| 2010–11Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball | |
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Big Ten regular season champions Big Ten tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 5 |
| AP | No. 1 |
| Record | 34–3 (16–2 Big Ten) |
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| Home arena | Value City Arena |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1Ohio State † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 34 | – | 3 | .919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13Purdue | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 8 | .765 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16Wisconsin | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 11 | – | 20 | .355 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 12 | – | 20 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2011 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings fromAP poll[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team representedOhio State University during the2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach wasThad Matta, in his 7th season with the Buckeyes. The team played its home games atValue City Arena inColumbus, Ohio, and is a member of theBig Ten Conference. The Buckeyes finished the regular season 32–2 and were ranked #1 overall in the media polls seven weeks during the season. The team won their second consecutive Big Ten regular season championship andBig Ten tournament championship. They entered the2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as the overall #1 seed. They defeatedTexas–San Antonio in the second round andGeorge Mason in the third round to advance to theSweet Sixteen where they were upset byKentucky to finish the season 34–3.
The Ohio State Buckeyes lost a key player inEvan Turner in the2010 NBA draft. Turner left Ohio State after completing his junior season leading OSU to a 29–8 record and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in theNCAA tournament. Turner was selected second overall to thePhiladelphia 76ers only behind formerKentucky WildcatJohn Wall. Other senior departs are noted below.
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Aaron Craft PG | Findlay, Ohio | Liberty Benton | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 172 lb (78 kg) | Jun 7, 2009 | |
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| Jordan Sibert SG | Cincinnati, Ohio | Princeton | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Sep 20, 2008 | |
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| Lenzelle Smith Jr. SF | Zion, Illinois | Zion Benton | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Sep 22, 2008 | |
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| Jared Sullinger C | Columbus, Ohio | Northland | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 260 lb (120 kg) | May 10, 2007 | |
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| Deshaun Thomas PF | Fort Wayne, Indiana | Bishop Luers | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 208 lb (94 kg) | Jun 1, 2007 | |
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| J. D. Weatherspoon PF | Columbus, Ohio | Northland | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Aug 11, 2009 | |
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| Overall recruit ranking: Rivals: 3 | ||||||
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| Pos. | Starting 5 | Bench 1 | Bench 2 | ||
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| C | Dallas Lauderdale | ||||
| PF | Jared Sullinger | Deshaun Thomas | Evan Ravenel | ||
| SF | David Lighty | J.D. Weatherspoon | Nikola Kecman | ||
| SG | Jon Diebler | Jordan Sibert | |||
| PG | William Buford | Aaron Craft | Eddie Days |
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| 11/7/10* 2:00 p.m. | No. 4 | Walsh | W 102–56 | — | Value City Arena (12,234) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| Regular season | |||||||||||
| 11/12/10* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 4 | North Carolina A&T Global Sports Invitational | W 102–61 | 1–0 | Value City Arena (13,302) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 11/16/10* 6:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 4 | at No. 9 Florida Global Sports Invitational | W 93–75 | 2–0 | O'Connell Center (12,110) Gainesville, FL | ||||||
| 11/20/10* 8:00 p.m., BTN | No. 4 | UNC Wilmington Global Sports Invitational | W 81–41 | 3–0 | Value City Arena (11,882) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 11/23/10* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 3 | Morehead State Global Sports Invitational | W 64–45 | 4–0 | Value City Arena (12,305) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 11/26/10* 4:00 p.m., BTN | No. 3 | Miami (OH) | W 66–45 | 5–0 | Value City Arena (15,935) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 11/30/10* 7:30 p.m., ESPN | No. 2 | at Florida State ACC–Big Ten Challenge | W 58–44 | 6–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (10,457) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| 12/9/10* 7:00 p.m., BTN | No. 2 | IUPUI | W 75–64 | 7–0 | Value City Arena (11,410) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 12/12/10* 2:00 p.m. | No. 2 | Western Carolina | W 85–60 | 8–0 | St. John Arena (6,905) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 12/15/10* 6:30 p.m., BTN | No. 2 | Florida Gulf Coast | W 83–55 | 9–0 | Value City Arena (12,613) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 12/18/10* 2:00 p.m., CBS | No. 2 | South Carolina | W 79–57 | 10–0 | Value City Arena (15,497) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 12/21/10* 8:30 p.m., BTN | No. 2 | UNC Asheville | W 96–49 | 11–0 | Value City Arena (12,658) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 12/23/10* 8:00 p.m., BTN | No. 2 | Oakland | W 92–63 | 12–0 | Value City Arena (13,459) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 12/27/10* 8:30 p.m., BTN | No. 2 | UT Martin | W 100–40 | 13–0 | Value City Arena (15,133) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 12/31/10 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 2 | at Indiana | W 85–67 | 14–0 (1–0) | Assembly Hall (14,883) Bloomington, IN | ||||||
