The 1979–80 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University as a member of the Mid-American Conference in the college basketball season of 1979–80. The team was coached by Dale Bandy in his sixth and final season at Ohio. They played their home games at Convocation Center. The Bobcats finished with a record of 8–18 and last (10th) in the MAC regular season with a conference record of 5–11. The 18 losses were the most in program history at the time.

Schedule

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Statistics Team statistics Final 1979–80 statistics

Scoring 1692 1906 Scoring Average 65.08 73.31 Field goals – Att 676–1571 731–1483 Free throws – Att 340–523 444–632 Rebounds 886 988 Assists 308 319 Turnovers Steals 158 150 Blocked Shots 49 77 Source

Player statistics MinutesScoringTotal FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPctFTFTAPctTotAvgAPFTO StlBlkKirk Lehman26-93135.845717.61833840.477911130.805592.36774291Spindle Graves26-75929.231512.11072650.4041011560.6471385.391101436Bill Littlefield25-63525.41987.9822010.40834460.739843.46074184Jim Zalenka22-49922.71747.9691490.46336530.679934.21841133Andre Adams25-65126.01375.5551320.41727440.6141154.61075124John Patterson24-45418.91114.651940.5439210.429682.8769513Tim Woodson25-37615.0963.838790.48120400.500512.0163098Doug Graves26-41616.0893.4411000.4107120.583742.844647Harold Moore25-37314.9763.0331170.28210270.370662.62844193Mick Isgrigg18-804.4221.29280.321470.571130.71330Tracy Poindexter9-778.6171.98220.364140.250171.961530Total26---169265.167615710.4303405230.65088634.130857215849Opponents26---190673.373114830.4934446320.70398838.031949715077 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

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