1963–64 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1963–64 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1963–64. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center.[1][2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 19–5 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.[3] They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. There they defeated Louisville and Kentucky before losing to Michigan in the Elite Eight.[4]

1963–64 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceMid-American Conference
1963–64 record21–6 (10–2 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaGrover Center
1963–64 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Ohio102 .833216  .778
Miami93 .750177  .708
Bowling Green75 .583149  .609
Western Michigan66 .5001014  .417
Kent State57 .4171113  .458
Toledo48 .3331311  .542
Marshall111 .083617  .261
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
regular season
12/2/1963*
Denison W 73–39  1–0
 
 
12/4/1963*
Morehead State W 105–84  2–0
 
 
12/7/1963*
at Wisconsin W 77–76  3–0
 
 
12/9/1963*
Southern Illinois W 76–69  4–0
 
 
12/14/1963
at Marshall W 85–69  5–0
(1–0)
 
 
12/17/1963*
at St. John’s W 58–54  6–0
 
 
12/18/1963*
at Army L 45–58  6–1
 
 
12/30/1963*
at Louisville L 61–69  6–2
 
 
1/4/1964
Bowling Green W 88–79  7–2
(2–0)
 
 
1/7/1964
at Western Michigan L 93–95  7–3
(2–1)
 
 
1/11/1964
at Toledo W 70–65  8–3
(3–1)
 
 
1/15/1964
Miami (OH) W 67–57  9–3
(4–1)
 
 
1/18/1964*
at St. Francis (PA) W 85–77  10–3
 
 
1/20/1964*
Muskingum W 76–58  11–3
 
 
1/25/1964
Western Michigan W 95–69  12–3
(5–1)
 
 
2/1/1964
at Kent State W 76–73  13-3
(6–1)
 
 
2/5/1964
Marshall W 98–82  14–3
(7–1)
 
 
2/8/1964
at Bowling Green L 69–76  14–4
(7–2)
 
 
2/19/1964
at Miami (OH) W 63–60  15–4
(8–2)
 
 
2/22/1964
Kent State W 65–44  16–4
(9–2)
 
 
2/25/1964*
at Morehead State W 85–67  17–4
 
 
2/29/1964*
Louisville W 88–79  18–4
 
 
3/3/1964*
at No. 9 Loyola (IL) L 87–103  18–5
 
 
3/7/1964
Toledo W 82–76  19–5
(10–2)
 
 
NCAA Tournament
3/10/1964*
vs. Louisville W 71–69 OT 20–5
 
 
3/13/1964*
vs. No. 4 Kentucky
Sweet Sixteen
W 85–69  21–5
 
 
3/14/1964*
vs. No. 2 Michigan
Elite Eight
L 57–69  21–6
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: [5][3]

References

  1. "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  2. "Grover Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
  3. "1963-64 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  4. "1964 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  5. "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
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