1948–49 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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1948–49 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	6–16 (2–8 Mid-American)
Head coach	Dutch Trautwein (11th season)
Home arena	Men's Gymnasium
Seasons← 1947–48 1949–50 →

1948–49 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Cincinnati	9	–	1	.900	23	–	5	.821
No. 18 Butler	8	–	2	.800	18	–	5	.783
Western Michigan	4	–	6	.400	12	–	10	.545
Western Reserve	4	–	6	.400	9	–	15	.375
Miami (Ohio)	3	–	7	.300	8	–	13	.381
Ohio	2	–	8	.200	6	–	16	.273

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1948–49 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University in the college basketball season of 1948–49. The team was coached by Dutch Trautwein in his 11th and final season and played their home games at the Men's Gymnasium. They finished the season 6–16. They finished last (sixth) in the Mid-American Conference with a conference record of 2–8.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Opponent	Result	Record
Regular Season
*	Marietta	W 79–60	1–0
*	at Charleston (WV)	W 60–46	2–0
*	at Akron	L 56–59	2–1
*	Mount Union	L 35–38	2–2
*	at Morehead State	L 48–64	2–3
*	at Muskingum	L 50–56	2–4
	Western Reserve	W 77–48	3–4 (1–0)
	Butler	L 41–72	3–5 (1–1)
	at Butler	L 40–57	3–6 (1–2)
	Western Michigan	L 42–58	3–7 (1–3)
	at Cincinnati	L 47–78	3–8 (1–4)
	at Miami	L 46–53	3–9 (1–5)
*	Dayton	L 47–52	3–10
*	at Ohio Wesleyan	L 47–52	3–11
*	at Dayton	W 57–40	4–11
	Miami	W 54–43	5–11 (2–5)
*	at Marietta	L 58–68	5–12
*	Bowling Green	L 63–77	5–13
*	Ohio Wesleyan	W 57–55	6–13
	at Western Reserve	L 72–74	6–14 (2–6)
	Cincinnati	L 51–68	6–15 (2–7)
	at Western Michigan	L 56–69	6–16 (2–8)
*Non-conference game. Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Statistics

Team statistics

Final 1948–49 statistics

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	1193	1284
Scoring Average	54.23	58.36
Field goals – Att	467–1564	503–1540
Free throws – Att	259–432	278–468
Rebounds
Assists
Turnovers
Steals
Blocked Shots

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Player statistics

			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
_ Johnson	22	-			242	11.0	91	277	0.329	60	81	0.741				45
_ Kinsley	22	-			222	10.1	87	289	0.301	48	79	0.608				63
_ Dickey	22	-			213	9.7	87	301	0.289	39	55	0.709				67
_ McKown	22	-			139	6.3	57	184	0.310	25	50	0.500				27
_ Renner	22	-			102	4.6	33	136	0.243	36	60	0.600				36
_ Stefan	20	-			90	4.5	37	95	0.389	16	27	0.593				33
_ Gyurko	16	-			39	2.4	15	57	0.263	9	19	0.474				39
_ Pollock	15	-			34	2.3	13	59	0.220	8	16	0.500				26
G Williams	15	-			34	2.3	12	48	0.250	10	17	0.588				21
_ Ruoff	7	-			23	3.3	11	36	0.306	1	4	0.250				16
L Williams	10	-			18	1.8	8	17	0.471	2	8	0.250				7
_ Shreffler	12	-			16	1.3	7	20	0.350	2	5	0.400				10
_ Whyte	10	-			9	0.9	4	32	0.125	1	7	0.143				10
_ Luecke	4	-			8	2.0	3	7	0.429	2	3	0.667				2
Jack Schumacher	5	-			4	0.8	2	6	0.333	0	1	0.000				2
Total	22	-	-	-	1193	54.2	467	1564	0.299	259	432	0.600	0	0.0		404
Opponents	22	-	-	-	1284	58.4	503	1540	0.327	278	468	0.594		0.0		364

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

References

"William Trautwein". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
"Ohio Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Ohio University Athletics.
"1948-49 Ohio Bobcats Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
^ "1948-49 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.

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