2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Buckeyes logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 21–14 11–7 Thad Matta 12th Dave Dickerson Jeff Boals Greg Paulus Value City Arena NIT Second Round The 2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University in the 2015–16 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Thad Matta, in his 12th season with the Buckeyes. They played its home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Michigan State. They received an invitation to the National Invitational tournament where they defeated Akron in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to Florida. Previous season The Buckeyes finished the 2014–15 season 24–11, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament where they lost to Michigan State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they defeated VCU in the second round before losing in the third round to Arizona. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes D'Angelo Russell 0 G 6'5" 180 Freshman Louisville, KY Declare for 2015 NBA draft Shannon Scott 3 G 6'1" 185 Senior Alpharetta, GA Graduated Sam Thompson 12 F 6'7" 200 Senior Chicago, IL Graduated Amir Williams 23 C 6'11" 250 Senior Birmingham, MI Graduated Anthony Lee 31 C 6'9" 230 Senior Columbia, MD Graduated Trey McDonald 55 C 6'8" 240 Senior Battle Creek, MI Graduated Recruiting Class of 2015 no no 2015 JaQuan Lyle PG Evansville, IN IMG Academy 6 5 215 January 29, 2015 5 4 4 5 Austin Grandstaff SG Rockwall, TX Rockwall High School 6 5 190 May 4, 2015 4 4 4 4 Daniel Giddens C Marietta, GA Oak Hill Academy 6 10 240 July 4, 2014 4 4 4 4 A. J. Harris PG Dayton, OH Dunbar High School 5 9 150 August 12, 2013 4 4 4 4 Mickey Mitchell SF Dayton, OH Plano West High School 6 7 220 September 13, 2014 4 4 4 4 2015 Ohio State 2015 Basketball Commitments 2015 Ohio State Basketball Commits Ohio State Buckeyes 2015 Player Commits NR NR NR 2014-06-04 yes Recruiting Class of 2016 no yes 2016 Micah Potter C Mentor, OH Mentor High School 6 10 240 April 20, 2015 3 3 3 3 Derek Funderburk PF Lakewood, OH Saint Edward High School 6 9 210 April 1, 2015 4 4 4 4 2016 Ohio State 2016 Basketball Commitments 2016 Ohio State Basketball Commits Ohio State Buckeyes 2016 Player Commits NR NR NR 2014-06-04 yes Roster 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes y Mickey Mitchell 00 F 6 7 232 FR Plano, Texas USA Jae'Sean Tate 1 F 6 4 230 SO Pickerington, Ohio USA y Marc Loving 2 F 6 7 215 JR Toledo, Ohio USA Austin Grandstaff 3 G 6 4 188 FR Rockwall, Texas USA Daniel Giddens 4 C/F 6 10 228 FR Marietta, Georgia USA David Bell 10 C 6 10 225 FR y Garfield Heights, Ohio USA A. J. Harris 12 G 5 9 157 FR Dayton, Ohio USA JaQuan Lyle y 13 G 6 5 230 FR Evansville, Indiana USA Kam Williams 15 G 6 2 175 SO y Baltimore, Maryland USA Trevor Thompson basketball y 32 C 6 11 210 SO y Indianapolis, Indiana USA Keita Bates-Diop 33 F 6 7 190 SO Bloomington, Illinois USA y Jake Lorbach 34 F 6 7 210 SR Elyria, Ohio 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 Schedule no yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:white;"| Exhibition Nov 8, 2015 4:00pm yes Walsh Value City Arena Columbus, OH 92–82 12,167 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 15, 2015 12:00pm yes Mount St. Mary's Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPNU 76–54 11,590 1–0 Nov 17, 2015 7:00pm yes Grambling State Value City Arena Columbus, OH Hoophall Miami Invitational BTN 82–55 10,779 2–0 Nov 20, 2015 7:00pm yes Texas–Arlington Value City Arena Columbus, OH Hoophall Miami Invitational ESPN3 68–73 12,312 2–1 Nov 24, 2015 8:00pm yes Louisiana Tech Value City Arena Columbus, OH Hoophall Miami Invitational BTN 74–82 11,572 2–2 Nov 27, 2015 7:30pm yes yes Memphis American Airlines Arena Miami, FL Hoophall Miami Invitational ESPN2 76–81 OT 10,023 2–3 Dec 1, 2015 7:30pm yes Virginia 