#97 Ohio Men's Basketball 2024-2025 Preview

 
 
Ohio Bobcats
 
2024-2025 Overall Rank: #97
 
Conference Rank: #1 Mid-American
 
 
2023-24 Record: 20-13, 13-5
2023-24 Postseason: None
Coach: Jeff Boals
Coach Record: 98-60 at Ohio, 152-102 overall
 
Key Departed Players:
Jaylin Hunter, Guard, 14.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 4.9 apg, 1.7 spg
Miles Brown, Guard, 9.7 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 1.9 apg, 1.5 spg
Ike Cornish, Guard, 3.8 ppg, 1.5 rpg
Gabe Wiznitzer, Center, 3.7 ppg, 3.1 rpg
 
Key Returning Players:
Shereef Mitchell, Senior, Guard, 13.3 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 2.4 apg
AJ Clayton, Senior, Forward, 12.0 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.8 bpg
AJ Brown, Sophomore, Guard, 9.0 ppg, 3.9 rpg
Aidan Hadaway, Junior, Forward, 8.3 ppg, 4.7 rpg, 1.4 apg
Elmore James, Junior, Guard, 7.8 ppg, 3.7 rpg
Ajay Sheldon, Junior, Guard, 5.2 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 1.0 apg
 
Key New Players:
Chase Boals, Freshman, Guard
Jesse Burris, Freshman, Guard
Elijah Elliott, Freshman, Guard
Alex Evans, Freshman, Forward
Ayden Evans, Freshman, Forward
Ben Nicol, Freshman, Forward
Jackson Paveletzke, Junior, Guard, Transfer from Iowa State
Vic Searls, Senior, Forward, Transfer from DII
 
Projected Postseason Tournament: NCAA
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 77.3 (77th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 70.0 (109, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 45.3 (126, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 42.5 (99, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 8.9 (43, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.6 (92, 5)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.0 (118, 4)
Rebound Margin: -1.4 (253, 8)
Assists Per Game: 14.1 (115, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 9.7 (26, 1)