1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1960–61 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
1960–61 record	17–7 (10–2 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder;
Home arena	Grover Center

The 1960–61 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1960–61. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and for the first time played their home games at the recently constructed Grover Center.[1][2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 17–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.[3] They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. There they lost to Louisville in the First Round.[4]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
regular season
12/1/1960*	Ohio State	L 64–85	0–1
12/3/1960*	Youngstown State	W 87–74	1–1
12/6/1960*	at Morehead State	W 81–80	2–1
12/10/1960*	at St. Francis (PA)	W 80–72	3–1
12/14/1960	at Marshall	W 71–53	4–1 (1–0)
12/16/1960*	at No. 7 St. John’s	L 50–78	4–2
12/28/1960*	vs. South Dakota Canton Invitational	W 75–56	5–2
12/29/1960*	vs. Wittenberg Canton Invitational	W 50–48	6–2
1/4/1960	Marshall	W 88–79	7–2 (2–0)
1/7/1961	at Bowling Green	W 62–61	8–2 (3–0)
1/10/1961*	DePaul	L 60–69	8–3
1/14/1961	Western Michigan	W 64–62	9-3 (4–0)
1/16/1961	Toledo	W 55–50	10–3 (5–0)
1/21/1961*	Morehead State	W 87–71	11–3
1/28/1961	at Western Michigan	W 78–76	12–3 (6–0)
1/30/1961	at Kent State	W 89–85	13–3 (7–0)
2/4/1961	at Toledo	L 68–95	13–4 (7–1)
2/8/1961*	Miami (OH)	W 91–75	14–4 (8–1)
2/11/1961	Kent State	W 102–92	15–4 (9–1)
2/13/1961*	St. Francis (PA)	W 83–60	16–4
2/15/1961*	at Louisville	L 84–117	16–5
2/18/1961	Bowling Green	W 74–72	17–5 (10–1)
2/23/1961	at Miami	L 79–101	17–6 (10–2)
NCAA Tournament
3/14/1961*	vs. Louisville	L 70–76	17–7
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: [5][3]

References

"James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
"Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
"1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
"1961 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
"Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

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[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[2] "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[SR-3] "1960-61 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[4] "1961 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[5] "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Venues	Ewing Hall (1907–1908) Ohio Gymnasium (1908–1923) Men's Gymnasium (1924–1960) Grover Center (1960–1968) Convocation Center (1968–present)
Culture & lore	Rufus the Bobcat
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23

1960–61 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio	10	–	2	.833	17	–	7	.708
Toledo	8	–	4	.667	15	–	8	.652
Miami	7	–	5	.583	12	–	12	.500
Marshall	5	–	7	.417	11	–	13	.458
Bowling Green	4	–	8	.333	10	–	14	.417
Western Michigan	4	–	8	.333	10	–	14	.417
Kent State	4	–	8	.333	9	–	14	.391

Rankings from AP Poll