2019–20 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2019–20
Prev Year:2018–19
Next Year:2020–21
Team:Ohio Bobcats
Conference:Mid-American Conference
Division:East Division
Short Conf:MAC
Record:17–15
Conf Record:8–10
Head Coach:Jeff Boals
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Steve Snell
Asst Coach2:Lamar Thornton
Asst Coach3:Kyle Barlow
Stadium:Convocation Center

The 2019–20 Ohio University Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University for the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats were led by first-year head coach Jeff Boals, who was a 1995 graduate of Ohio University.[1] [2] [3] The team played their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.[4] They finished the season 17–15, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East division. As the No. 8 seed in the MAC tournament, they defeated Central Michigan in the first round before the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5]

Previous season

See main article: 2018–19 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team.

The Bobcats finished the 2018–19 season 14–17, 6–12 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division. As the No. 10 seed in the MAC tournament, they were defeated in the first round by Northern Illinois.[6]

On March 13, 2019, head coach Saul Phillips was fired. He finished his five-year tenure at Ohio with an 81–77 overall record.[7] Five days later, the school named Ohio alum Jeff Boals, head coach at Stony Brook, as their new head coach.[8]

Offseason

Coaching Staff Changes

Coaching Departures

Coaching Departures
Name Alma MaterPrevious positionNew position
Saul PhillipsUniversity of Wisconsin–PlattevilleHead coachHead coach (Northern State)[9]
Will RyanUniversity of Wisconsin–MilwaukeeAssistant coachHead coach (Wheeling Jesuit)[10]
Jason KempUniversity of Wisconsin–La CrosseAssistant coachAssistant coach (William & Mary)[11]
Jared SwansonConcordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota)Assistant coachAssistant coach (Northern State)[12]

Coaching Additions

Coaching Additions
Name Alma MaterPrevious positionNew position
Jeff BoalsOhio UniversityHead coach (Stony Brook) Head coach[13]
Steve SnellAssistant coach (Denver) Assistant coach[14]
Lamar ThorntonOhio Dominican UniversityAssistant coach (Stony Brook) Assistant coach[15]
Kyle BarlowConcordia University Ann ArborAssistant coach (Toledo) Assistant coach[16]

Departures

Departures
style= Namestyle= Numberstyle= Pos.style= Heightstyle= Weightstyle= Yearstyle= Hometownstyle= Reason
Jason Carter1F6'8"220JuniorJohnstown, OHTransferred to Xavier[17]
James Gollon3G6'5"200SeniorStevens Point, WIMedical[18]
Teyvion Kirk4G6'4"185JuniorJoliet, ILTransferred to Colorado State[19]
Torey James11G6'5"190Soph.Hickory, NCTransferred to Cape Fear CC[20]
Chris McGraw14G5'11"175Soph.Columbus, OHTransferred to Otterbien[21]
Jarrell Reeves21F6'5"200JuniorMurfreesboro, TNLeft Team
Gavin Block22G/F6'7"212SeniorLincoln, ILGraduated
Antonio Cowart23G6'2"175SeniorMcComb, MSTransferred to Mississippi College[22]
Doug Taylor45F6'9"248SeniorColumbus, OHGraduated

Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
style= Namestyle= Numberstyle= Pos.style= Heightstyle= Weightstyle= Yearstyle= Hometownstyle= Reason
Sylvester Ogbonda11F6'10"237SeniorPort Harcourt, NigeriaTransferred from Georgia Tech. Will have one year of eligibility remaining.[23]

Recruiting class

Walk-on in 2019-20

Preseason

The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 31, 2019.[24] Ohio was picked last in the MAC East.

Preseason rankings

East Division

MAC East preseason poll
style= Predicted finishstyle= Teamstyle= Votes (1st place)
1 (9) 69
2 (3) 58
3 43
4 37
5 33
6 Ohio 12

West Division

MAC West preseason poll
style= Predicted finishstyle= Teamstyle= Votes (1st place)
1 (11) 69
2 52
3 (1) 51
4 41
5 23
6 16

MAC Tournament Champions: Bowling Green (6), Toledo (2), Buffalo (1), Kent State (1), Miami (1), NIU (1)

Source[24]

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition |-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| MAC regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| MAC TournamentAll games from ohiobobcats.com.[25]

Statistics

Team statistics

Final 2019–20 statistics

Scoring 2286 2192
Scoring Average 71.44 68.50
Field goals – Att 822–1837 754–1802
3-pt. Field goals – Att 272–781 239–727
Free throws – Att 370–537 445–570
Rebounds 1134 1076
Assists 471 354
Turnovers 406 405
Steals 205 199
Blocked Shots 73 76
Source[26]

