2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes Buckeyes logo.svg Big Ten Big Ten 5 1 34–3 16–2 Thad Matta Jeff Boals Dave Dickerson Brandon Miller Value City Arena Big Ten regular season championsBig Ten tournament champions NCAA tournament Sweet Sixteen The 2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University during the 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Thad Matta, in his 7th season with the Buckeyes. The team played its home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes finished the regular season 32–2 and were ranked #1 overall in the media polls seven weeks during the season. The team won their second consecutive Big Ten regular season championship and Big Ten tournament championship. They entered the 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament as the overall #1 seed. They defeated Texas–San Antonio in the second round and George Mason in the third round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they were upset by Kentucky to finish the season 34–3. Pre-season Departures The Ohio State Buckeyes lost a key player in Evan Turner in the 2010 NBA draft. Turner left Ohio State after completing his junior season leading OSU to a 29–8 record and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament. Turner was selected second overall to the Philadelphia 76ers only behind former Kentucky Wildcat John Wall. Other senior departs are noted below. #2 Jeremie Simmons – G #4 P.J. Hill – G #13 Danny Peters – G #15 Kyle Madson – C #34 Mark Titus – G 2010 Recruiting Class no no 2009 Aaron Craft PG Findlay, Ohio Liberty Benton 6 2 172 2009-06-07 3 4 92 Jordan Sibert SG Cincinnati, Ohio Princeton 6 4 180 2008-09-20 4 5 93 Lenzelle Smith Jr. SF Zion, Illinois Zion Benton 6 3 200 2008-09-22 3 3 94 Jared Sullinger C Columbus, Ohio Northland 6 8 260 2007-05-10 5 5 98 Deshaun Thomas PF Fort Wayne, Indiana Bishop Luers 6 6 208 2007-06-01 5 5 96 J. D. Weatherspoon PF Columbus, Ohio Northland 6 6 200 2009-08-11 3 3 91 2010 Ohio State 2010 Basketball Commitments 2010 Ohio State Basketball Commits ESPN 3 2011-11-16 yes Roster 2010 Ohio State Buckeyes y Jared Sullinger 0 y F 6 9 260 FR Columbus, Ohio United States Deshaun Thomas 1 y F 6 9 260 FR Fort Wayne, Indiana USA Jordan Sibert 2 y G 6 4 180 FR Cincinnati, Ohio USA Aaron Craft 4 y G 6 2 195 FR Findlay, Ohio USA Eddie Days 10 G 6 0 180 SR Richmond Heights, Ohio USA J.D. Weatherspoon 15 F 6 7 210 FR Columbus, Ohio USA David Lighty 23 y G/F 6 5 220 SR Cleveland, Ohio USA Nikola Kecman 24 F 6 8 220 JR Belgrade, Serbia Serbia Evan Ravenel 30 y F 6 8 260 JR Tampa, Florida USA Lenzelle Smith Jr. y 32 G 6 3 230 FR Zion, Illinois USA Jon Diebler 33 y G 6 6 205 SR Upper Sandusky, Ohio USA William Buford 44 y G 6 5 205 JR Toledo, Ohio USA Dallas Lauderdale 52 y F 6 8 255 SR Solon, Ohio USA Thad Matta Jeff Boals Dave Dickerson Brandon Miller http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=17300&SPID=10421&SPSID=87812 2010-10-20 Depth chart B22222 CCCCCC B22222 Dallas Lauderdale Jared Sullinger David Lighty Jon Diebler William Buford Deshaun Thomas J.D. Weatherspoon Jordan Sibert Aaron Craft Evan Ravenel Nikola Kecman Eddie Days 2010–2011 Schedule no yes |- !colspan=9 style=Ohio State Buckeyes white| Exhibition 11/7/10 2:00 p.m. yes 4 2010 Walsh Cavaliers Walsh Value City Arena Columbus, OH 102–56 12,234 — |- !colspan=12 style=Ohio State Buckeyes white| Regular season 11/12/10 7:00 p.m. yes 4 2010 North Carolina A&T Aggies North Carolina A&T Value City Arena Columbus, OH Global Sports Invitational ESPN3 102–61 13,302 1–0 11/16/10 6:00 p.m. yes yes 4 Florida 9 O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL Global Sports Invitational ESPN 93–75 12,110 2–0 11/20/10 8:00 p.m. yes 4 2010 UNC Wilmington Seahawks UNC Wilmington Value City Arena Columbus, OH Global Sports Invitational BTN 81–41 11,882 3–0 11/23/10 7:00 p.m. yes 3 Morehead State Value City Arena Columbus, OH Global Sports Invitational ESPN3 64–45 12,305 4–0 11/26/10 4:00 p.m. yes 3 Miami (OH) Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 66–45 15,935 5–0 11/30/10 7:30 p.m. yes yes 2 Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL ACC–Big Ten Challenge ESPN 58–44 10,457 6–0 12/9/10 7:00 p.m. yes 2 2010 IUPUI Jaguars IUPUI Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 75–64 11,410 7–0 12/12/10 2:00 p.m. yes 2 Western Carolina St. John Arena Columbus, OH 85–60 6,905 8–0 12/15/10 6:30 p.m. yes 2 2010 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles Florida Gulf Coast Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 83–55 12,613 9–0 12/18/10 2:00 p.m. yes 2 South Carolina Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 79–57 15,497 10–0 12/21/10 8:30 p.m. yes 2 UNC Asheville Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 96–49 12,658 11–0 12/23/10 8:00 p.m. yes 2 Oakland Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 92–63 13,459 12–0 12/27/10 8:30 p.m. yes 2 2010 UT Martin Skyhawks UT Martin Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 