| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1976–77 |
| Team: | Ohio Bobcats |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 9–17 |
| Conf Record: | 4–12 |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
The 1976–77 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1976–77. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his third season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 9–17 and eighth in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 4–12.[3]
|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular SeasonSource:[4] [3]
Final 1976–77 statistics
| Scoring | 1914 | 1975 |
| Scoring Average | 73.62 | 75.96 |
| Field goals – Att | 731–1705 | 800–1648 |
| Free throws – Att | 452–623 | 375–550 |
| Rebounds | 958 | 1105 |
| 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 | ||||
| Steve Skaggs | 25 | align="right" | - | 482 | 19.3 | 190 | 395 | 0.481 | 102 | 143 | 0.713 | 178 | 7.1 | 57 | |||||||||
| Bucky Walden | 25 | align="right" | - | 338 | 13.5 | 125 | 282 | 0.443 | 88 | 129 | 0.682 | 107 | 4.3 | 73 | |||||||||
| Tim Joyce | 18 | align="right" | - | 326 | 18.1 | 128 | 300 | 0.427 | 70 | 95 | 0.737 | 119 | 6.6 | 60 | |||||||||
| Ernie Whitus | 20 | align="right" | - | 205 | 10.3 | 79 | 178 | 0.444 | 47 | 68 | 0.691 | 111 | 5.6 | 61 | |||||||||
| Kim Leonard | 11 | align="right" | - | 150 | 13.6 | 67 | 174 | 0.385 | 16 | 20 | 0.800 | 24 | 2.2 | 31 | |||||||||
| Bill Littlefield | 24 | align="right" | - | 119 | 5.0 | 50 | 117 | 0.427 | 19 | 31 | 0.613 | 67 | 2.8 | 57 | |||||||||
| Bob Leon | 26 | align="right" | - | 108 | 4.2 | 29 | 88 | 0.330 | 50 | 55 | 0.909 | 46 | 1.8 | 68 | |||||||||
| Cliff Sawyer | 23 | align="right" | - | 88 | 3.8 | 29 | 76 | 0.382 | 30 | 39 | 0.769 | 52 | 2.3 | 37 | |||||||||
| Mike Borden | 24 | align="right" | - | 37 | 1.5 | 10 | 30 | 0.333 | 17 | 26 | 0.654 | 67 | 2.8 | 49 | |||||||||
| John Kimbel | 10 | align="right" | - | 23 | 2.3 | 7 | 17 | 0.412 | 9 | 11 | 0.818 | 17 | 1.7 | 8 | |||||||||
| Mark Lauretti | 9 | align="right" | - | 20 | 2.2 | 9 | 27 | 0.333 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 5 | 0.6 | 9 | |||||||||
| Total | 26 | align="center" style= | - | align="center" style= | - | align="center" style= | - | 1914 | 73.6 | 731 | 1705 | 0.429 | 452 | 623 | 0.726 | 958 | 36.8 | 544 | |||||
| Opponents | 26 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 1975 | 76.0 | 800 | 1648 | 0.485 | 375 | 550 | 0.682 | 1105 | 42.5 | 563 | |||||
| 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 | |