2013–14 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2013–14 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Buckeyes logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 22 25–10 10–8 Thad Matta Dave Dickerson Jeff Boals Greg Paulus Value City Arena NCAA tournament round of 32 The 2013–14 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University in the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Thad Matta, in his tenth season with the Buckeyes. The team played its home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 10–8 in Big Ten play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament where they lost to rival Michigan. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the second round to Dayton. Before the season Previous season The Buckeye finished the season with 29–8 overall, 13–5 in Big Ten play and won the Big Ten tournament to earn a trip to the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. They were in the 2nd seed in the west and defeated Iona in the second round, Iowa State in the third round, and Arizona in the sweet sixteen before falling in the elite eight against Wichita State. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Deshaun Thomas 1 F 6'7" 215 Junior Fort Wayne, IN NBA draft Alex Rogers 14 G 6'2" 200 Senior Cincinnati, OH Graduated Evan Ravenel 30 F 6'8" 250 Senior Tampa, FL Graduated Recruiting no no 2012 Kameron Williams SG Baltimore, Maryland Mount St. Joseph 6 3 170 2012-09-18 4 4 87 Marc Loving SF Toledo, Ohio Saint John's 6 8 200 2010-08-05 4 4 86 2013 Ohio State 2013 Basketball Commitments 2013 Ohio State Basketball Commits Ohio State Buckeyes 2013 Player Commits NR NR NR 2013-09-05 yes Roster 2013 Ohio State Buckeyes y Oleh Onopriienko 0 G 6 1 206 SO Dniepropetrvosk, Ukraine Ukraine Shannon Scott 3 G 6 1 185 JR Alpharetta, Georgia USA y Aaron Craft 4 y G 6 2 195 SR Findlay, Ohio USA LaQuinton Ross y 10 F 6 8 220 JR Jackson, Mississippi USA Sam Thompson 12 y basketball F 6 7 200 JR Chicago, Illinois USA Kam Williams 15 G 6 2 175 FR Baltimore, Maryland USA Amir Williams 23 C 6 11 250 JR Birmingham, Michigan USA Andrew Goldstein 24 G 6 3 200 JR Marlboro, New Jersey USA Lenzelle Smith Jr. y 32 G 6 4 210 SR Zion, Illinois USA Amedeo Della Valle 33 G 6 5 190 SO Alba, Italy ITA Jake Lorbach 34 F 6 7 210 SO Elyria, Ohio USA Trey McDonald 55 C 6 8 240 JR Battle Creek, Michigan USA Thad Matta (Butler) Dave Dickerson (Maryland) Jeff Boals (Ohio) Greg Paulus (Duke) http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/osu-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2012-09-05 Schedule no yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:#999999;"| Exhibition Nov 3 4:00 pm yes 11 Walsh Value City Arena Columbus, OH 93–63 14,092 – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:#999999;"| Regular season Nov 9 12:00 pm yes 11 Morgan State Value City Arena Columbus, OH 89–50 16,777 1–0 Nov 12 8:00 pm yes 10 Ohio Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 79–69 17,388 2–0 Nov 16 1:00 pm yes yes 10 Marquette 17 BMO Harris Bradley Center Milwaukee, WI FOX 52–35 18,756 3–0 Nov 20 7:30 pm yes 8 American Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 63–52 14,639 4–0 Nov 25 7:00 pm yes 7 Wyoming Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 65–50 15,438 5–0 Nov 29 5:00 pm yes 7 North Florida Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 99–64 14,758 6–0 Dec 4 7:00 pm yes 5 Maryland Value City Arena Columbus, OH ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN 76–60 16,206 7–0 Dec 7 4:30 pm yes 5 Central Connecticut Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 74–56 13,640 8–0 Dec 11 7:30 pm yes 3 Bryant Value City Arena Columbus, OH Gotham Classic BTN 86–48 12,723 9–0 Dec 14 8:15 pm yes 3 North Dakota State Value City Arena Columbus, OH Gotham Classic BTN 79–62 15,272 10–0 Dec 18 7:00 pm yes 3 Delaware Value City Arena Columbus, OH Gotham Classic BTN 76–64 14,420 11–0 Dec 21 7:30 pm yes yes 3 Notre Dame Madison Square Garden New York City, NY Gotham Classic ESPN2 64–61 10,138 12–0 Dec 27 7:00 pm yes 3 Louisiana–Monroe Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 71–31 18,534 13–0 Dec 31 1:00 pm yes 3 Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN ESPN2 78–69 13,287 14–0 (1–0) Jan 4 12:00 pm 3 Nebraska Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 84–53 17,536 15–0 (2–0) Jan 7 9:00 pm yes 3 Michigan State 5 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN 68–72 OT 14,797 15–1 (2–1) Jan 12 1:30 pm 3 Iowa 20 Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 74–84 18,809 15–2 (2–2) Jan 16 9:00 pm yes 11 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN2 53–63 14,625 15–3 (2–3) Jan 20 7:00 pm yes 17 Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 62–68 15,342 15–4 (2–4) Jan 23 7:00 pm 17 Illinois Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 62–55 16,774 16–4 (3–4) Jan 29 7:00 pm 24 Penn State Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 70–71 15,453 16–5 (3–5) Feb 1 12:00 pm yes 24 Wisconsin 14 Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN 59–58 17,249 17–5 (4–5) Feb 4 7:00 pm yes Iowa 17 Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA ESPN 76–69 15,400 18–5 (5–5) Feb 8 6:00 pm Purdue Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 67–49 18,809 19–5 (6–5) Feb 11 9:00 pm 22 Michigan 15 Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 60–70 18,809 19–6 (6–6) Feb 15 8:00 pm yes 22 Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL BTN 48–39 16,618 20–6 (7–6) Feb 19 7:00 pm 24 Northwestern Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 76–60 15,878 21–6 (8–6) Feb 22 6:00 pm 24 Minnesota Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 64–46 18,809 22–6 (9–6) Feb 27 7:00 pm yes 22 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA ESPN2 63–65 8,736 22–7 (9–7) Mar 2 4:00 pm yes 22 Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN CBS 64–72 17,472 22–8 (9–8) Mar 9 4:30 pm Michigan State 22 Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 69–67 18,809 23–8 (10–8) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:#999999;"| Big Ten tournament Mar 13 2:30 pm yes 24 Purdue Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN First round BTN 63–61 N/A 24–8 Mar 14 2:30 pm yes 24 Nebraska Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals ESPN 71–67 N/A 25–8 Mar 15 1:40 pm yes 24 Michigan 8 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Semifinals CBS 69–72 N/A 25–9 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:#999999;"| NCAA tournament Mar 20 12:15 pm yes yes 22 (6 S) Dayton (11 S) First Niagara Center Buffalo, NY Second round CBS 59–60 19,260 25–10 Eastern Time. (#) denotes seed within region S=South Source:http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/osu-m-baskbl-sched.html Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball 2013-09-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20150629064801/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/osu-m-baskbl-sched.html 2015-06-29 dead Rankings 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Poll Pre 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 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Wk 20 Final+ Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. APhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2014/poll/1 AP Rankings January 24, 2014 11 10 8 7 5 3 3 3 3 3 11 17 24 RV 22 24 22 RV 24 22 N/A Coacheshttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings/_/year/2014/poll/2 Coaches Rankings January 24, 2014 10 9 8 6 3 2 2т 3 3 3 9 15 23 25 20 23 20 RV 24 24 RV See also 2013–14 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team References Category:Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball seasons Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Buckeyes