| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1956–57 |
| Team: | Ohio Bobcats |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 15–8 |
| Conf Record: | 7–5 |
| Hc Year: | 8th |
The 1956–57 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1956–57. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 15–8 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 7–5.[2]
|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular SeasonSource:[3] [2]
Final 1956–57 statistics
| Scoring | 2004 | 1785 |
| Scoring Average | 87.13 | 77.61 |
| Field goals – Att | 757–1781 | 664–1763 |
| Free throws – Att | 490–732 | 457–708 |
| Rebounds | 1253 | 1126 |
| Assists | ||
| Turnovers | ||
| Steals | ||
| Blocked Shots | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Fred Moore | 23 | align="right" | - | 453 | 19.7 | 193 | 432 | 0.447 | 67 | 97 | 0.691 | 240 | 10.4 | 54 | |||||||||
| Don Sifft | 23 | align="right" | - | 347 | 15.1 | 144 | 335 | 0.430 | 59 | 83 | 0.711 | 108 | 4.7 | 47 | |||||||||
| Dave Scott | 23 | align="right" | - | 306 | 13.3 | 117 | 271 | 0.432 | 72 | 113 | 0.637 | 298 | 13.0 | 65 | |||||||||
| Bob Anderson | 23 | align="right" | - | 267 | 11.6 | 84 | 180 | 0.467 | 99 | 131 | 0.756 | 88 | 3.8 | 61 | |||||||||
| Dick Norman | 22 | align="right" | - | 163 | 7.4 | 55 | 123 | 0.447 | 53 | 72 | 0.736 | 58 | 2.6 | 36 | |||||||||
| _ Williams | 21 | align="right" | - | 126 | 6.0 | 36 | 54 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bob Peters | 9 | align="right" | - | 80 | 8.9 | 32 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| _ Pell | 20 | align="right" | - | 76 | 3.8 | 25 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||
| _ Edwards | 21 | align="right" | - | 66 | 3.1 | 25 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| John Tudor | 16 | align="right" | - | 46 | 2.9 | 15 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jerry Wolf | 16 | align="right" | - | 45 | 2.8 | 19 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russ Grooms | 19 | align="right" | - | 27 | 1.4 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 23 | align="center" style= | - | align="center" style= | - | align="center" style= | - | 2004 | 87.1 | 757 | 1781 | 0.425 | 490 | 732 | 0.669 | 1253 | 54.5 | 429 | |||||
| Opponents | 23 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 1785 | 77.6 | 664 | 1763 | 0.377 | 457 | 708 | 0.645 | 1126 | 49.0 | 434 | |||||
| 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 | Stl | Steals | High | Team high | |