1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1978–79 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from AP Poll

1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
1978–79 record	16–11 (10–6 MAC)
Head coach	Dale Bandy;
Home arena	Convocation Center

The 1978–79 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1978–79. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his fifth season at Ohio.[1] They played their home games at Convocation Center.[2] The Bobcats finished with a record of 16–11 and third in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 10–6.[3]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record
regular season
11/30/1978*	at Florida	L 61–96	0–1
12/2/1978*	at Stetson	W 98–95	1–1
12/6/1978*	Marietta	W 92–71	2–1
12/9/1978	Ball State	L 69–70	2–2 (0–1)
12/16/1978*	at Youngstown State	W 86–71	3–2
12/18/1978*	at Cleveland State	W 76–74	4–2
12/29/1978*	at West Virginia West Virginia Classic	W 78–76	5–2
12/30/1978*	vs. Duquesne West Virginia Classic	L 74–85	5–3
1/6/1979	Western Michigan	W 101–82	6–3 (1–1)
1/10/1979	at Miami (OH)	W 74–68	7–3 (2–1)
1/13/1979	Eastern Michigan	W 76–64	8–3 (3–1)
1/17/1979	at Central Michigan	L 70–71	8–4 (3–2)
1/20/1979	Bowling Green	L 77–79 ^OT	8–5 (3–3)
1/22/1979*	St. Bonaventure	L 81–84 ^OT	8-6
1/24/1979	at Toledo	L 67–79	8-7 (3-4)
1/27/1979	Northern Illinois	W 94–78	9–7 (4-4)
1/31/1979*	at Marshall	L 81–94	9–8
2/3/1979	at Kent State	W 85–84 ^OT	10–8 (5–4)
2/7/1979	Miami (OH)	W 75–60	11–8 (6–4)
2/10/1979	at Western Michigan	W 82–70	12–8 (7–4)
2/12/1979*	at Loyola (IL)	L 75–104	12–9
2/17/1979	at Eastern Michigan	W 86–82	13–9 (8–4)
2/21/1979	Central Michigan	L 62–80	13–10 (8–5)
2/24/1979	at Bowling Green	W 80–71	14–10 (9–5)
2/26/1979*	Robert Morris	W 75–74	15–10
2/28/1979	Toledo	L 70–75	15–11 (10–5)
3/3/1979	at Ball State	W 81–74	16–11 (10–6)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: [4][3]

References

"Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-09.
"Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
"1978-79 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
"Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.

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[1] "Dale Bandy". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-09.

[2] "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

[SR-3] "1978-79 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

[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

1978–79 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 19 Toledo	13	–	3	.813	22	–	8	.733
Central Michigan	13	–	3	.813	19	–	9	.679
Ohio	10	–	6	.625	16	–	11	.593
Ball State	9	–	7	.563	16	–	11	.593
Northern Illinois	8	–	8	.500	14	–	13	.519
Kent State	7	–	9	.438	13	–	14	.481
Bowling Green	6	–	10	.375	14	–	13	.519
Miami	6	–	10	.375	9	–	18	.333
Eastern Michigan	5	–	11	.313	9	–	18	.333
Western Michigan	3	–	13	.188	7	–	23	.233

Rankings from AP Poll