2013–14 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team American college basketball season
The 2013–14 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team represented Ohio University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season . The Bobcats, led by second year head coach Jim Christian , played their home games at the Convocation Center as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference .[ 1] [ 2] They finished the season 25–12, 11–7 in MAC play to finish in third place in the East Division. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament where they lost to Akron. They were invited to the CollegeInsider.com Tournament where they defeated Cleveland State and Wright State to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to VMI. After the season Christian accepted the head coach position at Boston College .[ 3]
Before the season
Departures
Recruits
College recruiting information
Name
Hometown
High school / college
Height
Weight
Commit date
Antonio Campbell PF
Covington, KY
Holy Cross High School
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
225 lb (102 kg)
Sep 15, 2012
Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 68
Wadley Mompremier C
Miami, FL
Miami Senior High School
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Oct 6, 2012
Star ratings : Scout : Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: 53
D. J. Wingfield SF
Cincinnati, OH
Walnut Hills High School
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
205 lb (93 kg)
Oct 1, 2012
Star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: NR
Maurice Ndour PF
New Rochelle, NY
Monroe College (JC)
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
Oct 13, 2012
Star ratings : Scout : N/A Rivals : N/A 247Sports : N/A ESPN grade: JC
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note : In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.
Sources:
Season
The Bobcats started the 2013-14 season strong. In non-conference play the team went 10-3 only losing to #10 Ohio State , #20 Massachusetts , and Oakland . Once Mid-American Conference (MAC) play began the streak continued, starting 6-2 in conference play. At the conclusion of the regular season, the Bobcats finished 21-10, 11-7 in the MAC, and clinched the 5th seed in the 2014 MAC men's basketball tournament . With 21 wins, it is the 4th time within 5 years the Bobcats have reached 20 or more wins in a season. Senior Nick Kellogg broke the school record for career 3 point shots made (previously held by D. J. Cooper ) in his final regular season game against Miami {OH} .[ 4] Kellogg later broke the MAC record for career 3 point shots made in the first round MAC tournament win over Ball State .[ 5] Ohio lost to Akron in the quarterfinals of the 2014 MAC tournament.
Roster
2013–14 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Weight
Year
Hometown
F
0
Treg Setty
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
196 lb (89 kg)
RS So
Maysville, KY
G/F
2
D. J. Wingfield
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
200 lb (91 kg)
Fr
Cincinnati, OH
G
3
Javarez Willis
5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
175 lb (79 kg)
RS Jr
Homer, LA
F
4
Wadly Mompremier
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
213 lb (97 kg)
Fr
Miami, FL
F
5
Maurice Ndour
6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
203 lb (92 kg)
Jr
Mbour, Senegal
G/F
11
Khari Harley
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
170 lb (77 kg)
Fr
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
G
12
Drew Crabtree
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
185 lb (84 kg)
Fr
Marysville, OH
G/F
13
T. J. Hall
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
Sr
Gainesville, FL
G
15
Nick Kellogg
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
198 lb (90 kg)
Sr
Westerville, OH
G/F
20
Ricardo Johnson
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
207 lb (94 kg)
Sr
Covington, KY
F
21
Jon Smith
6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
189 lb (86 kg)
RS Sr
Grove City, OH
G
22
Stevie Taylor
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
167 lb (76 kg)
Jr
Gahanna, OH
G
24
Travis Wilkins
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
192 lb (87 kg)
Sr
Springfield, MO
F
33
Antonio Campbell
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
279 lb (127 kg)
Fr
Cincinnati, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster
Preseason
The preseason poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 29, 2013. Ohio was picked to finish third in the MAC East[ 6]
