1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1959–60 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Regular Season champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Mid-American Conference
1959–60 record	17–8 (10–2 MAC)
Head coach	Jim Snyder;
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium

The 1959–60 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1959–60. The team was coached by Jim Snyder and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium.[1] The Bobcats finished the regular season with a record of 16–6 and won MAC regular season title with a conference record of 10–2.[2] They received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. There they defeated Notre Dame before losing to Georgia Tech in the Sweet Sixteen.[3]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record
regular season
12/1/1959*		at West Virginia Wesleyan	W 73–72	1–0
12/3/1959*		at Marietta	W 89–72	2–0
12/8/1959*		at Morehead State	W 76–65	3–0
12/12/1959*		at Indiana	L 68–80	3–1
12/17/1959*		at DePaul	L 54–77	3–2
12/19/1959*		at Illinois	L 79–85	3–3
1/2/1960		at No. 16 Toledo	L 53–63	3–4 (0–1)
1/5/1960		Miami (OH)	W 104–89	4–4 (1–1)
1/9/1960		at Bowling Green	W 86–72	5–4 (2–1)
1/12/1960		at Marshall	W 87–77	6–4 (3–1)
1/16/1960		Western Michigan	W 88–70	7–4 (4–1)
1/18/1960*		St. Francis (PA)	W 82–79	8–4
1/23/1960		Kent State	W 100–72	9–4 (5–1)
1/30/1960		at Western Michigan	W 86–71	10–4 (6–1)
2/6/1960		Marshall	W 86–82	11–-4 (7–1)
2/9/1960*		Stewart AFB	W 95–74	12–-4
2/12/1960		at Kent State	W 84–68	13–4 (8–1)
2/15/1960		No. 12 Toledo	W 71–67	14–4 (9–1)
2/20/1960	No. 18	Bowling Green	W 85–70	15–4 (10–1)
2/23/1960	No. 18	at Miami (OH)	L 74–88	15–5 (10–2)
2/29/1960*		Morehead State	W 96–66	16–5
3/2/1960*		Marietta	L 66–74	16–6
NCAA Tournament
3/8/1969*		vs. Notre Dame	W 74–66	17–6
3/11/1960*		vs. No. 13 Georgia Tech Sweet Sixteen	L 54–57	17–7
3/12/1960*		vs. Western Kentucky Regional Consolation	L 87–97	17–8
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: [4][2]

References

"James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
"1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
"1960 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved 2022-02-05.
"Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

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[1] "James Snyder". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-06.

[SR-2] "1959-60 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-05.

[3] "1960 NCAA tournament: Bracket, scores, stats, records". NCAA. Retrieved 2022-02-05.

[4] "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Venues	Ewing Hall (1907–1908) Ohio Gymnasium (1908–1923) Men's Gymnasium (1924–1960) Grover Center (1960–1968) Convocation Center (1968–present)
Culture & lore	Rufus the Bobcat
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22

1959–60 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Ohio	10	–	2	.833	16	–	8	.667
Toledo	9	–	3	.750	18	–	6	.750
Bowling Green	6	–	6	.500	10	–	14	.417
Miami	6	–	6	.500	8	–	16	.333
Western Michigan	5	–	7	.417	13	–	11	.542
Marshall	4	–	8	.333	10	–	13	.435
Kent State	2	–	10	.167	7	–	16	.304

Rankings from AP Poll