1996–97 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1996–97 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	† 1997 MAC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

1996–97 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1996–97 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
1996–97 record	17–10 (12–6 MAC)
Head coach	Larry Hunter;
Assistant coaches	Mike Elfers; Reggie Rankin; Kevin Eckert;
Home arena	Convocation Center

The 1996–97 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1996–97. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center.[1][2] They finished the season 17–10 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 12–6.[3]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Geno Ford	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr	Cambridge, OH
C	50	Ed Sears	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	Sr	Brooklyn, N.Y
F	44	Curtis Simmons	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	Sr	Columbus, OH
F	35	Damion Washington	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Toledo, OH
F	32	Diante Flenorl	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Milwaukee, WI
F	33	Basra Fakhir	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	East Cleveland, OH
G	21	Jason Grunkemeyer	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Cincinnati, OH
G	10	Corey Reed	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Milwaukee, WI
G	22	Jim Peterson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Beaver Falls, PA
F	45	Paul Morris	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Rapid City, SD
F	24	Matt Jager	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Vista, CA
C	41	Andy Kanzig	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	So	Perrysville, OH
SG	00	Jonathan Berkley	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Louisville, KY

Head coach

Larry Hunter

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Elfers
Reggie Rankin
Kevin Eckert

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: July 4, 2014

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
Non-conference regular season
11/27/1996*	Wilmington	W 62 –48	1–0
11/30/1996*	at West Virginia	L 68–83	1–1
12/7/1996*	at Illinois State	L 69–81	1–2
12/12/1996*	at Cal State Northridge	W 80–73	2–2
12/14/1996*	at No. 23 UCLA	L 61–72	2–3
12/18/1996*	Wright State	W 74–59	3–3
12/21/1996*	Radford	W 83–65	4–3
12/28/1996*	Duquesne	W 85–67	5–3
MAC regular season
1/4/1997	Western Michigan	L 63–64	5–4 (0–1)
1/9/1997	at Ball State	L 76–86	5–5 (0–2)
1/11/1997	at Akron	W 67–64	6–5 (1–2)
1/13/1997	at Kent State	W 72–60	7–5 (2–2)
1/18/1997	at Miami (OH)	L 63–78	7–6 (2–3)
1/22/1997	Toledo	W 82–78	8–6 (3–3)
1/25/1997	Central Michigan	W 83–68	9-6 (4–3)
1/29/1997	at Bowling Green	L 59–72	9-7 (4–4)
2/1/1997	Ball State	W 79–58	10–7 (5–4)
2/3/1997	Eastern Michigan	W 71–70	11–7 (6–4)
2/5/1997	at Akron	W 71–67	12–7 (7–4)
2/8/1997	Kent State	W 79–59	13–7 (8–4)
2/12/1997	at Eastern Michigan	W 71–62	14–7 (9–4)
2/15/1997	Miami (OH)	W 67–65	15–7 (10–4)
2/17/1997	at Toledo	L 69–80	15–8 (10–5)
2/22/1997	at Central Michigan	W 100–82	16–8 (11–5)
2/26/1997	Bowling Green	W 89–87 ^OT	17–8 (12–5)
3/1/1997	at Western Michigan	L 73–82	17–9 (12–6)
MAC Tournament
3/4/1997	vs. Western Michigan Quarterfinal	L 68–74	17–10 (12–7)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: [4][3]

References

"Larry Hunter". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
"Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
"1997-98 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
"Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

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[1] "Larry Hunter". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-14.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-02-14.

[SR-3] "1997-98 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-14.

[4] "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

1996–97 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Bowling Green	13	–	5	.722	22	–	10	.688
Miami†	13	–	5	.722	21	–	9	.700
Ohio	12	–	6	.667	17	–	10	.630
Eastern Michigan	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
Ball State	9	–	9	.500	16	–	13	.552
Western Michigan	9	–	9	.500	14	–	14	.500
Kent State	7	–	11	.389	9	–	18	.333
Toledo	6	–	12	.333	13	–	14	.481
Akron	6	–	12	.333	8	–	18	.308
Central Michigan	4	–	14	.222	7	–	19	.269

† 1997 MAC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll