| Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball | ||||
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| University | Ohio State University | |||
| First season | 1898 | |||
| All-time record | 1,765–1,143 (.607) | |||
| Athletic director | Ross Bjork | |||
| Head coach | Jake Diebler (1st season) | |||
| Conference | Big Ten | |||
| Location | Columbus, Ohio | |||
| Arena | Value City Arena St. John Arena (Secondary) (capacity: 18,809) | |||
| Nickname | Buckeyes | |||
| Student section | Nuthouse | |||
| Colors | Scarlet and gray[1] | |||
| Uniforms | ||||
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| NCAA tournament champions | ||||
| 1960 | ||||
| NCAA tournament runner-up | ||||
| 1939, 1961, 1962, 2007 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Final Four | ||||
| 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1999*, 2007, 2012 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Elite Eight | ||||
| 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1992, 1999*, 2007, 2012, 2013 | ||||
| NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen | ||||
| 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1983, 1991, 1992, 1999*, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 | ||||
| NCAA tournament round of 32 | ||||
| 1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999*, 2000*, 2002*, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022 | ||||
| NCAA tournament appearances | ||||
| 1939, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999*, 2000*, 2001*, 2002*, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 | ||||
| Conference tournament champions | ||||
| 2002*, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013 | ||||
| Conference regular season champions | ||||
| 1925, 1933, 1939, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1971, 1991, 1992, 2000*, 2002*, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 * - vacated by NCAA | ||||
The Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represents Ohio State University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. The Buckeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference.
The Buckeyes play their home games at Value City Arena in the Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio, which opened in 1998. The official capacity of the center is 19,200. Ohio State ranked 28th in the nation in average home attendance as of the 2016 season.[2]
The Buckeyes have won one national championship (1960), been the national runner-up four times, appeared in 10 Final Fours (one additional appearance has been vacated by the NCAA), and appeared in 27 NCAA Tournaments (four other appearances have been vacated).
Thad Matta was named the head coach of Ohio State in 2004 to replace coach Jim O'Brien, who was fired due to NCAA violations which made Ohio State vacate 113 games between 1998 and 2002.[3][4] On June 5, 2017, after consecutive years of missing the NCAA Tournament, the school announced Matta would not return as head coach after 13 years and 337 wins at Ohio State. On June 9, 2017, the school hired Butler head coach Chris Holtmann as head coach.[5]
The program is presently led by Jake Diebler, Holtmann's former assistant coach who was initially hired as an interim coach following Holtmann's firing in 2024.
- ^ "The Ohio State University Department of Athletics Logo Guidelines" (PDF). July 26, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2024.
- ^ "2016 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL ATTENDANCE" (PDF).
- ^ "O'Brien unexpectedly ousted as Ohio State coach". ESPN.com. 2004-06-08. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "OSU gets probation". ESPN.com. 2006-03-10. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
- ^ "Ohio State hires Butler basketball coach Chris Holtmann". fresnobee. Retrieved 2017-06-09.[permanent dead link]