Ohio Men’s Basketball 2021 NCAA Tournament Capsule

March 7, 2021 · CSM Staff
 

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:
 
2016 CBI First Round win over Albany
2016 CBI Quarterfinal win over North Carolina-Greenville
2016 CBI Semifinal loss to Morehead State
2014 CIT First Round win over Cleveland State
2014 CIT Second Round win over Wright State
2014 CIT Quarterfinal loss to VMI
2013 NIT First Round loss to Denver
2012 NCAA Round of 64 win over Michigan
2012 NCAA Round of 32 win over South Florida
2012 NCAA Regional Semifinal loss to North Carolina
2011 CIT First Round win over Marshall
2011 CIT Second Round loss to East Tennessee State
2010 NCAA Round of 64 win over Georgetown
2010 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Tennessee
2008 CBI First Round win over Brown
2008 CBI Second Round loss to Bradley
2005 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Florida
 
*all team stats through 3/7