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1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Mid-American Conference
East Division
5–21 (3–15 MAC)
Larry Hunter (9th season)
Mike Elfers
James Jones
Kevin Eckert
Convocation Center

The 1997–98 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1997–98. The team was coached by Larry Hunter and played their home games at the Convocation Center. They finished the season 5–21 and finished tied for last in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 3–15. 21 losses is the most in Ohio history.

Datetime, TV	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
11/29/1997*	at Wright State	W 57–56 OT	1–0
12/2/1997*	at Radford	L 63–72 OT	1–1	Dedmon Center Radford, VA
12/5/1997*	vs. St. Bonaventure Marquette Tournament	L 46–59	1–2
12/6/1997*	vs. Montana State Marquette Tournament	L 66–82	1–3
12/10/1997	at Kent State	L 52–63	1–4(0–1)	Memorial Gym Kent, OH
12/13/1997*	at West Virginia	L 63–89	1–5	WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
12/17/1997*	Cal State Northridge	W 79–77	2–5	Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/20/1997	Akron	L 55–69	2–6(0–2)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
12/23/1997*	at No. 22 Rhode Island	L 72–85	2–7	Keaney Gymnasium Kingston, RI
12/30/1997*7:00 pm, BBSN	No. 6 Kentucky	L 58–95	2–8	Convocation Center (13,083)Athens, OH
1/3/1998	at Eastern Michigan	L 64–85	2–9(0–3)	Bowen Field House Ypsilanti, MI
1/5/1998	at Toledo	L 46–57	2–10(0–4)	Savage Hall Toledo, OH
1/8/1998	Ball State	L 69–75	2–11(0–5)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/10/1998	Northern Illinois	W 73–57	3–11(1–5)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/17/1998	at Marshall	L 73–78	3-12(1–6)	Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
1/21/1998	Bowling Green	L 58–71	3-13(1–7)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
1/24/1998	at Miami (OH)	L 58–73	3–14(1–8)	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
1/29/1998	at Northern Illinois	L 47–85	3–15(1–9)	Chick Evans Field House DeKalb, IL
1/31/1998	at Ball State	L 57–106	3–16(1–10)	University Arena Muncie, IN
2/5/1998	Central Michigan	W 122–121 2OT	4–16(2–10)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/7/19983:00 pm	Western Michigan	L 68–86	4–17(2–11)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/14/1998	Marshall	L 63–72	4–18(2–12)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/18/1998	Miami (OH)	L 53–85	4–19(2–13)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
2/21/1998	at Bowling Green	L 60–69	4–20(2–14)	Anderson Arena Bowling Green, OH
2/23/1998	at Akron	L 65–86	4–21(2–15)	Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
2/25/1998	Kent State	W 76–61	5–21(3–15)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:

Final 1997–98 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1663	2014
Scoring Average	63.96	77.46
Field goals – Att	596–1452	681–1507
3-pt. Field goals – Att	117–399	160–420
Free throws – Att	354–558	492–687
Rebounds	961	938
Assists	326	356
Turnovers	509	348
Steals	122	254
Blocked Shots	60	79

Source

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

Final 1998 Division I Men's Basketball Statistics Report
Ohio Record Book Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine

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