2019–20 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2019–20
Prev Year:	2018–19
Next Year:	2020–21
Team:	Ohio State Buckeyes
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big Ten
Coachrank:	18
Aprank:	19
Record:	21–10
Conf Record:	11–9
Hc Year:	3rd
Ac1 Year:	3rd
Ac2 Year:	3rd
Ac3 Year:	1st

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. 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 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 in the First Round before losing to Houston in the Second Round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
	3	G	6'1"	175			Graduated
Joey Lane	14	G	6'1"	180			Walk-on; graduated
	23	F	6'9"	230			Transferred to TCU
	32	G	6'3"	205			Graduated

Coaching changes

In April 2019, assistant coach Mike Schrage was hired as the new head coach at Elon.^[1] Holtmann hired Jake Diebler as Schrage's replacement later that month.^[2]

2020 Recruiting class

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten tournament

Rankings

See also: 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Individual awards

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Player	Award	Date Awarded	Ref.
Kaleb Wesson	Big Ten Player of the Week	November 18, 2019	^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ohio State assistant Mike Schrage hired as Elon head coach. coachesdatabase.com. Coaches Database. April 5, 2019. November 5, 2019.
2. Web site: FSU basketball hiring former Clemson assistant Steve Smith to coaching staff. Cleveland.com. April 17, 2019. November 5, 2019.
3. Web site: Kaleb Wesson Named Big Ten Player Of The Week After Win Against Villanova. 2019-11-18. Eleven Warriors. en. 2019-11-18.