Preseason men's basketball poll
(First place votes in parentheses)
East Division
Akron 143 (18)
Buffalo 120 (6)
Ohio 94
Kent State 91 (1)
Miami 42
Bowling Green 35
West Division
Toledo 149 (24)
Western Michigan 108
Eastern Michigan 101 (1)
Ball State 89
Central Michigan 50
Northern Illinois 28
Tournament champs
Akron (14), Toledo (7), Buffalo (1)
Postseason
Ohio participated in the 2014 CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) where they beat Cleveland State 64-62 in the first round,[ 7] defeated Wright State 56-54 in the second round,[ 8] then lost to VMI 90-92 in the quarterfinals. Senior Jon Smith abruptly quit the team before the first round of the CIT, creating some controversy.[ 9] The 2013-14 seniors of the Bobcats are the all-time winningest class in the programs history.[ 10]
Schedule and results
Source: [1]
Date time, TV
Opponent
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/2/2013 *2:00 pm
Ashland
W 66–44
Convocation Center (5,742)Athens, OH
Non-conference games
11/9/2013 *2:00 pm
Northern Iowa
W 75–64
1–0
Convocation Center (11,162)Athens, OH
11/12/2013 *8:00 pm, BTN
at No. 10 Ohio State
L 69–79
1–1
Value City Arena (17,388)Columbus, OH
11/17/2013 *2:00 pm
Valparaiso
W 76–72
2–1
Convocation Center (6,144)Athens, OH
11/20/2013 *7:30 pm
at Morgan State
W 65–62
3–1
Talmadge L. Hill Field House (2,108)Baltimore, MD
11/23/2013 *2:00 pm
Heidelberg
W 85–57
4–1
Convocation Center (6,069)Athens, OH
11/26/2013 *7:00 pm
Mercer
W 76–67
5–1
Convocation Center (4,416)Athens, OH
11/30/2013 *2:00 pm
Evansville
W 81–59
6–1
Convocation Center (4,637)Athens, OH
12/7/2013 *6:00 pm
at Oakland
L 56–73
6–2
Athletics Center O'Rena (1,315)Rochester, MI
12/14/2013 *2:00 pm
Alabama A&M
W 72–47
7–2
Convocation Center (5,336)Athens, OH
12/18/2013 *7:00 pm
No. 20 Massachusetts
L 71–83
7–3
Convocation Center (6,329)Athens, OH
12/22/2013 *1:00 pm
at Richmond
W 70–69 OT
8–3
Robins Center (4,722)Richmond, VA
12/30/2013 *7:00 pm
Longwood
W 78–43
9–3
Convocation Center (5,242)Athens, OH
1/4/2014 *2:00 pm
at UNC Asheville
W 79–70
10–3
Kimmel Arena (2,389)Asheville, NC
MAC regular season
1/8/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Kent State
W 59–53
11–3 (1–0)
MAC Center (4,143)Kent, OH
1/12/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN3
Akron
L 80–83 2OT
11–4 (1–1)
Convocation Center (8,114)Athens, OH
1/15/2014 8:00 pm, ESPN3
Ball State
W 71–51
12–4 (2–1)
Convocation Center (5,942)Athens, OH
1/18/2014 8:00 pm
at Northern Illinois
W 65–46
13–4 (3–1)
Convocation Center (1,667)DeKalb, IL
1/22/2014 7:00 pm
Bowling Green
L 56–58
13–5 (3–2)
Convocation Center (5,801)Athens, OH
1/25/2014 2:00 pm, ESPNU
at Eastern Michigan
W 58–56
14–5 (4–2)
Convocation Center (1,321)Ypsilanti, MI
1/29/2014 7:00 pm
Central Michigan
W 71–67
15–5 (5–2)
Convocation Center (5,438)Athens, OH
2/1/2014 1:00 pm, ESPNU
Toledo
W 95–90 OT
16–5 (6–2)
Convocation Center (9,173)Athens, OH
2/5/2014 7:00 pm
at Western Michigan
L 74–90
16–6 (6–3)
University Arena (2,344)Kalamazoo, MI
2/8/2014 2:00 pm, ESPN3
Miami (OH)
W 82–75
17–6 (7–3)
Convocation Center (10,669)Athens, OH
2/12/2014 7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Toledo
L 76–82
17–7 (7–4)
Savage Arena (5,849)Toledo, OH
2/15/2014 2:30 pm
at Buffalo
W 73–70
18–7 (8–4)
Alumni Arena (5,052)Amherst, NY
2/19/2014 7:00 pm
Western Michigan
L 63–73
18–8 (8–5)
Convocation Center (6,319)Athens, OH
2/22/2014 6:00 pm, ESPN3
at Akron
W 66–50
19–8 (9–5)
James A. Rhodes Arena (4,918)Akron, OH
2/26/2014 7:00 pm
Buffalo
L 64–69
19–9 (9–6)
Convocation Center (6,283)Athens, OH
3/1/2014 2:00 pm
Kent State
L 61–75
19–10 (9–7)
Convocation Center (6,820)Athens, OH
3/4/2014 7:00 pm
at Bowling Green
W 72–61
20–10 (10–7)
Stroh Center (1,798)Bowling Green, OH
3/8/2014 12:00 pm, ESPN3
at Miami (OH)
W 82–76 OT
21–10 (11–7)
Millett Hall (1,760)Oxford, OH
MAC Tournament
3/10/2014 7:00 pm
Ball State First round
W 76–64
22–10
Convocation Center (4,153)Athens, OH
3/12/2014 6:30 pm, ESPN3
vs. Miami (OH) Second round
W 63–55
23–10
Quicken Loans Arena (513)Cleveland, OH
3/13/2014 6:30 pm, ESPN3
vs. Akron Quarterfinals
L 77–83
23–11
Quicken Loans Arena (4,116)Cleveland, OH
CIT
3/19/2014 *7:00 pm
Cleveland State First round
W 64–62
24–11
Convocation Center (3,261)Athens, OH
3/22/2014 *2:00 pm
Wright State Second round
W 56–54
25–11
Convocation Center (3,533)Athens, OH
3/26/2014 *7:00 pm
VMI Quarterfinals
L 90–92
25–12
Convocation Center (3,734)Athens, OH
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in
Eastern .
