The 2019–20 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented
Ohio State University in the
2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 5, 2019. The first tournament was the 2K Sports Classic and the season concluded prematurely on March 12, 2020. The 2020 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament was sch ...
. Their head coach was
Chris Holtmann, in his third season with the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes played their home games at
Value City Arena in
Columbus, Ohio
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as members of the
Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 11–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a four-way tie for fifth place. Following the regular season, the Big Ten tournament was canceled due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly thereafter, all postseason tournaments were canceled due to the pandemic, ending the Buckeyes' season.
Previous season
The
Buckeyes finished the
2018–19 season 20–15, 8–12 in
Big Ten play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the
Big Ten tournament, they defeated
Indiana in the second round 79-75 before losing to
Michigan State in the quarterfinals 77–70. They received an at-large bid to the
NCAA tournament as the No. 11 seed in the Midwest region. There they upset
Iowa State
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in the First Round before losing to
Houston in the Second Round.
Offseason
Departures
Coaching changes
In April 2019, assistant coach
Mike Schrage
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was hired as the new head coach at
Elon
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. Holtmann hired Jake Diebler as Schrage's replacement later that month.
Incoming transfers
2019 recruiting class
2020 Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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Big Ten tournament
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
Individual awards
References
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