100–40 15,133 13–0 12/31/10 6:00 p.m. yes 2 Indiana Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN ESPN2 85–67 14,883 14–0 (1–0) 1/4/11 9:00 p.m. yes 2 Iowa Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA BTN 73–68 9,810 15–0 (2–0) 1/9/11 2:00 p.m. 2 Minnesota Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 67–64 17,392 16–0 (3–0) 1/12/11 6:30 p.m. yes 2 Michigan Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI BTN 68–64 11,994 17–0 (4–0) 1/15/11 5:30 p.m. 2 Penn State Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 69–66 18,809 18–0 (5–0) 1/19/11 6:30 p.m. 1 Iowa Value City Arena Columbus, OH BTN 70–48 14,321 19–0 (6–0) 1/22/11 12:00 p.m. yes 1 Illinois 23 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL CBS 73–68 16,618 20–0 (7–0) 1/25/11 9:00 p.m. 1 Purdue 12 Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 87–64 17,556 21–0 (8–0) 1/29/11 6:00 p.m. yes 1 Northwestern Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL ESPN2 58–57 8,117 22–0 (9–0) 2/3/11 7:00 p.m. 1 Michigan Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 62–53 18,809 23–0 (10–0) 2/6/11 2:00 p.m. yes 1 Minnesota 18 Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN ESPN 82–69 14,625 24–0 (11–0) 2/12/11 2:00 p.m. yes 1 Wisconsin 13 Kohl Center Madison, WI ESPN 67–71 17,230 24–1 (11–1) 2/15/11 9:00 p.m. 2 Michigan State Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 71–61 18,802 25–1 (12–1) 2/20/11 1:00 p.m. yes 2 Purdue 11 Mackey Arena West Lafayette, IN CBS 63–76 14,123 25–2 (12–2) 2/22/11 7:00 p.m. 2 Illinois Value City Arena Columbus, OH ESPN 89–70 18,085 26–2 (13–2) 2/27/11 4:00 p.m. 2 Indiana Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 82–61 18,809 27–2 (14–2) 3/1/11 9:00 p.m. yes 1 Penn State Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA BTN 82–61 15,403 28–2 (15–2) 3/6/11 4:00 p.m. 1 Wisconsin 10 Value City Arena Columbus, OH CBS 93–65 18,809 29–2 (16–2) |- !colspan=9 style=Ohio State Buckeyes white| Big Ten tournament 3/11/11 12:00 p.m. yes 1 1 Northwestern 8 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten Quarterfinals ESPN 67–61 OT 17,975 30–2 3/12/11 1:40 p.m. yes 1 1 Michigan 4 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten Semifinals CBS 68–61 18,377 31–2 3/13/11 3:30 p.m. yes 1 1 Penn State 6 Conseco Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN Big Ten Championship Game CBS 71–60 15,770 32–2 |- !colspan=9 style=Ohio State Buckeyes white| NCAA tournament 3/18/11 4:40 p.m. yes yes 1 1 E UTSA 16 E Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH NCAA Second Round TNT 75–46 20,164 33–2 3/20/11 5:15 p.m. yes yes 1 1 E George Mason 8 E Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH NCAA Third Round CBS 98–66 20,164 34–2 3/25/11 9:45 p.m. yes yes 1 1 E Kentucky 11 4 E Prudential Center Newark, NJ NCAA Sweet Sixteen CBS 60–62 18,343 34–3 Eastern Time E NCAA East Regional Game Notes – NCAA tournament Second Round: UT–San Antonio Teams 1st 2nd Final (16) UTSA212546 (1) OSU373875 Ohio State began the 2011 NCAA tournament bid with a commanding 75–46 win of the University of Texas-San Antonio Roadrunners. The Buckeyes were contested early however took control of the game halfway through the first half. Leading 37–21 at halftime, the Buckeyes opened their lead and moved on to the third round of the tournament where they faced the George Mason Patriots. Third round: George Mason Teams 1st 2nd Final (8) GMU 26 40 66 (1) OSU 52 46 98 The third round showcased a match up between the #1 Ohio State Buckeyes and #8 George Mason Patriots. George Mason opened the game on an 11–2 run and quickly took the momentum. However, the overall seed in Ohio State would not back down. Led by senior David Lighty and Jon Diebler, the Buckeyes quickly went on a run to end the first half of play with a 52–26 lead. The pounding by the Buckeyes continued as they worked the ball around to their star freshmen in Jared Sullinger and Aaron Craft. Ending the game as they had in the first half, Ohio State continued to cruise through and went on to win the game 98–66 in front of biased crowd in Cleveland, Ohio. Regional semifinal: Kentucky Teams 1st 2nd Final (4) UK303262 (1) OSU303060 The Buckeyes reached the Sweet Sixteen for the second year in a row and for the second year they faced an SEC opponent. Ohio State and Kentucky both began the game struggling to shoot and to get any sort of momentum going with both teams tied at 30 heading into the second half. The second half remained an extremely close affair with neither team really able to pull away. In the final second of the game Kentucky was able to put together a game winning shot and put the Wildcats ahead 62–60, which would be the final score in the game. This loss ended the season for the Buckeyes, and for the second year in a row, Ohio State fell in the Sweet Sixteen. Rankings 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings + Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. 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