2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team explained

Mode:basketball
Year:2024–25
Team:Ohio State Buckeyes
Conference:Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:Big Ten
Record:0–0
Conf Record:0–0
Hc Year:1st
Assoc Coach:Joel Justus
Ahc Year:1st
Ac1 Year:1st, 9th overall
Ac2 Year:1st
Ac3 Year:1st
Asst Coach4:Luke Simons
Ac4 Year:1st

The 2024–25 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team will represent the Ohio State University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They will be led by first-year head coach Jake Diebler, and will play their home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season

The Buckeyes finished the 2023–24 season 22–14, 9–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for tenth place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they beat Iowa in the first round,[1] before losing to Illinois in the quarterfinals.[2] The Buckeyes automatically qualified for the National Invitation Tournament as the No. 2 seed where they defeated Cornell in the first round[3] and Virginia Tech in the second round,[4] before losing to Georgia in the quarterfinal.[5]

Offseason

Departures

Ohio State departures
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure
0 G 6'7" 190 Freshman Transferred to Seton Hall
1 G 6'4" 210 Sophomore Transferred to Michigan
Dale Bonner 4 G 6'2" 175 GS Senior Graduated
10 F 6'7" 220 GS Senior Graduated
Bowen Hardman 15 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore Transferred to Akron
23 F 6'8" 245 Senior Transferred to Dayton
34 C 6'11" 235 Sophomore Transferred to Tennessee
Owen Spencer 44 F 6'9" 230 Senior Cincinnati, Ohio Walk-on; graduated

Incoming transfers

Ohio State incoming transfers
NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious school
1 G 6'2" 185 Senior South Carolina
4 F 7'1" 225 Freshman Kentucky
Ques Glover 6 G 6'0" 185 GS Senior Kansas State
Micah Parrish 8 G 6'6" 195 GS Senior San Diego State
13 F 6'9" 230 Sophomore Duke

Recruiting classes

2025 recruiting class

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=9 style=""|Regular season Source[6]

Notes and References

  1. News: Law . Gaurav . Ohio State Advances to Big Ten Quarterfinals with Win Over Iowa . April 28, 2024 . Buckeyes Now . . March 14, 2024.
  2. News: Spinner . Caleb . Ohio State Drops Heart-Breaker to Illinois, Ends Run in Big Ten Tournament . April 28, 2024 . Buckeyes Now . Sports Illustrated . March 15, 2024.
  3. Web site: Battle and Ohio State defeat Cornell 88-83 in NIT . . . April 28, 2024 . March 19, 2024.
  4. Web site: Battle scores 21 as Ohio State defeats Virginia Tech 81-73 in NIT . ESPN.com . Associated Press . April 28, 2024 . March 23, 2024.
  5. Web site: Thomasson and Georgia defeat Ohio State 79-77 to advance to NIT semifinals . ESPN.com . Associated Press . April 28, 2024 . March 26, 2024.
  6. Web site: 2024-25 Men's Basketball Schedule . . July 1, 2024.