| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1977–78 |
| Team: | Ohio Bobcats |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 13–14 |
| Conf Record: | 6–10 |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
The 1977–78 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1977–78. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his fourth season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–14 and seventh in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 6–10.[3]
|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular SeasonSource:[4] [3]
Final 1977–78 statistics
| Scoring | 2000 | 2024 |
| Scoring Average | 74.07 | 74.96 |
| Field goals – Att | 785–1707 | 810–1765 |
| Free throws – Att | 430–610 | 402–571 |
| Rebounds | 1082 | 1101 |
| Assists | 387 | 353 |
| Turnovers | ||
| Steals | 156 | 150 |
| Blocked Shots | 64 | 64 |
| 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 | ||||
| Tim Joyce | 25 | align="right" | - | 902 | 36.1 | 548 | 21.9 | 230 | 417 | 0.552 | 88 | 113 | 0.779 | 151 | 6.0 | 46 | 80 | 22 | 5 | ||||
| Steve Skaggs | 24 | align="right" | - | 903 | 37.6 | 487 | 20.3 | 200 | 414 | 0.483 | 87 | 118 | 0.737 | 114 | 4.8 | 37 | 56 | 15 | 4 | ||||
| Bucky Walden | 25 | align="right" | - | 791 | 31.6 | 237 | 9.5 | 89 | 215 | 0.414 | 59 | 75 | 0.787 | 74 | 3.0 | 94 | 70 | 38 | 5 | ||||
| Ernie Whitus | 27 | align="right" | - | 674 | 25.0 | 227 | 8.4 | 77 | 187 | 0.412 | 73 | 111 | 0.658 | 184 | 6.8 | 38 | 92 | 7 | 26 | ||||
| Brewer Gray | 25 | align="right" | - | 731 | 29.2 | 154 | 6.2 | 67 | 181 | 0.370 | 20 | 41 | 0.488 | 230 | 9.2 | 54 | 75 | 19 | 12 | ||||
| Bob Leon | 25 | align="right" | - | 394 | 15.8 | 86 | 3.4 | 20 | 38 | 0.526 | 46 | 59 | 0.780 | 28 | 1.1 | 68 | 45 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Jan Smoljan | 25 | align="right" | - | 297 | 11.9 | 72 | 2.9 | 24 | 64 | 0.375 | 24 | 36 | 0.667 | 31 | 1.2 | 24 | 28 | 11 | 2 | ||||
| Jim Zalenka | 22 | align="right" | - | 241 | 11.0 | 70 | 3.2 | 29 | 78 | 0.372 | 12 | 21 | 0.571 | 56 | 2.5 | 11 | 33 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Bill Littlefield | 19 | align="right" | - | 111 | 5.8 | 46 | 2.4 | 19 | 46 | 0.413 | 8 | 12 | 0.667 | 9 | 0.5 | 10 | 27 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| John Patterson | 23 | align="right" | - | 266 | 5.2 | 33 | 1.7 | 16 | 34 | 0.471 | 1 | 8 | 0.125 | 35 | 0.6 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Mark Lauretti | 13 | align="right" | - | 67 | 11.6 | 22 | 1.4 | 9 | 22 | 0.409 | 4 | 6 | 0.667 | 8 | 1.5 | 5 | 13 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Jim Marhulik | 16 | align="right" | - | 52 | 3.3 | 15 | 0.9 | 4 | 7 | 0.571 | 7 | 8 | 0.875 | 10 | 0.6 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Mike Borden | 4 | align="right" | - | 14 | 3.5 | 3 | 0.8 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Greg Winbush | 2 | align="right" | - | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 27 | align="center" style= | - | align="center" style= | - | align="center" style= | - | 2000 | 74.1 | 785 | 1707 | 0.460 | 430 | 610 | 0.705 | 1082 | 40.1 | 387 | 555 | 156 | 64 | ||
| Opponents | 27 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 2024 | 75.0 | 810 | 1765 | 0.459 | 402 | 571 | 0.704 | 1101 | 40.8 | 353 | 582 | 150 | 64 | ||
| 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 | |