2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes Ohio State Buckeyes logo.svg Big Ten Conference Big Ten 24–11 11–7 Thad Matta 11th Dave Dickerson Jeff Boals Greg Paulus Value City Arena NCAA tournament round of 32 The 2014–15 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University in the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Thad Matta, in his 11th season with the Buckeyes. The team played its home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the 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 first round before losing in the second round to Arizona. Before the season Previous season The Buckeye finished the season with 25–10 overall, 10–8 in Big Ten play for a fifth-place finish. They lost in the semifinals of the 2014 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament to Michigan. They were invited to the 2014 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as a 6th seed in the south region which they were upset by Dayton in the second round 60–59. Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Aaron Craft 4 G 6'2" 195 Senior Finday, OH Graduated/Undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft LaQuinton Ross 10 F 6'8" 220 Junior Jackson, MS Declare for 2014 NBA draft Lenzelle Smith Jr. 32 G 6'4" 210 Senior Zion, IL Graduated Amedeo Della Valle 33 G 6'5" 190 Sophomore Alba, Italy Signed to play professionally in Italy with Pallacanestro Reggiana Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Anthony Lee 31 F 6'9" 230 Senior Columbia, MD Transferred from Temple. Will be eligible to play immediately since Lee graduated from Temple. Trevor Thompson 32 F 6'11" 210 Sophomore Indianapolis, IN Transferred from Virginia Tech. Under NCAA transfer rules, Thompson will have to redshirt for the 2014–15 season. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Recruiting thumb|D'Angelo Russell in the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game no no 2014 D'Angelo Russell SG Louisville, KY Montverde Academy 6 4 180 2013-06-07 5 5 5 5 Keita Bates-Diop SF Bloomington, IL University High School 6 7 190 2012-11-18 5 5 4 5 Jae'Sean Tate SF Pickerington, OH Pickerington, Ohio 6 5 190 2012-11-19 4 5 4 5 David Bell C Garfield Heights, OH Garfield Heights High School 6 9 200 2013-02-11 3 3 3 3 2014 Ohio State 2014 Basketball Commitments 2014 Ohio State Basketball Commits Ohio State Buckeyes 2014 Player Commits NR NR NR 2013-09-05 yes Roster 2014 Ohio State Buckeyes y D'Angelo Russell 0 G 6 5 180 FR Louisville, Kentucky USA y Jae'Sean Tate 1 F 6 4 190 FR Pickerington, Ohio USA y Marc Loving 2 F 6 7 215 SO Toledo, Ohio USA Shannon Scott 3 G 6 1 185 SR Alpharetta, Georgia USA y David Bell 10 C 6 10 225 FR Garfield Heights, Ohio USA Sam Thompson basketball y 12 F 6 7 200 SR Chicago, Illinois USA Kam Williams 15 G 6 2 175 FR y Baltimore, Maryland USA Amir Williams 23 C 6 11 250 SR Birmingham, Michigan USA Anthony Lee 31 C 6 9 230 SR Columbia, Maryland USA Trevor Thompson basketball 32 C 6 11 210 SO Indianapolis, Indiana USA yes y Keita Bates-Diop 33 F 6 7 190 FR Bloomington, Illinois USA y Jake Lorbach 34 F 6 7 210 JR Elyria, Ohio USA Trey McDonald 55 C 6 8 240 SR 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 Schedule no yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:white;"| Exhibition Nov 9 4:00 pm yes 20 Walsh Value City Arena Columbus, OH 77–37 13,345 – |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season Nov 14 7:00 pm yes 20 UMass Lowell Value City Arena Columbus, OH 92–55 13,256 1–0 Nov 18 7:30 pm yes 20 Marquette Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN2 74–63 13,233 2–0 Nov 23 7:00 pm yes 20 Sacred Heart Value City Arena Columbus, OH Buckeye Classic BTN 106–48 12,941 3–0 Nov 26 7:00 pm yes 16 Campbell Value City Arena Columbus, OH Buckeye Classic BTN 91–64 12,508 4–0 Nov 28 4:00 pm yes 16 James