Men's Basketball

Ohio State University: Columbus

1080 Jerome Schottenstein Ctr - Columbus, OH - 43210
Team Office: Tel: (614) 292-0505 Fax: (614) 292-1972
Team website: ohiostatebuckeyes.com

Founded in 1878, Ohio State is among the ten largest universities in terms of enrollment. The university offers 174 undergraduate majors, 111 Master's degrees, and 93 doctoral programs. Among the graduate programs with some distinction: Veterinary Medicine, Education, Business, Nursing, and Engineering. US News 2008 report of America's Best Colleges ranked Ohio State #57 among national universities.

The 1700 acre campus is located in the state capital of Columbus (pop.750k).

School website
www.osu.edu

College Profile

Type:

Public. co-ed

Religious Affiliation:

None

Enrollment:

48,000

Getting In:

Difficult. ACT 25/75: 24-29

Tuition + Room & Board:

In-state: ~$16,000
Out-of-State: ~$27,000

Most Popular Majors

Psychology - English - Communications

Misc. Information

Head coach Thad Matta (pronounced mah-tuh) completed his fourth year at Ohio State in 2007-08. Matta took over a program in 2004-05 that had gone 14-16 the year before and finished 9th in the Big Ten. In his first four seasons he has garnered 20, 26, 35, and 24 wins and made three NCAA appearance and captured one NIT championship. Career-wise, Matta has coached eight seasons, winning 20 or more games eight times while making seven NCAA appearances. Matta was a high school standout at Hoopeston-East Lynn HS and played collegiately at Butler. Prior to coming to Ohio State, Matta coached three seasons at Xavier and one year at Butler. Matta began his coaching career at Indiana State as a graduate assistant and later assisted at Miami (Ohio) and Western Carolina. In 2007-08, the Buckeyes went 24-13 and won the NIT championship, beating UMASS.

Team Name	Buckeyes
Colors	Scarlet and Gray
Division	NCAA Division I
All-Time Record	n/a

Recent Record (Last 8 Years)

	Last Yr	Last Yr - 1	Last Yr - 2	Previous 5 Years
Overall	24-13	35-4	26-6	95-62 (.605)
Conference	10-8	15-1	12-4	43-37 (.537)
Conf. Finish	5	1	1	6, 9, 9, 1, 3
Post Appear.	NIT	Finals	2nd Rnd	NCAA 3x
Final 25 Rank	NR	#1	#6	0x

Coaches

Head Coach	Thad Matta
	Birthday: 1967-07-11
Started at Ohio St	2004-05
Contract Expires
Record as Head Coach	207-66 (.758)
Record at Ohio St	105-35 (.750)
Coaching Awards	Big 10 COTY (06), Atlantic 10 COTY, Midwestern COTY

Asst. Coaches	John Groce, Alan Major, Archie Miller

Recruiting Coordinator

John Groce (614) 292-0505, jgroce@buckeyes.ath.ohio-state.edu

Conference and Schedule

Ohio State plays in the Big Ten (www.bigten.org), the oldest D1 conference, which is comprised of 11 schools from eight states. The Big 10 is ranked among the top three D1 conferences in the nation. Ohio State plays a 16 game schedule and will play six teams twice, and four once. Conference play starts in January with most games played on Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons. The season concludes with the Big 10 tournament. All 11 teams participate. The bracket will be seeded according to the final regular-season standings with the League champion earning the top seed and the top five finishers receiving first-round byes. Tourney winner is an automatic qualifier.

Conference Opponents

Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Northwestern, Illinois, Michigan State, Michigan, Penn State, Purdue, and Indiana.

Facilities

St. John Arena
Capacity: 13,400. Attendance: