1974–75 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1974–75 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1974–75. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his first at Ohio. Bandy was promoted from assistant when long time coach Jim Snyder retired.^[1][2] They played their home games at Convocation Center.^[3] The Bobcats finished with a record of 12–14 and seventh in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 4–10.^[4]

1974–75 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	12–14 (4–10 MAC)
Head coach	Dale Bandy (1st season)
Home arena	Convocation Center
Seasons ← 1973–74 1975–76 →

1974–75 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Central Michigan	10	–	4		.714			22	–	6		.786
Toledo	9	–	5		.643			17	–	9		.654
Bowling Green State	9	–	5		.643			18	–	10		.643
Miami (Ohio)	8	–	5		.615			19	–	7		.731
Western Michigan	8	–	6		.571			16	–	10		.615
Eastern Michigan	4	–	9		.308			12	–	14		.462
Ohio	4	–	10		.286			12	–	14		.462
Kent State	3	–	11		.214			6	–	20		.231
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/30/1974*		at Wisconsin	L 62–71	0–1
12/3/1974*		Cleveland State	W 85–71	1–1
12/7/1974*		at Northwestern	L 68–71	1–2
12/14/1974*		at Ohio State	L 87–96	1–3
12/21/1974*		at Florida State	L 60–67	1–4
12/23/1974*		at South Florida	W 73–63	2–4
12/28/1974*		San Francisco State	W 75–59	3–4
12/30/1974*		at Loyola (IL)	W 75–63	4–4
1/4/1975		Kent State	W 68–53	5–4 (1–0)
1/7/1975*		Missouri	W 78–65	6–4
1/11/1975		at Toledo	L 56–80	6–5 (1–1)
1/15/1975		Miami (OH)	W 92–90 2OT	7–5 (2–1)
1/18/1975		at Western Michigan	L 66–71	7–6 (2–2)
1/22/1975		at Eastern Michigan	L 71–73	7–7 (2–3)
1/25/1975		Central Michigan	W 75–68	8-7 (3-3)
1/29/1975		at Bowling Green	W 75–69	9-7 (4-3)
2/1/1975		at Kent State	L 69–74	9–8 (4–4)
2/8/1975		Toledo	L 74–82	9–9 (4–5)
2/11/1975*		at Ball State	W 82–74	10–9
2/15/1975		Western Michigan	L 72–76	10–10 (4–6)
2/17/1975*		Fairfield	W 80–61	11–10
2/22/1975		at Central Michigan	L 88–117	11–11 (4–7)
2/26/1975		Bowling Green	L 66–73	11–12 (4–8)
3/1/1975		Eastern Michigan	L 57–62	11–13 (4–9)
3/4/1975*		Penn State	W 79–71	12–13
3/8/1975		at Miami (OH)	L 80–81	12–14 (4–10)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:^[5][4]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1974–75 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1913	1901
Scoring Average	73.58	73.12
Field goals – Att	756–1683	787–1685
Free throws – Att	401–554	327–464
Rebounds	1010	992
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

Source^[6]

Player statistics

			Minutes		Scoring		Total FGs			Free-Throws			Rebounds
Player	GP	GS	Tot	Avg	Pts	Avg	FG	FGA	Pct	FT	FTA	Pct	Tot	Avg	A	PF	TO	Stl	Blk
Walter Luckett	26	-			657	25.3	257	490	0.524	143	191	0.749	136	5.2		68
Total	26	-	-	-	1913	73.6	756	1683	0.449	401	554	0.724	1010	38.8		525
Opponents	26	-	-	-	1901	73.1	787	1685	0.467	327	464	0.705	992	38.2		533

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Avg	Average per game
FG	Field-goals made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	Off	Offensive rebounds
Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

Source^[6]

References

1. "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
2. "A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK MARCH 11-17". Sports Illustrated. March 25, 1974. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
3. "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
4. "1974-75 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
5. "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
6. "1974-75 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.