Player honors and awards
Academic All-MAC Honorable Mentions
Treg Setty - Redshirt Sophomore - 3.212 GPA - Communication Studies
Travis Wilkins - Senior - 3.570 GPA - Psychology
[ 11]
MAC All-Tournament Team
Nick Kellogg - Senior - G
[ 12]
All-MAC Second Team
Nick Kellogg - Senior - G
Maurice Ndour - Junior - F
[ 13]
Statistics
Team statistics
Final 2013–14 statistics
Record
Ohio
OPP
Scoring
2647
2480
Scoring Average
71.54
67.03
Field goals – Att
937–2042
822–1990
3-pt. Field goals – Att
274–777
194–616
Free throws – Att
499–699
585–826
Rebounds
1252
1252
Assists
559
409
Turnovers
475
445
Steals
238
242
Blocked Shots
157
93
Source[ 14]
Player statistics
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
Nick Kellogg
37
37
1206
32.6
573
15.5
196
424
0.462
87
222
0.392
94
106
0.887
22
112
134
3.6
109
77
55
39
1
Maurice Ndour
36
31
1084
30.1
498
13.8
182
356
0.511
18
54
0.333
116
159
0.73
58
194
252
7
56
95
89
22
55
Stevie Taylor
36
24
802
22.3
258
7.2
97
237
0.409
32
108
0.296
32
51
0.627
13
53
66
1.8
87
60
47
37
1
Javarez Willis
37
12
758
20.5
254
6.9
86
212
0.406
52
137
0.38
30
34
0.882
4
58
62
1.7
96
49
79
26
0
Travis Wilkins
37
14
890
24.1
245
6.6
82
186
0.441
55
128
0.43
26
32
0.813
14
60
74
2
56
56
27
19
3
Jon Smith
34
33
953
28
239
7
102
158
0.646
0
0
0
35
53
0.66
76
129
205
6
37
102
35
38
54
T.J. Hall
35
11
667
19.1
219
6.3
71
197
0.36
19
78
0.244
58
87
0.667
34
85
119
3.4
59
90
52
27
9
Antonio Campbell
34
9
327
9.6
130
3.8
52
90
0.578
1
9
0.111
25
46
0.543
28
61
89
2.6
11
62
23
7
13
Ricardo Johnson
15
14
339
22.6
109
7.3
32
80
0.4
6
19
0.316
39
57
0.684
22
40
62
4.1
20
40
24
9
8
Treg Setty
36
0
416
11.6
107
3
32
83
0.386
4
19
0.211
39
65
0.6
17
60
77
2.1
28
61
32
13
7
Wadly Mompremier
17
0
74
4.4
13
0.8
4
16
0.25
0
2
0
5
9
0.556
5
10
15
0.9
0
12
3
0
6
Drew Crabtree
6
0
9
1.5
2
0.3
1
3
0.333
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
2
0.3
0
2
0
1
0
Total
37
-
7325
-
2647
71.5
937
2042
0.459
274
777
0.353
499
699
0.714
351
901
1252
33.8
559
706
475
238
157
Opponents
37
-
7325
-
2480
67.0
822
1990
0.413
194
616
0.315
585
826
0.708
402
850
1252
33.8
409
632
445
242
93
Source[ 14]
Awards and honors
All-MAC Awards
Postseason All-MAC teams
Team
Player
Position
Year
All-MAC Second Team
Maurice Ndour
F
Jr.
All-MAC Honorable Mention
Nick Kellogg
G
Sr.
Source[ 15]
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^ "Jim Christian" . Sports Reference . Retrieved September 29, 2022 .
^ "Boston College hires Christian" . ACC Sports . Retrieved September 29, 2022 .
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