Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
	2023–24 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
University	Ohio State University
First season	1898
All-time record	1,765–1,143 (.607)
Athletic director	Gene Smith
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;
Uniforms
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]}

[1] "The Ohio State University Department of Athletics Logo Guidelines" (PDF). July 26, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2024.

[2] "2016 NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL ATTENDANCE" (PDF).

[3] "O'Brien unexpectedly ousted as Ohio State coach". ESPN.com. 2004-06-08. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

[:0-4] "OSU gets probation". ESPN.com. 2006-03-10. Retrieved 2017-06-05.

[:1-5] "Ohio State hires Butler basketball coach Chris Holtmann". fresnobee. Retrieved 2017-06-09.^{[permanent dead link]}

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