1965–66 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

The 1965–66 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1965–66. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at Grover Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 13–10 and finished third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 6–6.

1965–66 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	13–10 (6–6 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder (17th season)
Home arena	Grover Center

1965–66 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Miami (Ohio)	11	–	1		.917			18	–	7		.720
Toledo	8	–	4		.667			13	–	11		.542
Ohio	6	–	6		.500			13	–	10		.565
Bowling Green State	6	–	6		.500			9	–	15		.375
Marshall	4	–	8		.333			12	–	12		.500
Western Michigan	4	–	8		.333			8	–	14		.364
Kent State	3	–	9		.250			8	–	16		.333
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Regular Season
12/1/1965*		DePauw	W 93–71	1–0
12/4/1965*		at Northwestern	L 60–62	1–1
12/6/1965*		Northern Illinois	W 102–64	2–1
12/11/1965*		at Loyola (IL)	L 78–96	2–2
12/13/1965*		at Purdue	W 74–73	3–2 (0–1)
12/15/1965*		San Francisco State	W 102–62	4–2
12/18/1966*		at Miami (FL)	L 100–105	4–3
12/21/1965*		at Davidson	L 63–96	4–4
12/30/1965*		Brown	W 90–52	5–4
1/5/1966		at Western Michigan	L 80–86	5–5 (0–1)
1/12/1966		Miami (OH)	L 56–68	5–6 (0–2)
1/15/1966		at Marshall	L 68–79	5–7 (0–3)
1/17/1966*		Seattle	W 84–73	6–7
1/22/1966		Western Michigan	W 96–86	7-7 (1–3)
1/29/1966		at Kent State	W 67–65	8-7 (2–3)
2/1/1966*		at Muskingum	W 70–59	9–7
2/5/1966		Bowling Green	W 95–87 2OT	10–7 (3–3)
2/9/1966		at Miami (OH)	L 55–70	10–8 (3–4)
2/12/1966		at Toledo	L 54–67	10–9 (3–5)
2/19/1966		Kent State	W 88–75	11–9 (4–5)
2/22/1966		Marshall	W 92–78	12–9 (5–5)
2/26/1966		at Bowling Green	L 78–90	12–10 (5–6)
3/2/1966		Toledo	W 77–69	13–10 (6–6)
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1965–66 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1830	1733
Scoring Average	79.57	75.35
Field goals – Att	759–1683	665–1564
Free throws – Att	392–612	403–574
Rebounds	1248	1026
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

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Player statistics

			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
Ken Fowlkes	20	-			322	16.1	128	263	0.487	66	94	0.702	210	10.5		72
John Schroeder	23	-			285	12.4	109	259	0.421	67	135	0.496	273	11.9		71
Dave Brown		-
Fred Cluff		-
_ Hamilton		-
Mike Hammond		-
Marshall Hatcher		-
_ Reichenbach		-
_ Spires		-
_ Williams		-
Total	23	-	-	-	1830	79.6	759	1683	0.451	392	612	0.641	1248	54.3		462
Opponents	23	-	-	-	1733	75.3	665	1564	0.425	403	574	0.702	1026	44.6		460

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	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

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