1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1969–70. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Convocation Center.[1][2] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 20–4 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 9–1.[3] They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. There they lost to Notre Dame in the First Round.[4]

1969–70 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA Tournament, First Round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
1969–70 record20–5 (9–1 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
1969–70 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Ohio91 .900205  .800
Bowling Green73 .700159  .625
Miami64 .600159  .625
Toledo55 .500159  .625
Kent State28 .200717  .292
Western Michigan17 .125518  .217
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
regular season
12/1/1969*
at Northwestern W 90–79  1–0
 
 
12/6/1969*
No. 3 Purdue W 80–79  2–0
 
 
12/13/1969*
No. 19 at No. 16 Ohio State W 82–80  3–0
 
 
12/15/1969*
No. 10 at Indiana W 89–83  4–0
 
 
12/17/1969*
No. 10 at Northern Illinois W 84–72  5–0
 
 
12/20/1969*
No. 10 Ball State W 92–82  6–0
 
 
12/26/1969*
No. 5 Fresno State W 92–80  7–0
 
 
12/29/1969*
No. 5 vs. Texas
Hurricane Classic
L 65–73  7–1
 
 
12/30/1969
No. 5 at Miami (FL)
Hurricane Classic
W 99–74  8–1
 
 
1/3/1970
No. 5 Kent State W 78–52  9–1
(1–0)
 
 
1/10/1970
No. 9 at Bowling Green L 65–85  9–2
(1–1)
 
 
1/14/1970
No. 14 Miami (OH) W 81–61  10–2
(2–1)
 
 
1/17/1970
No. 14 Toledo W 88–79  11–2
(3–1)
 
 
1/24/1970
No. 13 at Kent State W 77–68  12–2
(4–1)
 
 
1/28/1970
No. 13 at Western Michigan W 91–81  13-2
(5–1)
 
 
1/31/1970*
No. 13 at Wisconsin L 69–72  13-3
 
 
2/4/1970
at Toledo W 80–67  14–3
(6–1)
 
 
2/7/1970
Western Michigan W 107–68  15–3
(7–1)
 
 
2/11/1970*
at Marshall L 88–93  15–4
 
 
2/14/1970
at Miami (OH) W 58–57  16–4
(8–1)
 
 
2/18/1970*
Marshall W 100–86  17–4
 
 
2/21/1970*
Virginia Commonwealth W 95–75  18–4
 
 
2/25/1970*
Loyola (IL) W 93–70  19–4
 
 
2/28/1970
Bowling Green W 77–76  20–4
(9–1)
 
 
NCAA Tournament
3/7/1970*
No. 17 vs. No. 15 Notre Dame L 82–112  20–5
 
 
*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. "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  3. "1969-70 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  4. "1970 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
  5. "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
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