1983–84 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team (original) (raw)

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1983–84 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference Mid-American Conference
Record 20–8 (14–4 MAC)
Head coach Danny Nee (4th season)
Home arena Convocation Center
Seasons← 1982–831984–85

1983–84 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings | vte | Conf | Overall | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | ------- | -- | | ---- | -- | - | -- | | ---- | | Team | W | | L | | PCT | W | | L | | PCT | | Miami† | 16 | – | 2 | | .889 | 24 | – | 6 | | .800 | | Ohio | 14 | – | 4 | | .778 | 20 | – | 8 | | .714 | | Bowling Green | 11 | – | 7 | | .611 | 18 | – | 10 | | .643 | | Toledo | 11 | – | 7 | | .611 | 18 | – | 11 | | .621 | | Northern Illinois | 9 | – | 9 | | .500 | 12 | – | 15 | | .444 | | Eastern Michigan | 8 | – | 10 | | .444 | 12 | – | 17 | | .414 | | Kent State | 8 | – | 10 | | .444 | 15 | – | 14 | | .517 | | Central Michigan | 6 | – | 12 | | .333 | 11 | – | 16 | | .407 | | Ball State | 5 | – | 13 | | .278 | 8 | – | 19 | | .296 | | Western Michigan | 2 | – | 16 | | .111 | 4 | – | 22 | | .154 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | † Mid-American Conference tournament winnerRankings from AP Poll | | | | | | | | | | |

The 1983–84 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1983–84. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his third season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 20–8 and second in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 14–4.[3]

Datetime, TV Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
11/26/1983* Charleston (WV) W 75–51 1–0
11/30/1983* at No. 16 DePaul L 45–69 1–1
12/3/1983* at Pennsylvania W 71–67 2–1
12/7/1983* at Duke L 63–82 2–2
12/10/1983* Niagara W 84–68 3–2
12/17/1983* at Ohio State L 69–73 3–3
12/27/1983* Brooklyn W 55–48 4–3
12/29/1983* at Manhattan W 78–57 5–3
12/30/1983* at Siena W 69–56 6–3
MAC regular season
1/4/1984 at Kent State W 65–55 7–3(1–0)
1/7/1984 Ball State W 66–48 8–3(2–0)
1/11/1984 at Western Michigan W 83–58 9–3(3–0)
1/14/1984 at Miami (OH) L 38–51 9–4(3–1)
1/18/1984 Central Michigan W 57–56 10-4(4–1)
1/21/1984 at Bowling Green L 46–51 10-5(4–2)
1/25/1984 Eastern Michigan W 65–47 11–5(5–2)
1/28/1984 at Toledo W 69–65 12–5(6–2)
2/1/1984 Northern Illinois W 79–51 13–5(7–2)
2/4/1984 at Ball State L 60–63 13–6(7–3)
2/8/1984 Western Michigan W 67–54 14–6(8–3)
2/11/1984 Miami (OH) W 82–68 15–6(9–3)
2/15/1984 at Central Michigan W 76–60 16–6(10–3)
2/18/1984 Bowling Green L 45–52 16–7(10–4)
2/22/1984 at Eastern Michigan W 73–71 17–7(11–4)
2/25/1984 Toledo W 59–52 18–7(12–4)
2/29/1984 at Northern Illinois W 85–65 19–7(13–4)
3/3/1984 at Kent State W 53–49 20–7(14–4)
MAC Tournament
3/9/1984 vs. Kent State Quarterfinals L 53–57 20–8(14–5)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][3]

Final 1983–84 statistics

Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1820 1644
Scoring Average 65.00 58.71
Field goals – Att 727–1520 625–1471
Free throws – Att 366–527 394–602
Rebounds 990 887
Assists 408 352
Turnovers 398 403
Steals 171 178
Blocked Shots 116 59

Source[5]

| | 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 | | John Devereaux | 27 | 27 | 894 | 33.1 | 504 | 18.7 | 199 | 364 | 0.547 | 106 | 132 | 0.803 | 277 | 10.3 | 40 | 76 | 53 | 15 | 70 | | Vic Alexander | 28 | 16 | 771 | 27.5 | 357 | 12.8 | 149 | 307 | 0.485 | 59 | 91 | 0.648 | 158 | 5.6 | 8 | 98 | 49 | 12 | 21 | | Robert Tatum | 28 | 28 | 952 | 34.0 | 328 | 11.7 | 128 | 265 | 0.483 | 72 | 85 | 0.847 | 69 | 2.5 | 82 | 66 | 65 | 38 | 2 | | Rick Scarberry | 27 | 7 | 349 | 21.0 | 120 | 4.4 | 58 | 129 | 0.450 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 23 | 2.3 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 0 | | Eddie Hicks | 25 | 7 | 525 | 12.9 | 110 | 4.4 | 42 | 86 | 0.488 | 26 | 38 | 0.684 | 58 | 0.9 | 15 | 57 | 30 | 20 | 4 | | Paul Baron | 28 | 27 | 851 | 30.4 | 106 | 3.8 | 36 | 103 | 0.350 | 34 | 61 | 0.557 | 92 | 3.3 | 158 | 71 | 81 | 37 | 3 | | Nate Cole | 25 | 5 | 381 | 15.2 | 90 | 3.6 | 38 | 91 | 0.418 | 14 | 35 | 0.400 | 59 | 2.4 | 8 | 47 | 11 | 9 | 6 | | Roger Smith | 27 | 0 | 388 | 13.1 | 81 | 3.2 | 30 | 69 | 0.435 | 21 | 33 | 0.636 | 32 | 1.8 | 44 | 39 | 42 | 20 | 2 | | David Kowalski | 17 | 9 | 223 | 14.4 | 54 | 3.0 | 20 | 47 | 0.426 | 14 | 19 | 0.737 | 31 | 1.2 | 8 | 27 | 16 | 6 | 0 | | Sean Carlson | 28 | 3 | 306 | 3.8 | 39 | 1.8 | 16 | 38 | 0.421 | 7 | 14 | 0.500 | 80 | 0.8 | 16 | 48 | 28 | 1 | 8 | | _ Bruning | 11 | 0 | 42 | 10.9 | 20 | 1.4 | 7 | 13 | 0.538 | 6 | 8 | 0.750 | 9 | 2.9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | | Steve Becvar | 11 | 1 | 43 | 3.9 | 11 | 1.0 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 11 | 1.0 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | | Total | 28 | - | 0 | - | 1820 | 65.0 | 727 | 1520 | 0.478 | 366 | 527 | 0.694 | 990 | 35.4 | 408 | 557 | 398 | 171 | 116 | | Opponents | 28 | - | 0 | - | 1644 | 58.7 | 625 | 1471 | 0.425 | 394 | 602 | 0.654 | 887 | 31.7 | 352 | 502 | 403 | 178 | 59 |

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[5]

  1. ^ "Danny Nee". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1983-84 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1983-84 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.