2023–24 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

2023–24 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
2023–24 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	– (– 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

The 2023–24 Ohio University Bobcats men's basketball team will represent Ohio University for the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bobcats will be led by fifth-year head coach Jeff Boals, who was a 1995 graduate of Ohio University.[1][2] They play their home games at the Convocation Center in Athens, Ohio as a member of the Mid-American Conference.[3][4]

2023–24 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Akron	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ball State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Bowling Green	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Buffalo	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Central Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Eastern Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Kent State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Miami (OH)	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Northern Illinois	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Ohio	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Toledo	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Western Michigan	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2024 MAC tournament winner

Previous season

The Bobcats started the 2022–23 season slowly but recovered to win seven out of their last nine regular season games to head into the MAC tournament at 18–13 as the fifth seed with a 10–8 conference record.[5] They defeated Ball State in the first round of the MAC tournament before losing to top-seeded Toledo to finish 19–14.[6][7]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
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	Entered Transfer Portal[8]
Devon Baker	22	G	6'2"	190	Senior	Dayton, Ohio	Graduated, Exhausted eligibility

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Incoming transfers

Incoming Transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason
Shereef Mitchell	4	G	6'1"	170	Junior	Omaha, Nebraska	Transferred from Creighton. Will have two years of eligibility remaining.[12]
Ike Cornish	20	F	6'6"	185	Sophomore	Baltimore, Maryland	Transferred from Maryland. Will have three years of eligibility remaining.[13]

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Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	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[14]
Ben Nicol SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
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: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

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Roster

2023–24 Ohio Bobcats men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Ajay Sheldon	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Dublin Coffman	Dublin, Ohio
G	1	Elmore James	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Brush	Cleveland, Ohio
G	2	Miles Brown	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	GS	Northstar Christian	Rochester, New York
G	3	AJ Brown	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Orlando Christian Prep	Orlando, Florida
G	4	Shereef Mitchell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	GS	Sunrise Christian Academy Creighton	Omaha, NE
F	5	Ben Nicol	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Fr	George Washington	Charleston, West Virginia
F	10	Aiden Hadaway	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Lafayette	Lafayette, Georgia
C	11	Gabe Wizintzer	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Hargrave Military Academy Louisville	Walhalla, South Carolina
G	12	Jaylin Hunter	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	East Catholic Old Dominion	Manchester, Connecticut
G	14	Ben Estis (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	RS Fr	Southlake Carroll	Southlake, Texas
G	15	Quinn Corna (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Upper Arlington	Columbus, Ohio
F	21	IJ Ezuma	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	RS So	Hargrave Military Academy	Raleigh, North Carolina
F	23	AJ Clayton	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Philo	Roseville, Ohio
G/F	24	Ike Cornish	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS So	Legacy Charter Maryland	Baltimore, Maryland

Head coach

Jeff Boals (Ohio)

Assistant coach(es)

Lamar Thornton (Ohio Dominican)
Kyle Barlow (Concordia–Ann Arbor)
Lee Martin (Catawba)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 29, 2023

Support Staff

**2022-23 Ohio Bobcats Support Staff**
Jake Ness - Director of Basketball Operations Mike Cifliku - Video Coordinator Casey Crawford - Graduate Assistant Sara Legarsky - Senior Director of Athletics Communications (Men's Basketball, Field Hockey, Swimming and Diving, Softball) Tyler Congrove - Associate Athletic Trainer (Men's Basketball, Soccer, Men's Golf, Women's Golf) Jessica Arquette - Ohio Athletics Sports Dietitian Kaitlyn Michener - Nutritionist Hannah Rastatter - Nutritionist

Source:[16]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023* 7:00 p.m., TBA	Otterbein	Convocation Center Athens, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2023* 7:00 p.m., TBA	Troy MAC-SBC Challenge	Convocation Center Athens, OH
November 11, 2023* 6:00 p.m., TBA	at Cleveland State	Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH
November 18, 2023* 2:00 p.m., TBA	Detroit Mercy	Convocation Center Athens, OH
November 24, 2023* 7:00 p.m., FloSports	vs. George Washington Nassau Championship quarterfinals	Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, Bahamas
November 25, 2023* TBA, FloSports	vs. UIC/Middle Tennessee Nassau Championship	Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2023* TBA, FloSports	vs. UNC Greensboro/Kansas City/Brown/Delaware Nassau Championship	Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, Bahamas
December 2, 2023* 2:00 p.m., TBA	Delaware	Convocation Center Athens, OH
December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., TBA	Youngstown State	Convocation Center Athens, OH
December 9, 2023* 4:00 p.m., TBA	Marshall	Convocation Center Athens, OH
December 18, 2023* 7:00 p.m., TBA	Defiance	Convocation Center Athens, OH
December 22, 2023* 8:00 p.m., TBA	at Austin Peay	F&M Bank Arena Clarksville, TN
December 30, 2023* 1:30 p.m., TBA	vs. Davidson Legends of Basketball Showcase	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH
MAC regular season
January 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	Toledo	Convocation Center Athens, OH
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., TBA	Northern Illinois	Convocation Center Athens, OH
January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Bowling Green	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
January 13, 2024 12:00 p.m., TBA	at Western Michigan	University Arena Kalamazoo, MI
January 16, 2023 7:00 p.m., TBA	Central Michigan	Convocation Center Athens, OH
January 20, 2024 4:00 p.m., TBA	Eastern Michigan	Convocation Center Athens, OH
January 23, 2024 TBA, 7:00 p.m.	at Akron	James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
January 26, 2024 6:30 p.m., CBSSN	at Kent State	MAC Center Kent, OH
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	Buffalo	Convocation Center Athens, OH
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., TBA	Miami (OH)	Convocation Center Athens, OH
February 6, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Ball State	Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
MAC-SBC Challenge
February 10, 2024* TBA, TBA	at TBA MAC-SBC Challenge	TBA TBA
MAC regular season
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., TBA	at Toledo	Savage Arena Toledo, OH
February 20, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	Kent State	Convocation Center Athens, OH
February 24, 2024 3:30 p.m., TBA	at Northern Illinois	Convocation Center DeKalb, IL
February 27, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	Akron	Convocation Center Athens, OH
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., TBA	Bowling Green	Convocation Center Athens, OH
March 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Buffalo	Alumni Arena Buffalo, NY
March 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Miami (OH)	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
MAC Tournament
March 14, 2024† TBA, ESPN+	vs. TBA Quarterfinals	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

† If a top eight finisher in MAC

Source[17][18]

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