2000–01 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

2000–01 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
2000–01 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round (vacated)
Conference	Big Ten
Record	0-0 (20–11 unadjusted) (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim O'Brien (4th season);
Home arena	Value City Arena

2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Illinois	13	–	3	.813	27	–	8	.771
No. 3 Michigan State	13	–	3	.813	28	–	5	.848
No. 20 Indiana	10	–	6	.625	21	–	13	.618
No. 25 Wisconsin	9	–	7	.563	18	–	11	.621
No. 24 Iowa †	7	–	9	.438	23	–	12	.657
Penn State	7	–	9	.438	21	–	12	.636
Purdue	6	–	10	.375	17	–	15	.531
Minnesota	5	–	11	.313	18	–	14	.563
Michigan	4	–	12	.250	10	–	18	.357
Northwestern	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367
*	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2001 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)

The 2000–01 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented the Ohio State University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buckeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 5 seed in the East region, but were upset by No. 12 seed Utah State in the first round.^[1] The Buckeyes finished with a record of 20–11 (11–5 Big Ten), but all 31 games – including the NCAA Tournament appearance – were later vacated due to NCAA sanctions as a result of the Jim O’Brien scandal.^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	13	Brian Brown	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Brooklyn, New York
G	21	Boban Savović	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr
C	32	Ken Johnson	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Detroit, Michigan

Head coach

Jim O'Brien

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 17, 2000*		Yale	W 65–45	1–0	Jerome Schottenstein Center Columbus, Ohio
Nov 23, 2000*		vs. Florida State Great Alaska Shootout	W 90–65	2–0	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 24, 2000*		vs. Syracuse Great Alaska Shootout	L 66–77	2–1	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 25, 2000*		vs. Valparaiso Great Alaska Shootout	L 64–67	2–2	Sullivan Arena Anchorage, Alaska
Big Ten tournament
Mar 9, 2001*	No. 24	vs. Iowa Quarterfinals	L 66–75	20–10	United Center Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 2001*	(5 E)	vs. (12 E) Utah State First Round	L 68–77 ^OT	20–11	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

References

^ "Utah State topples OSU in overtime". Tampa Bay Times. March 16, 2001. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
^ "OSU gets probation". ESPN.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2017.

[1] "Utah State topples OSU in overtime". Tampa Bay Times. March 16, 2001. Retrieved December 26, 2022.

[2] "OSU gets probation". ESPN.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2017.

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Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Venues	The Armory (1897–1918) Fairgrounds Coliseum (1918–1956) St. John Arena (1956–1998) Value City Arena (1998–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
Culture & lore	Brutus Buckeye Buckeye Nuthouse WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State Sports Network
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics