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2023–24 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

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2023–24Ohio Bobcats men's basketball

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	20–13 (13–5 MAC)
Head coach	Jeff Boals (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Lamar Thornton (5th season) Kyle Barlow (5th season) Lee Martin (4th season)
Home arena	Convocation Center
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Toledo	14	–	4	.778	20	–	12	.625
Akron †	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
Ohio	13	–	5	.722	20	–	13	.606
Central Michigan	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
Bowling Green	10	–	8	.556	20	–	14	.588
Western Michigan	9	–	9	.500	12	–	20	.375
Miami (OH)	9	–	9	.500	15	–	17	.469
Kent State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	17	.500
Ball State	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Eastern Michigan	6	–	12	.333	13	–	18	.419
Northern Illinois	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
Buffalo	2	–	16	.111	4	–	27	.129

†2024 MAC tournament winner

The2023–24 Ohio University Bobcats men's basketball team representedOhio University for the2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats were led by fifth-year head coachJeff Boals, who was a 1995 graduate of Ohio University.^[1]^[2] They play their home games at theConvocation Center inAthens, Ohio as a member of theMid-American Conference.^[3]^[4] They finished 6–7 in non-conference play and started 1–3 in conference play. They rallied to win 12 of their final 14 conference games to finish the regular season 19–12 with a 13–5 inMAC play to finish tied for 2nd place. They defeatedWestern Michigan in the first round of theMAC tournament and lost toAkron in the second round^[5]^[6]^[7]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason
Ben Roderick	3	F	6'5"	205	Senior	Powell, Ohio	Graduated
Dwight Wilson III	4	F	6'8"	250	Grad. Student	Tallahassee, Florida	Graduated, Exhausted eligibility
Olumide Adelodun	5	G	6'6"	215	Sophomore	Calgary, Alberta	Transferred toWinona State^[12]
Devon Baker	22	G	6'2"	190	Senior	Dayton, Ohio	Graduated, Exhausted eligibility

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason
Shereef Mitchell	4	G	6'1"	170	Junior	Omaha, Nebraska	Transferred fromCreighton. Will have two years of eligibility remaining.^[16]
Ike Cornish	20	F	6'6"	185	Sophomore	Baltimore, Maryland	Transferred fromMaryland. Will have three years of eligibility remaining.^[17]

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Ben Nicol SF	Charleston, WV	George Washington	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	07/19/2023^[18]
Ben Nicol SF	Recruit ratings:Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Akron	121 (11)
2	Kent State	104
3	Ohio	102 (1)
4	Toledo	93
5	Northern Illinois	82
T6	Bowling Green	64
T6	Miami	64
8	Ball State	55
9	Buffalo	38
10	Western Michigan	33
11	Eastern Michigan	22
12	Central Michigan	14

