| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1959–60 |
| Team: | Ohio Bobcats |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 17–8 |
| Conf Record: | 10–2 |
| Hc Year: | 11th |
| Champion: | MAC Regular Season champions |
| Bowl Result: | Sweet Sixteen |
The 1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1959–60. 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 16–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.[2] They received a bid to the NCAA tournament. There they defeated Notre Dame before losing to Georgia Tech in the Sweet Sixteen.[3]
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Final 1959–60 statistics
| Scoring | 1902 | 1779 |
| Scoring Average | 79.25 | 74.13 |
| Field goals – Att | 760–1780 | 679–1674 |
| Free throws – Att | 382–643 | 421–621 |
| Rebounds | 1397 | 1079 |
| 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 | ||||
| Bunk Adams | 25 | align="right" | - | 411 | 16.4 | 166 | 393 | 0.422 | 79 | 167 | 0.473 | 274 | 11.0 | 67 | |||||||||
| Howie Jolliff | 25 | align="right" | - | 400 | 16.0 | 165 | 364 | 0.453 | 70 | 122 | 0.574 | 445 | 17.8 | 87 | |||||||||
| Larry Kruger | 24 | align="right" | - | 393 | 16.4 | 158 | 333 | 0.474 | 77 | 100 | 0.770 | 188 | 7.8 | 54 | |||||||||
| Billy Whaley | 25 | align="right" | - | 283 | 11.3 | 108 | 250 | 0.432 | 67 | 96 | 0.698 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dale Bandy | 25 | align="right" | - | 165 | 6.6 | 63 | 0 | 0.000 | 39 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bruce Johnson | 14 | align="right" | - | 118 | 8.4 | 44 | 0 | 0.000 | 30 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Dave Katz | 21 | align="right" | - | 74 | 3.5 | 29 | 103 | 0.282 | 16 | 22 | 0.727 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Verlyn Witte | 18 | align="right" | - | 60 | 3.3 | 27 | 46 | 0.587 | 6 | 10 | 0.600 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Loren Wilcox | 16 | align="right" | - | 40 | 2.5 | 15 | 53 | 0.283 | 10 | 28 | 0.357 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Bob Gaunt | 14 | align="right" | - | 35 | 2.5 | 12 | 0 | 0.000 | 11 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||||||
| _ Calhoun | align="right" | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray Cook | align="right" | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Schuler | align="right" | - | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 24 | align="center" style= | - | align="center" style= | - | align="center" style= | - | 1902 | 79.3 | 760 | 1780 | 0.427 | 382 | 643 | 0.594 | 1397 | 58.2 | 428 | |||||
| Opponents | 24 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 1779 | 74.1 | 679 | 1674 | 0.406 | 421 | 621 | 0.678 | 1079 | 45.0 | 451 | |||||
| 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 | |