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 History

The first time Ohio State basketball started in 1892. But it 

was not a independent school. In 1912, Ohio State 

basketball team became a actual team. About 13 year 

after forming their first team. Ohio Expo Center Coliseum 

is where Ohio state basketball team started and it 

constructed 1918 and used between 1920 to 1955. Ohio 

had 1 time national championship, 11 times of Final Four 

Appearances, and 25 times of Big ten Championships. 

Ohio State also called Buckeyes which is a small, dark 

brown nuts with a light tan pitch that came from official 

Ohio State tree and it means carrying good luck.

Top 5 teams

1960-----------------------NCAA Tournament champions

1939-----------------------NCAA Tournament runner up

1961-----------------------NCAA Tournament runner up

1962-----------------------NCAA Tournament runner up

2007-----------------------NCAA Tournament runner up

Top 10 Players

Dennis Hop son--------------------------- (1987)

 Jim Jackson--------------------------(1991, 1992)

 Scoonie Penn-------------------------------(1999)

 Terence Dials-------------------------------(2006)

 Evan Turner--------------------------------(2010)

 Wes Fesler----------------------------------(1931)

 Tippy Dye----------------------------(1936,1937)

 Brad Sellers---------------------------------(1986)

 Dennis Hopson------------------------------(1987)

 Michael Redd--------------------------------(2000)

                 March Madness

--In 1960, Ohio State was really great team.

They had 1 NCAA Tournament champions(1960), 

-2 NCAA Tournament runner up (1961),(1962),

-4 NCAA Tournament Final   Four 

(1960),(1961),(1962),(1968)

-4 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight 

(1960),(1961),(1962),(1968)

- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen

(1960),(1961),(1962),(1968)

--In 2000, Ohio state also really great team.

-9 NCAA Tournament appearances 

(2000),(2001),(2002),(2006),(2007),(2008),(20

09),(2010),(2011),(2012)

- Conference tournament champions

(2002),(2007),(2010),(2011)

-7 Conference regular season champions

(2000),(2002),(2006),(2007),(2010),(2011),(201

2)

Top 3 Coaches

    Harold Olsen (1898-1958)

 -Had been a coach for 24 seasons.

 -First conference championship.

     Fred Taylor (1959-1997)

 -Had 65% winning percentage

 -7 conference titles.

   Jim O'Brien (1998-2003)

-Drove the team to four 20+ wins seasons.

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