Madison Value City Arena Columbus, OH Buckeye Classic BTN 73–56 14,310 5–0 Dec 2 9:30 pm yes yes 14 Louisville 5 KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN 55–64 22,784 5–1 Dec 6 4:30 pm yes 14 Colgate Value City Arena Columbus, OH Buckeye Classic BTN 70–50 14,054 6–1 Dec 10 7:00 pm yes 12 High Point Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPNU 97–43 13,012 7–1 Dec 13 1:00 pm yes 12 Morehead State Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 87–71 14,578 8–1 Dec 17 7:00 pm yes 12 North Carolina A&T Nationwide Arena Columbus, OH BTN 97–55 14,585 9–1 Dec 20 3:30 pm yes yes 12 North Carolina 24 United Center Chicago, IL CBS Sports Classic CBS 74–82 19,726 9–2 Dec 22 6:00 pm yes 21 Miami (OH) Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 93–55 15,018 10–2 Dec 27 7:00 pm yes 21 Wright State Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 100–55 15,874 11–2 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:white;"| Big Ten Regular season Dec 30 1:00 pm 20 Iowa Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN2 65–71 15,189 11–3 (0–1) Jan 3 3:30 pm 20 Illinois Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN2 77–61 16,028 12–3 (1–1) Jan 6 9:00 pm yes 22 Minnesota Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN 74–72 OT 13,138 13–3 (2–1) Jan 10 12:00 pm yes 22 Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN ESPN 66–69 15,563 13–4 (2–2) Jan 13 7:00 pm Michigan Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 71–52 15,548 14–4 (3–2) Jan 17 2:00 pm yes Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA ESPN 67–76 15,400 14–5 (3–3) Jan 22 7:00 pm yes Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPN 69–67 7,117 15–5 (4–3) Jan 25 1:30 pm Indiana 23 Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 82–70 17,322 16–5 (5–3) Jan 29 7:00 pm Maryland 16 Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 80–56 14,483 17–5 (6–3) Feb 4 6:30 pm yes 20 Purdue Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN BTN 58–60 12,087 17–6 (6–4) Feb 8 5:30 pm yes 20 Rutgers The RAC Piscataway, NJ BTN 79–60 8,003 18–6 (7–4) Feb 11 7:00 pm 23 Penn State Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 75–55 13,262 19–6 (8–4) Feb 14 12:00 pm yes 23 Michigan State Breslin Center East Lansing, MI ESPN 56–59 14,797 19–7 (8–5) Feb 22 1:00 pm yes 24 Michigan Crisler Center Ann Arbor, MI CBS 57–64 12,618 19–8 (8–6) Feb 26 7:00 pm Nebraska Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 81–57 13,712 20–8 (9–6) Mar 1 7:30 pm Purdue Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 65–61 15,978 21–8 (10–6) Mar 4 6:00 pm yes 23 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 77–67 8,745 22–8 (11–6) Mar 8 4:30 pm 23 Wisconsin 6 Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 48–72 18,077 22–9 (11–7) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:white;"| Big Ten tournament Mar 12 9:00 pm yes Minnesota United Center Chicago, IL Second round ESPN2 79–73 16,549 23–9 Mar 13 9:00 pm yes Michigan State United Center Chicago, IL Quarterfinals BTN 67–76 17,230 23–10 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#B31021; color:white;"| NCAA tournament Mar 19 4:40 pm yes yes 10 W VCU 25 7 W Moda Center Portland, OR first round TNT 75–72 OT 13,616 24–10 Mar 21 5:20 pm yes yes 10 W Arizona 5 2 W Moda Center Portland, OR second round CBS 58–73 17,370 24–11 Eastern Time W West Region Source:http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/osu-m-baskbl-sched.html Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletic Site - Men's Basketball 2014-07-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20150629064801/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-baskbl/sched/osu-m-baskbl-sched.html 2015-06-29 dead Rankings 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. 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