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Otterbein	W 67–49	–	13 – Hunter	–	–	Convocation Center Athens, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Troy MAC-SBC Challenge	W 88–70^[22]	1–0	24 – A. Brown	7 – Wiznitzer	4 – Hunter	Convocation Center (4,744) Athens, OH
November 11, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Cleveland State	L 78–82^[23]	1–1	15 – Mitchell	6 – Tied	7 – Hunter	Wolstein Center (2,399) Cleveland, OH
November 18, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Detroit Mercy	W 71–52^[24]	2–1	18 – Clayton	10 – Hunter	6 – Hunter	Convocation Center (4,411) Athens, OH
November 24, 2023* 7:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. George Washington Nassau Championship quarterfinals	L 94–99^[25] ^2OT	2–2	25 – Hunter	12 – Clayton	5 – Hunter	Baha Mar Convention Center (277) Nassau, Bahamas
November 25, 2023* 1:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. Middle Tennessee Nassau Championship	W 80–68^[26]	3–2	19 – Hunter	4 – Tied	3 – Tied	Baha Mar Convention Center (241) Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2023* TBA, FloSports		vs. Brown Nassau Championship	W 82–77^[27]	4–2	24 – Mitchell	8 – James	4 – James	Baha Mar Convention Center (251) Nassau, Bahamas
December 2, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Delaware	W 74–73^[28]	5–2	21 – James	7 – Hadaway	3 – Hunter	Convocation Center (4,512) Athens, OH
December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Youngstown State	L 72–78^[29]	5–3	17 – Mitchell	10 – James	5 – Hunter	Convocation Center (3,799) Athens, OH
December 9, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Marshall	L 69–74^[30]	5–4	19 – Hunter	9 – Clayton	5 – Hunter	Convocation Center (4,623) Athens, OH
December 18, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Defiance	W 108–28^[31]	6–4	17 – Clayton	8 – Wiznitzer	9 – Hunter	Convocation Center (3,108) Athens, OH
December 22, 2023* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Austin Peay	L 67–71^[32]	6–5	14 – Mitchell	10 – Hadaway	5 – Hadaway	F&M Bank Arena (3,031) Clarksville, TN
December 30, 2023* 1:30 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Davidson Legends of Basketball Showcase	L 69–72^[33]	6–6	13 – Clayton	9 – M. Brown	7 – Hunter	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH
MAC regular season
January 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		Toledo	L 77–86^[34]	6–7 (0–1)	17 – James	8 – James	5 – M. Brown	Convocation Center (4,016) Athens, OH
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Northern Illinois	W 78–66^[35]	7–7 (1–1)	23 – Clayton	8 – Hunter	6 – Tied	Convocation Center (3,802) Athens, OH
January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Bowling Green	L 78–83^[36]	7–8 (1–2)	19 – James	7 – Hadaway	4 – Clayton	Stroh Center (1,982) Bowling Green, OH
January 13, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Western Michigan	L 79–81^[37]	7–9 (1–3)	15 – Clayton	5 – M. Brown	3 – Tied	University Arena (1,650) Kalamazoo, MI
January 16, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Central Michigan	W 73–61^[38]	8–9 (2–3)	19 – Hunter	10 – Clayton	8 – Hunter	Convocation Center (4,608) Athens, OH
January 20, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		Eastern Michigan	W 85–67^[39]	9–9 (3–3)	20 – Hadaway	9 – M. Brown	5 – Tied	Convocation Center (5,547) Athens, OH
January 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Akron	L 58–67^[40]	9–10 (3–4)	15 – Mitchell	7 – Mitchell	3 – Hunter	James A. Rhodes Arena (2,604) Akron, OH
January 26, 2024 6:30 p.m., CBSSN		at Kent State	W 71–64^[41]	10–10 (4–4)	17 – Hunter	8 – Hadaway	5 – Tied	MAC Center (3,557) Kent, OH
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Buffalo	W 91–70^[42]	11–10 (5–4)	16 – Clayton	9 – Hunter	6 – Hunter	Convocation Center (3,652) Athens, OH
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Miami (OH)	W 78–69^[43]	12–10 (6–4)	22 – Hunter	8 – M. Brown	8 – Hunter	Convocation Center (9,018) Athens, OH
February 6, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Ball State	W 84–79^[44] ^OT	13–10 (7–4)	32 – Hunter	10 – Hadaway	5 – Hunter	Worthen Arena (3,218) Muncie, IN
February 10, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Arkansas State MAC-SBC Challenge	L 87–100^[45]	13–11	20 – Hunter	5 – Clayton	8 – Hunter	First National Bank Arena (2,267) Jonesboro, AR
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Toledo	L 83–85^[46]	13–12 (7–5)	22 – Clayton	8 – Hadaway	6 – Hunter	Savage Arena (5,079) Toledo, OH
February 20, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Kent State	W 63–57^[47]	14–12 (8–5)	13 – Hunter	9 – Mitchell	3 – Hunter	Convocation Center (4,132) Athens, OH
February 24, 2024 3:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Northern Illinois	W 80–59^[48]	15–12 (9–5)	17 – Tied	5 – Tied	6 – Mitchell	Convocation Center (2,886) DeKalb, IL
February 27, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Akron	W 74–67^[49]	16–12 (10–5)	23 – Hunter	6 – Hadaway	6 – Hunter	Convocation Center (5,753) Athens, OH
March 1, 2024 6:00 p.m., CBSSN		Bowling Green	W 66–59^[50]	17–12 (11–5)	16 – M. Brown	5 – Hunter	4 – Tied	Convocation Center (6,134) Athens, OH
March 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		at Buffalo	W 78–66^[51]	18–12 (12–5)	23 – Tied	5 – Tied	5 – Hunter	Alumni Arena (2,140) Buffalo, NY
March 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Miami (OH)	W 72–59^[52]	19–12 (13–5)	20 – Tied	8 – Mitchell	7 – Hunter	Millett Hall (3,506) Oxford, OH
MAC Tournament
March 14, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	(3)	vs. (7) Western Michigan Quarterfinals	W 82–55^[53]	20–12	15 – Mitchell	8 – Tied	5 – Hunter	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (7,854) Cleveland, OH
March 15, 2024 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	(3)	vs. (2) Akron Semifinals	L 62–65^[54]	20–13	17 – Hunter	7 – Hadaway	4 – Mitchell	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (7,802) Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game.^#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inEastern Time.

