2019–20 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team


The 2019–20 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represents The Ohio State University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Chris Holtmann, in his third season with the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes play their home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio as members of the Big Ten Conference.

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

Coaching Changes

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

Incoming transfers

2019 recruiting class

2020 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten Tournament

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Individual Awards