100 Year Moments

 

Top Moments In Convocation Center History     Clinching the 1969-70 MAC title in front of a conference record crowd of 14,102 fans   Dave Jamerson's 60-point game against Charleston on Dec. 21, 1989   Geno Ford dribbling out the clock in Ohio's 67-65 win over Miami on Feb. 15, 1997   Opening the Convo on Dec. 3, 1968, with an 80-70 victory over Indiana   The creation of the OZone   The raising of the 1994 Preseason NIT banner   The honoring of Walter Luckett, Dave Jamerson and Jim Snyder on Jan. 24, 2007   Watching Gary Trent become the only three-time MAC Player of the Year in league history   Winning back-to-back home games over No. 4 Ohio State and No. 12 Indiana during December of 1971   Brandon Hunter's school-record 26 rebounds in a quadruple-overtime win over Akron on Jan. 8, 2003

1. In 1907, Ohio University defeated the Parkersburg YMCA in the first game in Ohio University basketball history. The final score was 46-9.

2. Ohio University defeated Wittenberg University in 1921 to capture Ohio's first-ever Ohio Athletic Conference championship.

3. On March 22, 1941, Ohio University earned a runner-up finish in the prestigious National Invitation Tournament at Madison Square Garden in New York. Frank Baumholtz was named the MVP after setting a tournament scoring record.

4. In 1931, Ohio University defeated Denison University to clinch its first Buckeye Athletic Association title, under the direction of Coach Butch Grover.

5. During the 1938-39 season Frank Baumholtz and Jim Snyder led Ohio University to a defeat of the nationally-renowned University of Toledo squad that was led by Chuck Chuckovitis, a pioneer of the one-handed shot. The Green & White, under the direction of "Dutch" Trautwein, shocked the high-scoring Toledo club 77-45.

6. Ohio University basketball icon Jim Snyder earned his first coaching victory against Ohio Wesleyan on December 14, 1949.

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