10 Value City Arena Columbus, OH ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN 58–64 12,445 2–4 Dec 5, 2015 4:30pm yes VMI Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 89–62 12,132 3–4 Dec 8, 2015 8:00pm yes Air Force Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 74–50 11,816 4–4 Dec 12, 2015 12:00pm yes yes UConn Gampel Pavilion Storrs, CT CBS 55–75 10,167 4–5 Dec 16, 2015 7:00pm yes Northern Illinois Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 67–54 12,880 5–5 Dec 19, 2015 3:30pm yes yes Kentucky 4 Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY CBS Sports Classic CBS 74–67 16,311 6–5 Dec 22, 2015 9:00pm yes Mercer Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPNU 64–44 11,460 7–5 Dec 27, 2015 6:00pm yes South Carolina State Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 73–57 13,506 8–5 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:white;"| Big Ten regular season Dec 30, 2015 7:00pm Minnesota Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 78–63 13,701 9–5 1–0 Jan 3, 2016 5:00pm Illinois Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 75–73 12,798 10–5 2–0 Jan 6, 2016 9:00pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL BTN 65–56 7,439 11–5 3–0 Jan 10, 2016 1:30pm yes Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN CBS 60–85 16,382 11–6 3–1 Jan 13, 2016 6:30pm Rutgers Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 94–68 11,635 12–6 4–1 Jan 16, 2016 12:00pm yes Maryland 3 Xfinity Center College Park, MD ESPN2 65–100 17,950 12–7 4–2 Jan 21, 2016 9:00pm yes Purdue 22 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN ESPN 64–75 14,846 12–8 4–3 Jan 25, 2016 7:00pm Penn State Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 66–46 11,542 13–8 5–3 Jan 28, 2016 9:00pm yes Illinois State Farm Center Champaign, IL BTN 68–63 OT 13,263 14–8 6–3 Jan 31, 2016 1:00pm Maryland 8 Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 61–66 16,592 14–9 6–4 Feb 4, 2016 7:00pm yes Wisconsin Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN 68–79 17,287 14–10 6–5 Feb 9, 2016 8:00pm Northwestern Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 71–63 11,376 15–10 7–5 Feb 13, 2016 4:00pm yes Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, NJ BTN 79–69 5,658 16–10 8–5 Feb 16, 2016 7:00pm Michigan Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 76–66 17,088 17–10 9–5 Feb 20, 2016 7:00pm yes Nebraska Pinnacle Bank Arena Lincoln, NE BTN 65–62 OT 15,679 18–10 10–5 Feb 23, 2016 9:00pm Michigan State 6 Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 62–81 14,257 18–11 10–6 Feb 28, 2016 4:00pm Iowa 8 Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 68–64 15,593 19–11 11–6 Mar 5, 2016 12:00pm yes Michigan State 2 Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN 76–91 14,797 19–12 11–7 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:white;"| Big Ten tournament Mar 10, 2016 6:30 pm yes 7 Penn State 10 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Second Round ESPN2 79–75 15,751 20–12 Mar 11, 2016 6:30 pm yes 7 Michigan State 2 Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Quarterfinals BTN 54–81 15,942 20–13 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:white;"| NIT Mar 15, 2016 7:00 pm yes 3 Akron 6 Value City Arena Columbus, OH First Round – Monmouth Bracket ESPN 72–63 OT 4,698 21–13 Mar 20, 2016 12:00 pm yes 3 Florida 2 Value City Arena Columbus, OH Second Round – Monmouth Bracket ESPN 66–74 8,185 21–14 Eastern Time Source:http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/osu-m-baskbl-sched.html Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball 2015-06-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20150629064801/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/osu-m-baskbl-sched.html 2015-06-29 dead See also 2015–16 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