| 1/4/11 9:00 p.m., BTN | No. 2 | at Iowa | W 73–68 | 15–0 (2–0) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,810) Iowa City, IA | ||||||
| 1/9/11 2:00 p.m., BTN | No. 2 | Minnesota | W 67–64 | 16–0 (3–0) | Value City Arena (17,392) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 1/12/11 6:30 p.m., BTN | No. 2 | at Michigan | W 68–64 | 17–0 (4–0) | Crisler Arena (11,994) Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
| 1/15/11 5:30 p.m., BTN | No. 2 | Penn State | W 69–66 | 18–0 (5–0) | Value City Arena (18,809) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 1/19/11 6:30 p.m., BTN | No. 1 | Iowa | W 70–48 | 19–0 (6–0) | Value City Arena (14,321) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 1/22/11 12:00 p.m., CBS | No. 1 | at No. 23 Illinois | W 73–68 | 20–0 (7–0) | Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL | ||||||
| 1/25/11 9:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 1 | No. 12 Purdue | W 87–64 | 21–0 (8–0) | Value City Arena (17,556) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 1/29/11 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 1 | at Northwestern | W 58–57 | 22–0 (9–0) | Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) Evanston, IL | ||||||
| 2/3/11 7:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 1 | Michigan | W 62–53 | 23–0 (10–0) | Value City Arena (18,809) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 2/6/11 2:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 1 | at No. 18 Minnesota | W 82–69 | 24–0 (11–0) | Williams Arena (14,625) Minneapolis, MN | ||||||
| 2/12/11 2:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 1 | at No. 13 Wisconsin | L 67–71 | 24–1 (11–1) | Kohl Center (17,230) Madison, WI | ||||||
| 2/15/11 9:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 2 | Michigan State | W 71–61 | 25–1 (12–1) | Value City Arena (18,802) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 2/20/11 1:00 p.m., CBS | No. 2 | at No. 11 Purdue | L 63–76 | 25–2 (12–2) | Mackey Arena (14,123) West Lafayette, IN | ||||||
| 2/22/11 7:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 2 | Illinois | W 89–70 | 26–2 (13–2) | Value City Arena (18,085) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 2/27/11 4:00 p.m., CBS | No. 2 | Indiana | W 82–61 | 27–2 (14–2) | Value City Arena (18,809) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| 3/1/11 9:00 p.m., BTN | No. 1 | at Penn State | W 82–61 | 28–2 (15–2) | Bryce Jordan Center (15,403) University Park, PA | ||||||
| 3/6/11 4:00 p.m., CBS | No. 1 | No. 10 Wisconsin | W 93–65 | 29–2 (16–2) | Value City Arena (18,809) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| Big Ten tournament | |||||||||||
| 3/11/11 12:00 p.m., ESPN | (1)No. 1 | vs. (8) Northwestern Big Ten Quarterfinals | W 67–61 OT | 30–2 | Conseco Fieldhouse (17,975) Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
| 3/12/11 1:40 p.m., CBS | (1)No. 1 | vs. (4) Michigan Big Ten Semifinals | W 68–61 | 31–2 | Conseco Fieldhouse (18,377) Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
| 3/13/11 3:30 p.m., CBS | (1)No. 1 | vs. (6) Penn State Big Ten Championship Game | W 71–60 | 32–2 | Conseco Fieldhouse (15,770) Indianapolis, IN | ||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| 3/18/11* 4:40 p.m., TNT | (1 E)No. 1 | vs. (16 E) UTSA NCAA Second Round | W 75–46 | 33–2 | Quicken Loans Arena (20,164) Cleveland, OH | ||||||
| 3/20/11* 5:15 p.m., CBS | (1 E)No. 1 | vs. (8 E) George Mason NCAA Third Round | W 98–66 | 34–2 | Quicken Loans Arena (20,164) Cleveland, OH | ||||||
| 3/25/11* 9:45 p.m., CBS | (1 E)No. 1 | vs. (4 E) No. 11 Kentucky NCAA Sweet Sixteen | L 60–62 | 34–3 | Prudential Center (18,343) Newark, NJ | ||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=NCAA East Regional. All times are inEastern Time. | |||||||||||
| Teams | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| (16) UTSA | 21 | 25 | 46 |
| (1) OSU | 37 | 38 | 75 |
Ohio State began the 2011 NCAA tournament bid with a commanding 75–46 win of the University of Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners. The Buckeyes were contested early however took control of the game halfway through the first half. Leading 37–21 at halftime, the Buckeyes opened their lead and moved on to the third round of the tournament where they faced the George Mason Patriots.
| Teams | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| (8) GMU | 26 | 40 | 66 |
| (1) OSU | 52 | 46 | 98 |
The third round showcased a match up between the #1 Ohio State Buckeyes and #8 George Mason Patriots. George Mason opened the game on an 11–2 run and quickly took the momentum. However, the overall seed in Ohio State would not back down. Led by seniorDavid Lighty andJon Diebler, the Buckeyes quickly went on a run to end the first half of play with a 52–26 lead. The pounding by the Buckeyes continued as they worked the ball around to their star freshmen inJared Sullinger andAaron Craft. Ending the game as they had in the first half, Ohio State continued to cruise through and went on to win the game 98–66 in front of biased crowd inCleveland, Ohio.
| Teams | 1st | 2nd | Final |
| (4) UK | 30 | 32 | 62 |
| (1) OSU | 30 | 30 | 60 |
The Buckeyes reached the Sweet Sixteen for the second year in a row and for the second year they faced anSEC opponent. Ohio State and Kentucky both began the game struggling to shoot and to get any sort of momentum going with both teams tied at 30 heading into the second half. The second half remained an extremely close affair with neither team really able to pull away. In the final second of the game Kentucky was able to put together a game winning shot and put the Wildcats ahead 62–60, which would be the final score in the game. This loss ended the season for the Buckeyes, and for the second year in a row, Ohio State fell in the Sweet Sixteen.
| Poll | Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Feb 21 | Feb 28 | Mar 7 | Wk 18 | Final |
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| AP | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Coaches | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |