2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

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2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Buckeyes logo.svg
Big Ten Regular Season Champions
Big Ten Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig Ten
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 1
2010–11 record34–3 (16–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaValue City Arena
Seasons
2010–11 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 Ohio State † 16 – 2   .889 34 – 3   .919
No. 13 Purdue 14 – 4   .778 26 – 8   .765
No. 16 Wisconsin 13 – 5   .722 25 – 9   .735
Michigan 9 – 9   .500 21 – 14   .600
Illinois 9 – 9   .500 20 – 14   .588
Penn State 9 – 9   .500 19 – 15   .559
Michigan State 9 – 9   .500 19 – 15   .559
Northwestern 7 – 11   .389 20 – 14   .588
Minnesota 6 – 12   .333 17 – 14   .548
Iowa 4 – 14   .222 11 – 20   .355
Indiana 3 – 15   .167 12 – 20   .375
† 2011 Big Ten Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1][2]

The 2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented The 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 the Jerome Schottenstein Center 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 Men's Division I 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[]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Aaron Craft
PG 		Findlay, Ohio Liberty Benton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 172 lb (78 kg) Jun 7, 2009 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 92
Jordan Sibert
SG 		Cincinnati, Ohio Princeton 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sep 20, 2008 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 93
Lenzelle Smith Jr.
SF 		Zion, Illinois Zion Benton 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Sep 22, 2008 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 94
Jared Sullinger
C 		Columbus, Ohio Northland 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 260 lb (120 kg) May 10, 2007 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 98
Deshaun Thomas
PF 		Fort Wayne, Indiana Bishop Luers 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 208 lb (94 kg) Jun 1, 2007 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:5/5 stars   Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 96
J. D. Weatherspoon
PF 		Columbus, Ohio Northland 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Aug 11, 2009 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 91
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 3
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2010 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2011-11-16.

Roster[]

2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
F 0 Jared Sullinger 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Fr Columbus, Ohio
F 1 Deshaun Thomas 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Fr Fort Wayne, Indiana
G 2 Jordan Sibert 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Cincinnati, Ohio
G 4 Aaron Craft 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Findlay, Ohio
G 10 Eddie Days 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Sr Richmond Heights, Ohio
F 15 J.D. Weatherspoon 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Columbus, Ohio
G/F 23 David Lighty 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr Cleveland, Ohio
F 24 Nikola Kecman 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Belgrade, Serbia
F 30 Evan Ravenel 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Jr Tampa, Florida
G 32 Lenzelle Smith Jr. 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Fr Zion, Illinois
G 33 Jon Diebler 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Upper Sandusky, Ohio
G 44 William Buford 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Toledo, Ohio
F 52 Dallas Lauderdale 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Sr Solon, Ohio
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2010-10-20

Depth chart[]

Pos. Starting 5 Bench 1 Bench 2
C Dallas Lauderdale
PF Jared Sullinger Deshaun Thomas Evan Ravenel
SF David Lighty J.D. Weatherspoon Nikola Kecman
SG Jon Diebler Jordan Sibert
PG William Buford Aaron Craft Eddie Days

2010–2011 Schedule[]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/7/10*
2:00 p.m. 		No. 4 Walsh W 102–56  –
 Value City Arena (12,234)
Columbus, OH
Regular season
11/12/10*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		No. 4 North Carolina A&T
Global Sports Invitational 		W 102–61  1–0
 Value City Arena (13,302)
Columbus, OH
11/16/10*
6:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 4 at No. 9 Florida
Global Sports Invitational 		W 93–75  2–0
 O'Connell Center (12,110)
Gainesville, FL
11/20/10*
8:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 4 UNC Wilmington
Global Sports Invitational 		W 81–41  3–0
 Value City Arena (11,882)
Columbus, OH
11/23/10*
7:00 p.m., ESPN3 		No. 3 Morehead State
Global Sports Invitational 		W 64–45  4–0
 Value City Arena (12,305)
Columbus, OH
11/26/10*
4:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 3 Miami (Ohio) W 66–45  5–0
 Value City Arena (15,935)
Columbus, OH
11/30/10*
7:30 p.m., ESPN 		No. 2 at Florida State
ACC – Big Ten Challenge 		W 58–44  6–0
 Donald L. Tucker Center (10,457)
Tallahassee, FL
12/9/10*
7:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 2 IUPUI W 75–64  7–0
 Value City Arena (11,410)
Columbus, OH
12/12/10*
2:00 p.m. 		No. 2 Western Carolina W 85–60  8–0
 St. John Arena (6,905)
Columbus, OH
12/15/10*
6:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 2 Florida Gulf Coast W 83–55  9–0
 Value City Arena (12,613)
Columbus, OH
12/18/10*
2:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 2 South Carolina W 79–57  10–0
 Value City Arena (15,497)
Columbus, OH
12/21/10*
8:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 2 UNC Asheville W 96–49  11–0
 Value City Arena (12,658)
Columbus, OH
12/23/10*
8:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 2 Oakland W 92–63  12–0
 Value City Arena (13,459)
Columbus, OH
12/27/10*
8:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 2 Tennessee–Martin W 100–40  13–0
 Value City Arena (15,133)
Columbus, OH
12/31/10
6:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 2 at Indiana W 85–67  14–0 (1–0)
 Assembly Hall (14,883)
Bloomington, IN
1/4/11
9:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 2 at Iowa W 73–68  15–0 (2–0)
 Carver–Hawkeye Arena (9,810)
Iowa City, IA
1/9/11
2:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 2 Minnesota W 67–64  16–0 (3–0)
 Value City Arena (17,392)
Columbus, OH
1/12/11
6:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 2 at Michigan W 68–64  17–0 (4–0)
 Crisler Arena (11,994)
Ann Arbor, MI
1/15/11
5:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 2 Penn State W 69–66  18–0 (5–0)
 Value City Arena (18,809)
Columbus, OH
1/19/11
6:30 p.m., BTN 		No. 1 Iowa W 70–48  19–0 (6–0)
 Value City Arena (14,321)
Columbus, OH
1/22/11
12:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 1 at No. 23 Illinois W 73–68  20–0 (7–0)
 Assembly Hall (16,618)
Champaign, IL
1/25/11
9:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 1 No. 12 Purdue W 87–64  21–0 (8–0)
 Value City Arena (17,556)
Columbus, OH
1/29/11
6:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 1 at Northwestern W 58–57  22–0 (9–0)
 Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117)
Evanston, IL
2/3/11
7:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 1 Michigan W 62–53  23–0 (10–0)
 Value City Arena (18,809)
Columbus, OH
2/6/11
2:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 1 at No. 18 Minnesota W 82–69  24–0 (11–0)
 Williams Arena (14,625)
Minneapolis, MN
2/12/11
2:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 1 at No. 13 Wisconsin L 67–71  24–1 (11–1)
 Kohl Center (17,230)
Madison, WI
2/15/11
9:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 2 Michigan State W 71–61  25–1 (12–1)
 Value City Arena (18,802)
Columbus, OH
2/20/11
1:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 2 at No. 11 Purdue L 63–76  25–2 (12–2)
 Mackey Arena (14,123)
West Lafayette, IN
2/22/11
7:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 2 Illinois W 89–70  26–2 (13–2)
 Value City Arena (18,085)
Columbus, OH
2/27/11
4:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 2 Indiana W 82–61  27–2 (14–2)
 Value City Arena (18,809)
Columbus, OH
3/1/11
9:00 p.m., BTN 		No. 1 at Penn State W 82–61  28–2 (15–2)
 Bryce Jordan Center (15,403)
University Park, PA
3/6/11
4:00 p.m., CBS 		No. 1 No. 10 Wisconsin W 93–65  29–2 (16–2)
 Value City Arena (18,809)
Columbus, OH
Big Ten Tournament
3/11/11
12:00 p.m., ESPN 		No. 1 vs. Northwestern
Quarterfinals 		W 67–61 OT 30–2
 Conseco Fieldhouse (17,975)
Indianapolis, IN
3/12/11
1:40 p.m., CBS 		No. 1 vs. Michigan
Semifinals 		W 68–61  31–2
 Conseco Fieldhouse (18,377)
Indianapolis, IN
3/13/11
3:30 p.m., CBS 		No. 1 vs. Penn State
Championship Game 		W 71–60  32–2
 Conseco Fieldhouse (15,770)
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Tournament
3/18/11*
4:40 p.m., TNT 		No. 1 (1-E) vs. (16-E) UT–San Antonio
Second Round 		W 75–46  33–2
 Quicken Loans Arena (20,164)
Cleveland, OH
3/20/11*
5:15 p.m., CBS 		No. 1 (1-E) vs. (8-E) George Mason
Third Round 		W 98–66  34–2
 Quicken Loans Arena (20,164)
Cleveland, OH
3/25/11*
9:45 p.m., CBS 		No. 1 (1-E) vs. No. 11 (4-E) Kentucky
Sweet Sixteen 		L 60–62  34–3
 Prudential Center (18,343)
Newark
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time. Rank indicates seed in the NCAA tournament. E-East region, W-West region, S-South region, M-Midewest Region.

Game Notes – NCAA Tournament[]

Second Round: UT–San Antonio[]

Teams 1st 2nd Final
(16) UTSA 21 25 46
(1) OSU 37 38 75

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) UK 30 32 62
(1) OSU 30 30 60

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[]

See also: 2010–11 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings
Ranking Movement
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll Pre Wk 1 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 Feb 21 Feb 28 Mar 7 Wk 18 Final
AP 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1
Coaches 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 5

See also[]

External links[]

  1. ^ "2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. Retrieved March 14, 2011.
  2. ^ "Big Ten Standings - 2010-11". ESPN. Retrieved March 26, 2011.
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