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2004–05 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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2004–05 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
MAC Tournament Champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record21–11 (11–7 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2004–05 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Miami (OH) 12 6   .667 19 11   .633
Buffalo 11 7   .611 23 10   .697
Ohio 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Akron 11 7   .611 19 10   .655
Kent State 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Marshall 3 15   .167 6 22   .214
West
Western Michigan 11 7   .611 20 13   .606
Toledo 11 7   .611 16 13   .552
Bowling Green 10 8   .556 18 11   .621
Ball State 10 8   .556 15 13   .536
Northern Illinois 7 11   .389 11 17   .393
Eastern Michigan 5 13   .278 12 18   .400
Central Michigan 4 14   .222 10 18   .357
2005 MAC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

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.[1][2] 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.[3][4] Leon Williams of Ohio was named the tournament MVP.[5] They represented the MAC in the NCAA tournament. There they lost in the first round to Florida.[6]

Roster

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2004–05 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 32 Matt Annen 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) So Elk River, Minnesota
G/F 15 James Bridgewater 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Ann Arbor, Michigan
G 10 Whitney Davis 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) So Ann Arbor, Michigan
G 3 Jeremy Fears 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Joliet, Illinois
G 21 Diamond Gladney 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Sr St. Louis, Missouri
G 00 Mychal Green 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Columbus, Ohio
F 23 Jeff Halbert 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr White Bear Lake, Minnesota
F 4 Terren Halbert 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 231 lb (105 kg) Sr Lexington, Kentucky
G 14 Stephen King 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 191 lb (87 kg) So Richfield, Minnesota
F 44 Cliff McGowen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 226 lb (103 kg) Jr Westerville, Ohio
C 33 Clay McGowen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Westerville, Ohio
F 1 Sonny Troutman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Indianapolis, Indiana
F 5 Leon Williams 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Baltimore, Maryland
Head coach

Tim O'Shea

Assistant coach(es)

John Rhodes
Brian Townsend
Adam Demong


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Coaching staff

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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

Preseason

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The preseason poll was announced by the league office on October 21, 2004.[7]

Preseason men's basketball poll

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

Schedule and results

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Source: [1]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular Season
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
1/2/05
7:00 pm
at Akron L 59–71  5–4 (0–1)
James A. Rhodes Arena (3,236)
Akron, OH
1/5/05
7:00 pm
at Ball State L 80–81  5–5 (0–2)
John E. Worthen Arena (3,668)
Muncie, Indiana
1/9/05
1:00 pm
Marshall W 77–68  6–5 (1–2)
Convocation Center (3,179)
Athens, OH
1/12/05
8:05 pm
at Northern Illinois L 71–74  6–6 (1–3)
Convocation Center (2,090)
DeKalb, IL
1/15/05
3:30 pm
at Kent State W 80–54  7–6 (2–3)
Convocation Center (7,942)
Athens, OH
1/19/05
7:00 pm
at Central Michigan W 74–54  8–6 (3–3)
McGuirk Arena (2,026)
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
1/22/05
8:00 pm
at Miami (OH) L 57–59  8–7 (3–4)
Millett Hall (4,411)
Oxford, Ohio
1/26/05
7:00 pm
Toledo W 76–68  9–7 (4–4)
Convocation Center (3,298)
Athens, OH
12/29/05
3:30 pm
Bowling Green W 72–69  10–7 (5–4)
Convocation Center (5,379)
Athens, OH
2/2/05
7:00 pm
at Buffalo W 92–90  11–7 (6–4)
Alumni Arena (3,416)
Buffalo, New York
2/5/05
3:30 pm
Western Mighigan W 89–85  12–7 (7–4)
Convocation Center (7,192)
Athens, OH
2/7/05
8:00 pm
at Bowling Green L 63–78  12–8 (7–5)
Anderson Arena (2,051)
Bowling Green, Ohio
2/12/05
4:00 pm
Miami (OH) W 61–57  13–8 (8–5)
Convocation Center (8,942)
Athens, OH
2/16/05
7:00 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
2/23/05
7:00 pm
Eastern Michigan W 68–65  15–9 (9–6)
Convocation Center (3,471)
Athens, Ohio
2/26/05
7:00 pm
at Marshall W 83–62  16–9 (10–6)
Henderson Center (5,949)
Huntington, West Virginia
3/2/05
7:00 pm
Buffalo W 90–77  17–9 (11–6)
Convocation Center (5,216)
Athens, OH
3/5/05
6:00 pm
at Kent State L 65–82  17–10 (11–7)
Memorial A & C Center (5,277)
Kent, Ohio
MAC Tournament
3/7/05
9:00 pm
Marshall
First Round
W 72–66  18–10
Convocation Center (5,463)
Athens, OH
3/10/05
9:15 pm
vs. Kent State
Quarterfinals
W 62–55  19–10
Quicken Loans Arena (6,851)
Cleveland, OH
3/11/05
7:00 pm
vs. Miami (OH)
Semifinals
W 63–56  20–10
Quicken Loans Arena (8,652)
Cleveland, OH
3/12/05
7:00 pm
vs. Buffalo
Finals
W 80–79 OT 21–10
Quicken Loans Arena (10,927)
Cleveland, OH
NCAA tournament
3/18/05
12:25 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.

