[4] The first intercollegiate men's basketball game involving an Ohio University team was played in Athens in 1907 against the Parkersburg YMCA.

Under the direction of coach James Jones, the Bobcats won the game by a score of 46–9 and continued their victories with a 5-game winning streak to start the season.

In 1923-24, the Bobcats marked their move into the brand new Men's Gymnasium with a 16–5 record and a near miss of an Ohio Athletic Conference title.

Just two seasons later in 1933–1934, the Bobcats won another Buckeye Athletic Association championship with a 16–4 record and two wins over the archrival Miami Redskins.

With the play of Frank Baumholtz, the Bobcats finished as runners-up in the tournament to perennial power Long Island University.

With star players like Jim Betts, Bunk Adams, Jerry Jackson, Don Hilt, Gerald McKee and Sports Illustrated cover boy Walter Luckett, Snyder won a total of seven MAC titles.

The 1954–1955 season was a breakout year for Ohio, and the team earned a 16–5 record and key wins over Morehead State and Miami University.

That squad defeated the likes of the Toledo Rockets, Bowling Green Falcons, and Miami Redskins en route to a 74–66 win over Notre Dame in the first round of the NCAA tournament.

The 1960–1961 team celebrated its move into the brand new Grover Center with a stunning 10–2 league record (17–7 overall), including a first-place finish at the Canton Intercollegiate Tournament.

Snyder's teams would go through a slight drought until the 1968–1969 season, when they open up the Convocation Center with a win over the Indiana Hoosiers and subsequent postseason NIT appearance and a 17–9 record.

13 Purdue and achieved a midseason #5 national ranking while marching their way to another MAC championship before losing in the NCAA tournament to Notre Dame.

Jim Snyder was immediately succeeded by his assistant Dale Bandy, who struggled to a 69–89 record over his six-year tenure at Ohio.

His teams were led by future NBA players Paul "Snoopy" Graham and Dave Jamerson, two of Ohio's three 2,000-point scorers.

Forward Gary Trent joined Graham and Jamerson atop the 2,000-point plateau, and was the MAC's only three-time Player of the Year.

Trent teamed with three-point marksman Geno Ford to guide Larry Hunter's Bobcats to a MAC Championship in the 1993–1994 season.

Wins over 14th-ranked Virginia, George Washington and New Mexico State earned the Bobcats a Preseason NIT title and an accompanying national ranking.

That team would go on to post a 24–10 (13–5 MAC) record, en route to an appearance in the post-season NIT and a win over George Washington University in the first round.

Though Hunter's teams would rebound to post 18, 20, and 19 wins over the next three seasons, he was relieved of his duties in 2001 due to a lack of success in the postseason.

A new era in Ohio basketball began in 2001 when Boston College assistant Tim O'Shea became the Bobcats' 15th head coach.

His teams featured Patrick Flomo, Brandon Hunter and Steve Esterkamp and saw the creation The Convo's new student section, the O Zone.

The 2005–2006 'Cats proved successful as well, posting a 19–11 record with wins over teams such as Rhode Island and Samford, and a close loss to Kentucky.

After a mildly disappointing 2010–11 season, resulting in a 19–16 record and a 2011 CIT Quarterfinal berth, the Bobcats came back in 2011–12, with a 2012 MAC tournament championship.

The Bobcats run ended in the Sweet Sixteen, as they fell in overtime to fourth ranked and top seeded North Carolina by a score of 73–65.

As a result of the teams' success, John Groce was offered and accepted the head coaching position at the University of Illinois on March 28, 2012.

[8] On April 3, 2012, Ohio hired former TCU and Kent State coach Jim Christian to replace John Groce.

[12] Phillips had tremendous success coaching for NDSU the previous 7 years, including a second round NCAA tournament win in 2014 and two Summit League championships in 2009 and 2014.

Junior Antonio Campbell was named the 2016 MAC Player of the Year after averaging a double-double throughout the 2015–16 season,[13] making him the ninth Ohio Bobcat to receive the award.

Boals (pronounced BOWLS) spent the prior three seasons as the head coach at Stony Brook going 55–41 overall and 31–17 in America East play.

[citation needed] "The Battle of the Bricks" is an annual all-sports rivalry competition between the Ohio Bobcats and the Miami RedHawks athletic programs.

Each varsity athletic competition in which the Bobcats and RedHawks meet including tournament play is counted as part of the years series record.