| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2002–03 |
| Prev Year: | 2001–02 |
| Next Year: | 2003–04 |
| Team: | Ohio State Buckeyes |
| Conference: | Big Ten |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 17–15 |
| Conf Record: | 7–9 |
| Head Coach: | Jim O'Brien |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Stadium: | Value City Arena |
| Bowl: | NIT |
| Bowl Result: | First Round |
The 2002–03 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball finished 8th in the Big Ten regular season standing but made it the championship game of the Big Ten tournament for the second consecutive time. The Buckeyes went to the NIT where they lost to Georgia Tech in the first round.
| Position | Player | Class | |||
| Brent Darby | |||||
| Sean Connolly | |||||
| Devin Patterson | |||||
| Zach Williams | |||||
| Matt Sylvester/Shun Jenkins | |||||