Player statistics

MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree-ThrowsRebounds
PlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgAPFTO StlBlk
Jason Preston3232121838.153816.82033940.51537910.407951310.725231832066.423837118463
Ben Vander Plas313110223348715.71833720.492411370.299801350.593391752146.98684893221
Jordan Dartis292990931.337512.91183000.393832180.38156670.8361156672.3364526323
Lunden McDay312988428.52538.2901930.46627700.38646640.7195039892.9286730256
Sylvester Ogbonda3232799252136.7761590.47810320.31351700.729671422096.526115482524
Ben Roderick23544319.31376481330.36136980.367580.6251538532.364214112
Nolan Foster2902578.9712.428590.475250.413260.51332451.64411617
Nate Springs2101798.564323480.47916400.4221622281.33201653
Mason McMurray18121912.2512.820570.35111390.2820001130412.31024433
Connor Murrell14014410.3312.211420.26201509140.6431120312.211211031
Miles Brown13113810.6231.87280.252110.1827110.6362111318141180
Marvin Price70547.7202.96180.3334100.4460.6672460.926250
Michael Brown1301148.8181.47250.282110.182230.667111120.912151090
John Tenerowicz4020551.3290.222140.250000110.311000
Total32align="center" style=-6400align="center" style=-228671.482218370.4472727810.3483705370.689299835113435.447153240620573
Opponents32align="center" -6400align="center" -219268.575418020.4182397270.3294455700.781273803107633.635457240519976
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  TOTurnovers
 Blk  Stl Steals High Team high
Source[26]

Awards and honors

Weekly Awards

Weekly Award Honors
MAC East player of the weekJason PrestonGNovember 18[27]
MAC East player of the weekJordan DartisGDecember 2[28]
MAC East player of the weekJason PrestonGDecember 9[29]
MAC East player of the weekJason PrestonGDecember 30[30]
MAC East player of the weekJason PrestonGFebruary 10[31]

All-MAC Awards

Postseason All-MAC teams
style= Teamstyle= Playerstyle= Positionstyle= Year
All-MAC Second TeamJason PrestonGSo.
All-MAC Third TeamBen Vander PlasFRS-So.
All-MAC Freshman TeamLunden McDayGFr.
Source[32]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Men's Basketball. Ohio University. en. 2019-10-16. 2019-10-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20191016173856/https://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/mbkb/coaches/index. dead.
  2. Web site: Jeff Boals. Sports Reference. en. 2022-09-29.
  3. Web site: Ohio Athletics Officially Introduces Boals As Men's Basketball Head Coach - Ohio University . www.ohiobobcats.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190328110718/http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/releases/20190318ld8207 . 2019-03-28.
  4. Web site: Convocation Center. Ohio University. en. 2022-09-29.
  5. Web site: 2019-20 Ohio Men's Basketball Schedule. 2020-10-16. Ohio University. en. 2020-01-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200111203927/https://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/schedule. dead.
  6. Web site: 2018-19 Ohio Men's Basketball Schedule. Ohio University. en. 2019-10-16.
  7. Web site: OU cans its highest-paid employee. Harrison. Alexander. The Athens NEWS. en. 2019-10-16.
  8. Web site: Jeff Boals lands 'dream job' at Ohio University. Popovich. Mike. The Repository. en. 2019-10-16.
  9. Web site: Northern State hires Saul Phillips as new head coach. Keloland . June 12, 2019 . September 27, 2022.
  10. Web site: Ryan named Wheeling Jesuit Head Men’s Basketball Coach. Wheeling University . July 1, 2019 . September 27, 2022.
  11. Web site: Jason Kemp. William and Mary Athletics . September 27, 2022.
  12. Web site: Jared Swanson. Northern State Athletics . September 27, 2022.
  13. Web site: Boals leaving Stony Brook for alma mater Ohio. ESPN . March 17, 2019 . September 27, 2022.
  14. Web site: Steve Snell. North Carolina State Athletics . September 27, 2022.
  15. Web site: Lamar Thornton. Ohio Athletics . September 27, 2022.
  16. Web site: Kyle Barlow. Ohio Athletics . September 27, 2022.
  17. Web site: Xavier University basketball picks up Ohio University transfer Jason Carter. Baum. Adam. Cincinnati.com. en. 2019-10-16.
  18. Web site: Despite all the pain, these Bobcats found each other. Journalist. Jason Arkley Messenger Staff. The Athens Messenger. en. 2019-10-16.
  19. Web site: Highly-ranked guard says he'll transfer from Ohio to Colorado State basketball team. Coloradoan. en. 2019-10-16.
  20. Web site: Torey James - Cape Fear CC. goseadevils.com. 2019-10-16.
  21. Web site: Chris McGraw. Huskers.com. 2011-11-16.
  22. Web site: Antonio Cowart Jr. - 2019-20 - Men's Basketball. Mississippi College Athletics. en. 2019-10-16.
  23. Web site: Bobcats secure grad transfer in the front court. July 29, 2021. Athens Messenger. May 24, 2019. Athens Messenger. en. Jason. Arkley.
  24. Web site: MAC Announces Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll & All-MAC Teams. 2022-05-20. Mid-American Conference. en.
  25. Web site: 2019-20 Ohio Men's Basketball Schedule. Ohio University. en. 2019-10-16. 2019-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20190818015132/https://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/mbkb/2019-20/schedule. dead.
  26. Web site: 2019-20 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats. Sports Reference. en.
  27. Web site: Preston Named MAC East Co-Player of the Week. Ohio Athletics. en.
  28. Web site: Dartis Named MAC East Co-Player of the Week . Ohio Athletics. en.
  29. Web site: Preston Named MAC East Co-Player of the Week . Ohio Athletics. en.
  30. Web site: Preston Earns MAC Weekly Honor for the Third Time This Season. Ohio Athletics. en.
  31. Web site: Preston Earns MAC Weekly Honor for the Fourth Time This Season. Ohio Athletics. en.
  32. Web site: Three Ohio Men's Basketball Members Earn MAC Postseason Honors. Ohio Athletics. en.

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