In head coach Glenn Synder’s 14th and final season as head coach of the Bluffton men’s basketball team, the Beavers posted an 18-10 record and were ranked fifth in NAIA District 22. The 18 wins was the highest win total in the previous 87 seasons of Bluffton men’s basketball.
Bluffton won a school-record 12 road games that season and also set a Bluffton record with 475 assists. The Beavers finished the season with a 7-5 record in the Hoosier-Buckeye Collegiate Conference to finish as the league runner-up.
Sophomore Pete DuMonte was named all-conference, all-district and honorable mention All-American as he led the team in scoring with 21.2 points per game and rebounding with 9.6 boards per game. Senior Tim Walters and sophomore Bruce Andrews both received honorable mention all-conference honors, while Andrews also picked up honorable mention all-district honors.
Other members of the team included assistant coach Jan Sorgenfrei and varsity players Mike Bruns, Kevin Chalk, John Eichar, Jim Hoepf, Todd Koch, Brian Nelson, Dave Sluss, Bob Snyder and Jerry Vanderhorst.