Record	Ohio	OPP
Scoring	2551	2309
Scoring Average	77.30	69.97
Field goals – Att	901–1987	809–1904
3-pt. Field goals – Att	294–827	238–715
Free throws – Att	455–623	453–649
Rebounds	1153	1198
Assists	464	363
Turnovers	321	452
Steals	235	165
Blocked Shots	118	117

			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
Jaylin Hunter	33	33	1034	31.3	461	14.0	158	379	0.417	49	167	0.293	96	129	0.744	26	118	144	4.4	163	64	70	56	6
Shereef Mitchell	32	31	954	29.8	427	13.3	158	336	0.470	35	107	0.327	76	104	0.731	34	101	135	4.2	77	76	45	45	7
AJ Clayton	33	33	868	26.3	397	12.0	138	278	0.496	73	182	0.401	48	59	0.814	45	109	154	4.7	26	79	32	18	58
Aidan Hadaway	33	24	801	24.3	275	8.3	108	209	0.517	21	62	0.339	38	56	0.679	49	105	154	4.7	47	66	25	21	13
Elmore James	31	18	716	23.1	243	7.8	90	196	0.459	11	40	0.275	52	61	0.852	39	76	115	3.7	29	52	35	17	0
Miles Brown	23	17	653	28.4	223	9.7	69	168	0.411	32	76	0.421	53	67	0.791	13	75	88	3.8	43	40	31	35	3
Ajay Sheldon	33	0	527	16.0	171	5.2	56	115	0.487	38	82	0.463	21	34	0.618	19	34	53	1.6	34	57	25	24	6
Gabe Wiznitzer	33	0	462	14.0	122	3.7	48	94	0.511	1	4	0.250	25	41	0.610	30	73	103	3.1	21	67	24	4	22
Ike Cornish	32	0	354	11.1	121	3.8	37	100	0.370	19	57	0.333	28	36	0.778	16	32	48	1.5	11	32	13	7	1
AJ Brown	9	9	238	26.4	81	9.0	30	79	0.380	10	35	0.286	11	24	0.458	9	26	35	3.9	8	26	9	7	2
Ben Estis	7	0	36	5.1	16	2.3	5	17	0.294	1	8	0.125	5	8	0.625	3	4	7	1.0	3	2	1	1	0
Quinn Corna	7	0	31	4.4	14	2.0	4	16	0.250	4	7	0.571	2	4	0.500	3	2	5	0.7	2	1	0	0	0
Total	33	-	6675	-	2551	77.3	901	1987	0.453	294	827	0.356	455	623	0.730	333	820	1153	34.9	464	562	321	235	118
Opponents	33	-	6675	-	2309	70.0	809	1904	0.425	238	715	0.333	453	649	0.698	375	823	1198	36.3	363	560	452	165	117

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	Avg	Average per game
FG	Field-goals made	FGA	Field-goal attempts	Off	Offensiverebounds
Def	Defensive rebounds	A	Assists	TO	Turnovers
Blk	Blocks	Stl	Steals	High	Team high

Stat	High	Opponent	Date
Points	108	Defiance	December 18, 2023
Field goals Made	42	Defiance	December 18, 2023
Field Goal Attempts	79	George Washington	November 24, 2023
3 Points Made	16	Defiance	December 18, 2023
3 Points Attempted	36	Defiance	December 18, 2023
Free throws Made	27	Troy	November 8, 2023
Free Throw Attempts	32	Troy	November 8, 2023
Rebounds	50	Defiance	December 18, 2023
Assists	31	Defiance	December 18, 2023
Steals	15	Defiance	December 18, 2023
Blocked Shots	8	Delaware	December 2, 2023
Turnovers	18	George Washington	November 24, 2023
Fouls	23	Davidson	December 20, 2023

Honors	Player	Position	Date Awarded	Source
MAC player of the week	Elmore James	G	December 4	^[59]
MAC player of the week	Jaylin Hunter	G	February 12	^[60]
MAC player of the week	Shareef Mitchel	G	March 11	^[61]

Team	Player	Position	Year
All-MAC 2nd Team	Jaylin Hunter	G	Sr.
All-MAC 3rd Team	AJ Clayton	F	Jr.

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