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2004–05 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

2004–05 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball

Mid-American Conference
East Division
21–11 (11–7 MAC)
Tim O'Shea (4th season)
John Rhodes
Adam Demong
Brian Townsend
Kevin Kuwik
Convocation Center

The 2004–05 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 2004–05. The team was coached by Tim O'Shea and played their home games at the Convocation Center. They finished the season 21–11 and 11–7 in MAC play to finish in a five way tie for second place and one game behind champion Miami. As the four-seed in the MAC tournament they beat Miami in the semi-finals and defeated Buffalo in overtime in the final. Leon Williams of Ohio was named the tournament MVP. They represented the MAC in the NCAA tournament. There they lost in the first round to Florida.

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name	Position	College	Graduating year
Tim O'Shea	Head coach	Boston College	1984
John Rhodes	Associate Head Coach	Ohio University	1988
Brian Townsend	Assistant coach	Michigan	1991
Adam DeMong	Assistant coach	Boston College	2003

The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 21, 2004.

Buffalo was picked by the media to win the East. Toledo was picked to win the West.

Source:

Datetime, TV	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
11/29/04*7:00 pm	San Francisco	W 81–66	1–0	Convocation Center (1,879)Athens, OH
12/2/04*7:00 pm	Butler	W 64–58	2–0	Convocation Center (2,033)Athens, OH
12/4/05*7:00 pm	Navy	W 90–55	3–0	Convocation Center (1,974)Athens, OH
12/7/04*7:00 pm	at St. Francis (PA)	L 74–83	3–1	DeGol Arena (1,103)Loretto, PA
12/11/04*1:00 pm	at American	L 55–64	3–2	Bender Arena (1,378)Washington, DC
12/18/04*2:00 pm	Duquesne	W 73–60	4–2	Convocation Center (1,891)Athens, OH
12/27/04*6:00 pm	vs. Binghamton FIU Holiday Tournament	W 67–63	5–2	U.S. Century Arena (1,498)Miami, FL
12/28/04*8:00 pm	vs. Florida International FIU Holiday Tournament	W 74–73 OT	5–3	U.S. Century Arena (1,406)Miami, FL
1/2/057:00 pm	at Akron	L 59–71	5–4 (0–1)	James A. Rhodes Arena (3,236)Akron, OH
1/5/057:00 pm	at Ball State	L 80–81	5–5 (0–2)	John E. Worthen Arena (3,668)Muncie, Indiana
1/9/051:00 pm	Marshall	W 77–68	6–5 (1–2)	Convocation Center (3,179)Athens, OH
1/12/058:05 pm	at Northern Illinois	L 71–74	6–6 (1–3)	Convocation Center (2,090)DeKalb, IL
1/15/053:30 pm	at Kent State	W 80–54	7–6 (2–3)	Convocation Center (7,942)Athens, OH
1/19/057:00 pm	at Central Michigan	W 74–54	8–6 (3–3)	McGuirk Arena (2,026)Mount Pleasant, Michigan
1/22/058:00 pm	at Miami (OH)	L 57–59	8–7 (3–4)	Millett Hall (4,411)Oxford, Ohio
1/26/057:00 pm	Toledo	W 76–68	9–7 (4–4)	Convocation Center (3,298)Athens, OH
12/29/053:30 pm	Bowling Green	W 72–69	10–7 (5–4)	Convocation Center (5,379)Athens, OH
2/2/057:00 pm	at Buffalo	W 92–90	11–7 (6–4)	Alumni Arena (3,416)Buffalo, New York
2/5/053:30 pm	Western Mighigan	W 89–85	12–7 (7–4)	Convocation Center (7,192)Athens, OH
2/7/058:00 pm	at Bowling Green	L 63–78	12–8 (7–5)	Anderson Arena (2,051)Bowling Green, Ohio
2/12/054:00 pm	Miami (OH)	W 61–57	13–8 (8–5)	Convocation Center (8,942)Athens, OH
2/16/057:00 pm	Akron	W 69–49	13–9 (8–6)	Convocation Center (3,722)Athens, OH
2/19/05*4:05 pm	at Detroit	W 66–65	14–9 (8–6)	Calihan Hall (2,275)Detroit, Michigan
2/23/057:00 pm	Eastern Michigan	W 68–65	15–9 (9–6)	Convocation Center (3,471)Athens, Ohio
2/26/057:00 pm	at Marshall	W 83–62	16–9 (10–6)	Henderson Center (5,949)Huntington, West Virginia
3/2/057:00 pm	Buffalo	W 90–77	17–9 (11–6)	Convocation Center (5,216)Athens, OH
3/5/056:00 pm	at Kent State	L 65–82	17–10 (11–7)	Memorial A & C Center (5,277)Kent, Ohio
3/7/059:00 pm	Marshall First Round	W 72–66	18–10	Convocation Center (5,463)Athens, OH
3/10/059:15 pm	vs. Kent State Quarterfinals	W 62–55	19–10	Quicken Loans Arena (6,851)Cleveland, OH
3/11/057:00 pm	vs. Miami (OH) Semifinals	W 63–56	20–10	Quicken Loans Arena (8,652)Cleveland, OH
3/12/057:00 pm	vs. Buffalo Finals	W 80–79 OT	21–10	Quicken Loans Arena (10,927)Cleveland, OH
3/18/0512:25 pm	vs. Florida First Round	L 62–67	21–11	Bridgestone Arena (17,018)Nashville, Tennessee
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Final 2004–05 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	2288	2174
Scoring Average	71.50	67.94
Field goals – Att	773–1675	766–1765
3-pt. Field goals – Att	182–555	–
Free throws – Att	560–802	–
Rebounds	1050	1068
Assists	374
Turnovers	423
Steals	273
Blocked Shots	86

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

Team	Player	Position	Year
All-MAC Honorable Mention	Leon Williams	F	Fr.
All-MAC Freshman team	Jeremy Fears	G	Fr.
All-MAC Freshman team	Leon Williams	F	Fr.

Source

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