wins, with a final record of 19–13. A 20 win campaign was had in the 2007–2008 season, including notable non-conference wins over Maryland, St. John's, George Mason, and Bucknell. The team was extended an invite to the College Basketball Invitational, where the Bobcats advanced to the second round. On June 23, 2008, O'Shea announced he was leaving the Bobcats team to become head coach at Bryant University. 2008–2012: John Groce On June 27, 2008, former Ohio State associate head coach John Groce was named the 16th head coach in Bobcats history. Groce brought 14 years of assistant coaching experience to Athens, along with a pair of outright Big Ten Conference regular-season titles, two NCAA tournament appearances, a berth in the 2007 NCAA National Championship game and the 2008 NIT title. The Bobcats finished the 2009–2010 regular season with a 17–14 overall record and a 7–9 record in MAC play, earning them the ninth seed in their conference tournament. They won four straight games in the conference tournament to claim the MAC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. Placed into the Midwest region as a 14 seed, Ohio upset 3rd-seeded and 12th ranked Georgetown 97–83. The Bobcats took a 12-point lead into halftime and the Hoyas never got closer than a 7-point deficit the rest of the way. 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 received a No. 13 seed in the Midwest Region of the 2012 NCAA tournament. Like 2010, Ohio pulled off a first round upset, defeating 4th seeded and 13th ranked Michigan 65–60, and followed by a 62–56 victory over 12th seeded South Florida to advance to their first Sweet Sixteen since 1964. 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. 2012–2014: Jim Christian On April 3, 2012, Ohio hired former TCU and Kent State coach Jim Christian to replace John Groce. Christian had considerable success in the MAC at the helm of Kent State, eclipsing the 20 win plateau in each of his six seasons. In Christian's first season