr East Cleveland, OH
C 41 Andy Kanzig 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Fr Perrysville, OH
G 22 Jim Peterson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr Beaver Falls, PA
F 32 Josh Stivison 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Lancaster, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular Season
Nov 16, 1994*
 at Ohio State
Preseason NIT 		W 78–67  1–0
 St. John Arena 
Columbus, Ohio
Nov 17, 1994*
 at No. 14 Virginia
Preseason NIT 		W 94–83  2–0
 University Hall 
Charlottesville, Virginia
Nov 18, 1994*
 No. 23 vs. George Washington
Preseason NIT 		W 82–76  3–0
 Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
Nov 19, 1994*
 No. 23 vs. New Mexico State
Preseason NIT 		W 84–80 OT 4–0
 Madison Square Garden 
New York, New York
Nov 30, 1994*
 No. 14 at No. 3 Kentucky L 74–79  4–1
 Rupp Arena (24,212)
Lexington, Kentucky
Dec 2, 1994*
 No. 14 vs. UC Irvine
Hawkeye Invitational 		W 81–72 OT 5–1
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena (13,045)
Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 3, 1994*
 No. 14 at Iowa
Hawkeye Invitational 		L 75–91  5–2
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,563)
Iowa City, Iowa
Dec 7, 1994*
 No. 21 Ohio Dominican W 87–57  6–2
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Dec 13, 1994*
 No. 19 Wright State W 90–56  7–2
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Dec 17, 1994*
 No. 19 at Xavier L 71–90  7–3
 Cincinnati Gardens 
Cincinnati, Ohio
Dec 20, 1994*
 West Virginia W 84–70  8–3
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Dec 30, 1994*
 Duquesne W 71–58  9–3
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
MAC Regular Season
Jan 4, 1995
 Ball State W 65–59  10–3
(1–0) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Jan 7, 1995
 at Miami (OH) L 55–64  10–4
(1–1) 		Millett Hall 
Oxford, Ohio
Jan 11, 1995
 Kent State W 85–62  11–4
(2–1) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Jan 14, 1995
 Bowling Green W 70–60  12–4
(3–1) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Jan 18, 1995
 at Toledo W 73–72  13–4
(4–1) 		Savage Hall 
Toledo, Ohio
Jan 21, 1995
 Akron W 81–61  14–4
(5–1) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Jan 25, 1995
 at Western Michigan W 80–68  15–4
(6–1) 		University Arena 
Kalamazoo, Michigan
Jan 28, 1995
 Central Michigan W 96–59  16–4
(7–1) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Feb 1, 1995
 at Eastern Michigan L 79–85  16–5
(7–2) 		Bowen Field House 
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Feb 4, 1995
 Miami (OH) L 69–80  16–6
(7–3) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Feb 8, 1995
 at Kent State W 75–64  17–6
(8–3) 		Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center 
Kent, Ohio
Feb 11, 1995
 at Bowling Green L 68–79  17–7
(8–4) 		Anderson Arena 
Bowling Green, Ohio
Feb 15, 1995
 Toledo W 89–62  18–7
(9–4) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Feb 18, 1995
 at Akron W 75–58  19–7
(10–4) 		James A. Rhodes Arena 
Akron, Ohio
Feb 22, 1995
 Western Michigan W 91–77  20–7
(10–4) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Feb 25, 1995
 at Central Michigan W 78–53  21–7
(11–4) 		Rose Arena 
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Mar 1, 1995
 Eastern Michigan W 75–60  22–7
(12–4) 		Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Mar 4, 1995
 at Ball State L 85–96  22–8
(12–6) 		Worthen Arena 
Muncie, Indiana
MAC Tournament
Mar 7, 1995*
 Western Michigan
MAC Tournament Quarterfinal 		W 72–56  23–8
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Mar 10, 1995*
 vs. Eastern Michigan
MAC Tournament Semifinal 		L 72–78  23–9
 John F. Savage Hall 
Toledo, Ohio
National Invitation Tournament
Mar 16, 1995*
 George Washington
First Round 		W 83–71  24–9
 Convocation Center 
Athens, Ohio
Mar 21, 1995*
 at Iowa
Second Round 		L 62–66  24–10
 Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, Iowa
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1993–94 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 2649 2369
Scoring Average 77.91 69.68
Field goals – Att 945–2017 818–2043
3-pt. Field goals – Att 178–528 188–582
Free throws – Att 581–876 545–805
Rebounds 1410 1187
Assists 524 440
Turnovers 516 447
Steals 186 272
Blocked Shots 134 89

Source[1]

Player statistics

Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A PF TO Stl Blk
Gary Trent 33 - - - 757 22.9 293 556 0.527 8 35 0.229 163 254 0.642 - - 423 12.8 79 75 115 20 26
Geno Ford 33 - - - 371 11.2 116 279 0.416 48 131 0.366 91 118 0.771 - - 68 2.1 90 93 60 42 0
Curtis Simmons 34 - - - 365 10.7 143 262 0.546 10 21 0.476 69 100 0.69 - - 237 7 73 82 0 43 15
Gus Johnson 33 - - - 315 9.5 91 262 0.347 73 216 0.338 60 79 0.759 - - 74 2.2 44 72 31 35 3
Jason Terry 34 - - - 301 8.9 109 186 0.586 0 1 0 83 129 0.643 - - 156 4.6 21 88 60 1 73
Mike Reese 34 - - - 145 4.3 53 139 0.381 12 40 0.3 27 36 0.75 - - 103 3 112 79 59 19 5
Ed Sears 34 - - - 145 4.3 53 108 0.491 0 0 0 39 72 0.542 - - 82 2.4 13 65 0 3 6
Jeff Boals 20 - - - 104 5.2 42 100 0.42 4 19 0.211 16 30 0.533 - - 88 4.4 63 56 45 9 1
Jim Peterson 27 - - - 84 3.1 27 73 0.37 22 57 0.386 8 15 0.533 - - 15 0.6 6 20 8 0 1
Ryan Greenwood 26 - - - 32 1.2 10 25 0.4 0 2 0 12 23 0.522 - - 46 1.8 15 20 8 8 4
Josh Stivison 13 - - - 16 1.2 6 18 0.333 0 1 0 4 8 0.5 - - 8 0.6 1 3 3 0 0
Chet Feldman 18 - - - 14 0.8 2 9 0.222 1 5 0.2 9 12 0.75 - - 9 0.5 7 8 7 6 0
Total 34 - - - 2649 77.9 945 2017 0.469 178 528 0.337 581 876 0.663 1410 41.5 524 661 516 186 134
Opponents 33 - - - 2369 71.8 818 2043 0.400 188 582 0.323 545 805 0.667 1187 36.0 440 745 447 272 89
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[1]

Rankings

Main article: 1994–95 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 11 Gary Trent Milwaukee Bucks

References

  1. ^ a b "1993-94 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.