Ohio Men's Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Ohio Bobcats

Mid-American (16-7, 9-5)

 
 
Big Wins: 12/6 Cleveland State (101-46), 3/12 vs Toledo (87-80), 3/13 vs Buffalo (84-69)
Bad Losses: 12/22 at Akron (70-90), 12/30 Bowling Green (75-83), 1/16 Kent State (79-89)
Coach: Jeff Boals
 
Probable Starters:
Jason Preston, Junior, Guard, 16.6 ppg, 7.2 apg, 6.8 rpg, 1.6 spg
Lunden McDay, Sophomore, Guard, 10.3 ppg, 1.3 apg
Dwight Wilson III, Senior, Forward, 14.9 ppg, 7.5 rpg
Ben Vander Plas, Junior, Forward, 12.8 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 3.8 apg
Ben Roderick, Sophomore, Forward, 12.4 ppg, 3.0 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Mark Sears, Freshman, Guard, 8.7 ppg, 3.5 apg
Miles Brown, Sophomore, Guard, 5.0 ppg, 1.3 apg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 80.2 (23rd in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 73.7 (258, 7)
Field-Goal Percentage: 48.4 (22, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 45.0 (242, 9)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.4 (70, 5)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.1 (109, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.3 (190, 8)
Rebound Margin: 0.9 (158, 4)
Assists Per Game: 18.1 (5, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 11.9 (76, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2016CBIFirst Round win over Albany
2016CBIQuarterfinal win over North Carolina-Greenville
2016CBISemifinal loss to Morehead State
2014CITFirst Round win over Cleveland State
2014CITSecond Round win over Wright State
2014CITQuarterfinal loss to VMI
2013NITFirst Round loss to Denver
2012NCAARound of 64 win over Michigan
2012NCAARound of 32 win over South Florida
2012NCAARegional Semifinal loss to North Carolina
2011CITFirst Round win over Marshall
2011CITSecond Round loss to East Tennessee State
2010NCAARound of 64 win over Georgetown
2010NCAARound of 32 loss to Tennessee
2008CBIFirst Round win over Brown
2008CBISecond Round loss to Bradley
2005NCAARound of 64 loss to Florida
 
*all team stats through 3/7