1968–69 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1968–69 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

1968–69 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1968–69 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
NIT, Second Round
Conference	Mid-American Conference
1968–69 record	17–9 (9–3 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder;
Home arena	Convocation Center

The 1968–69 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1968–69. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and for the first time played their home games at the recently constructed Convocation Center.[1][2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 17–9 and finished second in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 9–3.[3] They were invited to the 1969 National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated West Texas State before losing to Tennessee in the second round.[4]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
regular season
11/30/1968*	at No. 12 Ohio State	L 77–85	0–1
12/3/1968*	Indiana	W 80–70	1–1
12/7/1968*	No. 16 Ohio Wesleyan	W 101–55	2–1
12/14/1968*	at Purdue	L 89–100	2–2
12/17/1968*	at Illinois	L 82–95	2–3
12/19/1968*	at Northwestern	L 80–89	2–4
12/27/1968*	vs. Wisconsin Milwaukee Classic	L 68–74	2–5
12/28/1968*	vs. Army Milwaukee Classic	W 68–60	3–5
12/31/1968*	MacMurray	W 95–75	4–5
1/4/1969	at Kent State	W 70–69	5–5 (1–0)
1/7/1969*	West Virginia Wesleyan	W 111–51	6–5
1/11/1969	Bowling Green	L 74–75	6–6 (1–1)
1/15/1969	at Miami (OH)	L 53–67	6–7 (1–2)
1/18/1969	at Toledo	W 92–86 ^OT	7–7 (2–2)
1/25/1969	Kent State	W 75–72 ^OT	8-7 (3–2)
1/29/1969	Western Michigan	W 78–68	9–7 (4–2)
2/1/1969	at Marshall	W 110–94	10–7 (5–2)
2/5/1969	Toledo	W 98–95 ^OT	11–7 (6–2)
2/8/1969	at Western Michigan	L 89–97	11–8 (6–3)
2/15/1969	Miami (OH)	W 60–59	12–8 (7–3)
2/17/1969*	Loyola (IL)	W 103–92	13–8
2/22/1969	Marshall	W 86–80	14–8 (8–3)
2/24/1969*	Northern Illinois	W 87–86	15–8
3/1/1969	at Bowling Green	W 95–88 ^OT	16–8 (9–3)
National Invitation Tournament Tournament
3/14/1969*	vs. West Texas State	W 82–80	17–8
3/17/1969*	vs. Tennessee NIT Quarterfinals	L 64–75	17–9
*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 2022-02-08.
"Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
"1968-69 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
"1969 National Invitational Tournament". The Sports Almanac. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
"Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

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[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-08.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-02-08.

[SR-3] "1968-69 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-08.

[4] "1969 National Invitational Tournament". The Sports Almanac. Retrieved 2022-02-08.

[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

1968–69 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Miami	10	–	2	.833	15	–	12	.556
Ohio	9	–	3	.750	17	–	9	.654
Kent State	6	–	6	.500	14	–	10	.583
Western Michigan	6	–	6	.500	11	–	13	.458
Toledo	5	–	7	.417	13	–	11	.542
Bowling Green	3	–	9	.250	9	–	15	.375
Marshall	3	–	9	.250	9	–	15	.375

Rankings from AP Poll