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1983–84 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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1983–84 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record20–8 (14–4 MAC)
Head coach
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
1983–84 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Miami 16 2   .889 24 6   .800
Ohio 14 4   .778 20 8   .714
Bowling Green 11 7   .611 18 10   .643
Toledo 11 7   .611 18 11   .621
Northern Illinois 9 9   .500 12 15   .444
Eastern Michigan 8 10   .444 12 17   .414
Kent State 8 10   .444 15 14   .517
Central Michigan 6 12   .333 11 16   .407
Ball State 5 13   .278 8 19   .296
Western Michigan 2 16   .111 4 22   .154
Mid-American Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983–84 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1983–84. The team was coached by Danny Nee in his third season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 20–8 and second in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 14–4.[3]

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
11/26/1983*
Charleston (WV) W 75–51  1–0
 
 
11/30/1983*
at No. 16 DePaul L 45–69  1–1
 
 
12/3/1983*
at Pennsylvania W 71–67  2–1
 
 
12/7/1983*
at Duke L 63–82  2–2
 
 
12/10/1983*
Niagara W 84–68  3–2
 
 
12/17/1983*
at Ohio State L 69–73  3–3
 
 
12/27/1983*
Brooklyn W 55–48  4–3
 
 
12/29/1983*
at Manhattan W 78–57  5–3
 
 
12/30/1983*
at Siena W 69–56  6–3
 
 
MAC regular season
1/4/1984
at Kent State W 65–55  7–3
(1–0)
 
 
1/7/1984
Ball State W 66–48  8–3
(2–0)
 
 
1/11/1984
at Western Michigan W 83–58  9–3
(3–0)
 
 
1/14/1984
at Miami (OH) L 38–51  9–4
(3–1)
 
 
1/18/1984
Central Michigan W 57–56  10-4
(4–1)
 
 
1/21/1984
at Bowling Green L 46–51  10-5
(4–2)
 
 
1/25/1984
Eastern Michigan W 65–47  11–5
(5–2)
 
 
1/28/1984
at Toledo W 69–65  12–5
(6–2)
 
 
2/1/1984
Northern Illinois W 79–51  13–5
(7–2)
 
 
2/4/1984
at Ball State L 60–63  13–6
(7–3)
 
 
2/8/1984
Western Michigan W 67–54  14–6
(8–3)
 
 
2/11/1984
Miami (OH) W 82–68  15–6
(9–3)
 
 
2/15/1984
at Central Michigan W 76–60  16–6
(10–3)
 
 
2/18/1984
Bowling Green L 45–52  16–7
(10–4)
 
 
2/22/1984
at Eastern Michigan W 73–71  17–7
(11–4)
 
 
2/25/1984
Toledo W 59–52  18–7
(12–4)
 
 
2/29/1984
at Northern Illinois W 85–65  19–7
(13–4)
 
 
3/3/1984
at Kent State W 53–49  20–7
(14–4)
 
 
MAC Tournament
3/9/1984
vs. Kent State
Quarterfinals
L 53–57  20–8
(14–5)
 
 
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[4][3]

Statistics

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Team statistics

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Final 1983–84 statistics
Record Ohio OPP
Scoring 1820 1644
Scoring Average 65.00 58.71
Field goals – Att 727–1520 625–1471
Free throws – Att 366–527 394–602
Rebounds 990 887
Assists 408 352
Turnovers 398 403
Steals 171 178
Blocked Shots 116 59

Source[5]

Player statistics

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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
John Devereaux 27 27 894 33.1 504 18.7 199 364 0.547 106 132 0.803 277 10.3 40 76 53 15 70
Vic Alexander 28 16 771 27.5 357 12.8 149 307 0.485 59 91 0.648 158 5.6 8 98 49 12 21
Robert Tatum 28 28 952 34.0 328 11.7 128 265 0.483 72 85 0.847 69 2.5 82 66 65 38 2
Rick Scarberry 27 7 349 21.0 120 4.4 58 129 0.450 4 6 0.667 23 2.3 23 18 16 7 0
Eddie Hicks 25 7 525 12.9 110 4.4 42 86 0.488 26 38 0.684 58 0.9 15 57 30 20 4
Paul Baron 28 27 851 30.4 106 3.8 36 103 0.350 34 61 0.557 92 3.3 158 71 81 37 3
Nate Cole 25 5 381 15.2 90 3.6 38 91 0.418 14 35 0.400 59 2.4 8 47 11 9 6
Roger Smith 27 0 388 13.1 81 3.2 30 69 0.435 21 33 0.636 32 1.8 44 39 42 20 2
David Kowalski 17 9 223 14.4 54 3.0 20 47 0.426 14 19 0.737 31 1.2 8 27 16 6 0
Sean Carlson 28 3 306 3.8 39 1.8 16 38 0.421 7 14 0.500 80 0.8 16 48 28 1 8
_ Bruning 11 0 42 10.9 20 1.4 7 13 0.538 6 8 0.750 9 2.9 4 3 4 4 0
Steve Becvar 11 1 43 3.9 11 1.0 4 8 0.500 3 5 0.600 11 1.0 2 7 3 2 0
Total 28 - 0 - 1820 65.0 727 1520 0.478 366 527 0.694 990 35.4 408 557 398 171 116
Opponents 28 - 0 - 1644 58.7 625 1471 0.425 394 602 0.654 887 31.7 352 502 403 178 59
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

Source[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Danny Nee". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "1983-84 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
  5. ^ a b "1983-84 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.