| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 1980–81 |
| Team: | Ohio Bobcats |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 7–20 |
| Conf Record: | 6–10 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
The 1980–81 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1980–81. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his first season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 7–20 and seventh in the MAC with a conference record of 6–10.[3] The 20 losses were the most in program history at the time.
|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular Season|-!colspan=9 style=| MAC TournamentSource:[4] [3]
Final 1980–81 statistics
| Scoring | 1758 | 2005 |
| Scoring Average | 65.11 | 74.26 |
| Field goals – Att | 710–1619 | 768–1597 |
| Free throws – Att | 338–507 | 469–653 |
| Rebounds | 978 | 979 |
| 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 | |||
| Tim Woodson | 26 | 887 | 34.1 | 349 | 13.4 | 143 | 305 | 0.469 | 63 | 85 | 0.741 | 167 | 6.4 | 30 | 68 | 54 | 17 | 3 | ||||
| Kirk Lehman | 27 | 936 | 34.7 | 324 | 12.0 | 118 | 255 | 0.463 | 88 | 112 | 0.786 | 53 | 2.0 | 103 | 79 | 70 | 29 | 0 | ||||
| Eric Hilton | 27 | 783 | 29.0 | 253 | 9.4 | 94 | 193 | 0.487 | 65 | 95 | 0.684 | 68 | 2.5 | 79 | 51 | 78 | 28 | 3 | ||||
| John Devereaux | 27 | 692 | 25.6 | 227 | 8.4 | 97 | 229 | 0.424 | 33 | 52 | 0.635 | 181 | 6.7 | 22 | 89 | 42 | 15 | 30 | ||||
| Jim Zalenka | 27 | 562 | 20.8 | 176 | 6.5 | 75 | 194 | 0.387 | 26 | 41 | 0.634 | 74 | 2.7 | 18 | 78 | 30 | 22 | 2 | ||||
| Nate Cole | 27 | 600 | 22.2 | 173 | 6.4 | 73 | 170 | 0.429 | 27 | 59 | 0.458 | 140 | 5.2 | 23 | 93 | 56 | 22 | 1 | ||||
| Sean Carlson | 26 | 524 | 20.2 | 129 | 5.0 | 53 | 126 | 0.421 | 23 | 40 | 0.575 | 96 | 3.7 | 25 | 73 | 29 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| Mick Isgrigg | 24 | 264 | 11.0 | 78 | 3.3 | 37 | 97 | 0.381 | 4 | 8 | 0.500 | 33 | 1.4 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| Willie Stevenson | 16 | 75 | 4.7 | 20 | 1.3 | 9 | 22 | 0.409 | 2 | 4 | 0.500 | 3 | 0.2 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| James Towns | 15 | 91 | 6.1 | 17 | 1.1 | 7 | 18 | 0.389 | 3 | 5 | 0.600 | 8 | 0.5 | 7 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Dennis Dylewski | 9 | 0.0 | 6 | 0.7 | 2 | 6 | 0.333 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 0.4 | ||||||||||
| Steve Becvar | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 2 | 3 | 0.667 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Dave Mathews | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0.500 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 4 | 2.0 | ||||||||||
| Total | 27 | align="center" style= | - | align="center" style= | - | align="center" style= | - | 1758 | 65.1 | 710 | 1619 | 0.439 | 338 | 507 | 0.667 | 978 | 36.2 | 0 | 584 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents | 27 | align="center" | - | align="center" | - | 2005 | 74.3 | 768 | 1597 | 0.481 | 469 | 653 | 0.718 | 979 | 36.3 | 530 | ||||||
| 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 | |