Ohio State

Official Name: 
Ohio State University
Nickname: 
Buckeyes
Mailing Address: 

410 Woody Hayes Drive
124 St. John Arena
Columbus, OH 43210-1166

Telephone: 
(614) 292-6861
Fax: 
(614) 292-8547
Enrollment: 
47,950
Arena: 

Value City Arena
Capacity: 19,560
Year Opened: 1999

School Colors: 
Scarlet and Gray
Conference: 

Big Ten (since 1912)

Final AP Top 10 Rankings: 
NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(26) 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, and 2010
45-25 record (.643)
Reached Final Four in 1939 (2nd), 1944 (T3rd), 1945 (T3rd), 1946 (3rd), 1960 (1st), 1961 (2nd), 1962 (2nd), 1968 (3rd), 1999 (T3rd) and 2007 (2nd)

NIT Appearances: 

(8) 1979, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2003, and 2008
18-7 record (.720)
Finished 4th in 1979, 1st in 1986 and 2008 and 2nd in 1988

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Fred Taylor (18 years from 1959-76, 297-158 record, .653)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Dennis Hopson (2,096 points from 1984-87)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Jerry Lucas (1,411 from 1960-62)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Gary Bradds (49 points vs. senior vs. Illinois on 2/10/64)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 
NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Gary Bradds (49 vs. Illinois)
February 10, 1964 (senior/30.6 ppg)

1

2

Total

Ohio State

57

53

110

Illinois

40

52

92

Name

FG

FT

PTS

DeVoe

5-11

2-4

12

Shaffer

0-1

0-0

0

Bradds

17-28

15-16

49

Ricketts

9-11

0-0

18

Bowman

2-7

1-1

5

Dove

6-11

2-4

14

Brown

2-2

2-2

6

Peters

0-0

0-2

0

Flatt

2-5

0-0

4

Frazier

0-1

0-1

0

Ahijevych

1-1

0-1

2

Castilow

0-1

0-0

0

Gregory

0-0

0-0

0

Halley

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

44-79

22-31

110

Percentages

.557

.710

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Freeman

8-16

1-2

17

Redmon

3-8

1-1

7

Thoren

4-11

2-3

10

Brody

7-16

3-5

17

Vopicka

4-8

3-4

11

Brown

5-10

2-3

12

Edwards

1-3

4-4

6

Hinton

0-2

0-1

0

Love

1-3

1-2

3

Bauer

1-4

0-0

2

Blackwell

1-3

5-6

7

Totals

35-84

22-31

92

Percentages

.417

.710

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

D.C. Huddleson

2

1903-04

15-6

.714

both years

.714

J. Thomas Kibler

2

1909-10

22-2

.917

both years

.917

Lynn W. St. John

8

1912-19

79-69

.534

1914

10-4

George M. Trautman

3

1920-22

29-33

.468

1920

17-10

Harold G. Olsen

24

1923-46

255-192

.570

1925

14-2

William H.H. "Tippy" Dye

4

1947-50

53-34

.609

1950

22-4

Floyd S. Stahl

8

1951-58

84-92

.477

1956

16-6

Fred Taylor

18

1959-76

297-158

.653

1961

27-1

Eldon Miller

10

1977-86

174-120

.592

1980

21-8

Gary Williams

3

1987-89

59-41

.590

1987, 1988

20-13

Randy Ayers

8

1990-97

124-108

.534

1991

27-4

Jim O'Brien

7

1998-2004

133-88

.602

2000

23-7

Thad Matta

7

2005-11

190-57

.769

2011

34-3

  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,498-993 (.601) from 1899 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Ohio State's coaches are unknown for eight seasons (1899-1901, 1905-08 and 1911)
  • Ohio State did not field a formal team in 1902
  • Miller's record does not reflect two forfeit victories awarded from Minnesota in 1976-77
  • Ayers' record does not reflect two forfeit victories awarded from Purdue in 1995-96
  • The Buckeyes vacated a total of 103 regular-season games in 1998-99 (22-7 record), 1999-2000 (11-3), 2000-01 (20-10) and 2001-02 (23-7). They vacated 10 NCAA Tournament games in 1999 (4-1), 2000 (1-1), 2001 (0-1) and 2002 (1-1).