Statistics

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Team statistics

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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[8]

Player statistics

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Minutes Scoring Total FGs 3-point FGs Free-Throws Rebounds
Player GP GS Tot Avg Pts Avg FG FGA Pct 3FG 3FA Pct FT FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg A PF TO Stl Blk
Mychal Green 31 31 1045 33.7 466 15 155 355 0.437 69 185 0.373 87 117 0.744 39 77 116 3.7 49 68 57 50 20
Sonny Troutman 32 32 954 29.8 403 12.6 132 279 0.473 29 96 0.302 110 138 0.797 39 84 123 3.8 100 81 95 72 9
Leon Williams 32 32 916 28.6 382 11.9 145 225 0.644 0 0 0 92 161 0.571 89 185 274 8.6 7 103 51 37 17
Jeremy Fears 32 27 938 29.3 352 11 121 304 0.398 21 104 0.202 89 123 0.724 24 53 77 2.4 118 72 106 58 2
Terren Harbut 31 29 740 23.9 261 8.4 79 183 0.432 0 1 0 103 143 0.72 50 71 121 3.9 28 97 38 9 17
Jeff Halbert 32 2 751 23.5 213 6.7 66 170 0.388 52 132 0.394 29 37 0.784 15 84 99 3.1 30 33 15 17 3
Whitney Davis 30 0 282 9.4 70 2.3 20 35 0.571 4 10 0.4 26 36 0.722 9 24 33 1.1 11 20 10 9 1
Clay McGowen 32 2 394 12.3 58 1.8 24 50 0.48 2 5 0.4 8 19 0.421 26 46 72 2.3 8 61 21 6 12
Diamond Gladney 32 5 326 10.2 51 1.6 19 47 0.404 3 14 0.214 10 19 0.526 2 19 21 0.7 21 25 21 12 3
James Bridgewater 13 0 45 3.5 11 0.8 5 14 0.357 1 3 0.333 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.3 1 2 1 2 2
Stephen King 5 0 15 3 9 1.8 3 8 0.375 1 5 0.2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0.2 1 3 1 1 0
Cliff McGowen 6 0 15 2.5 9 1.5 3 4 0.75 0 0 0 3 4 0.75 3 1 4 0.7 0 2 0 0 0
Matt Annen 10 0 29 2.9 3 0.3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0.333 2 4 6 0.6 0 4 0 0 0
Total 32 - 6450 - 2288 71.5 773 1675 0.461 182 555 0.328 560 802 0.698 348 702 1050 32.8 374 571 423 273 86
Opponents 32 - 6450 - 2174 67.9 766 1765 0.434 - - 1068 33.4
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[8]

Awards and honors

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All-MAC Awards

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Postseason All-MAC teams
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[9][10]

References

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  1. ^ "Convocation Center". Ohio University. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Tim O'Shea". Sports Reference. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Bobcats move within one win of NCAA berth". ESPN. Retrieved May 24, 2022.[dead link]
  4. ^ "Bobcats trailed by as many as 19". ESPN. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "Mid-American Conference men's basketball championship history". FOX News. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  6. ^ "Florida blows 20-point lead, but still finds a way to win". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 24, 2022.[dead link]
  7. ^ "MAC MEN'S BASKETBALL MEDIA DAY HELD IN CLEVELAND".
  8. ^ a b "2004-05 Ohio Bobcats Roster and Stats". Sports Reference.
  9. ^ "MAC ANNOUNCES 2005 ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM AND THREE SPECIALTY AWARDS".
  10. ^ "MAC ANNOUNCES 2005 ALL-MAC MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM".