2000–01 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 2000–01 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball represented the Ohio State University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Buckeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 5 seed in the East region, but were upset by No. 12 seed Utah State in the first round.^[1] The Buckeyes finished with a record of 20–11 (11–5 Big Ten), but all 31 games – including the NCAA Tournament appearance – were later vacated due to NCAA sanctions as a result of the Jim O’Brien scandal.^[2]

2000–01 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
NCAA tournament, second round (vacated)
Conference	Big Ten
Record	20–11 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim O'Brien (4th season)
Home arena	Value City Arena
Seasons ← 1999–2000 2001–02 →

2000–01 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 4 Illinois	13	–	3		.813			27	–	8		.771
No. 3 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			28	–	5		.848
No. 20 Indiana	10	–	6		.625			21	–	13		.618
No. 25 Wisconsin	9	–	7		.563			18	–	11		.621
No. 24 Iowa †	7	–	9		.438			23	–	12		.657
Penn State	7	–	9		.438			21	–	12		.636
Purdue	6	–	10		.375			17	–	15		.531
Minnesota	5	–	11		.313			18	–	14		.563
Michigan	4	–	12		.250			10	–	18		.357
Northwestern	3	–	13		.188			11	–	19		.367
Ohio State*	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† 2001 Big Ten tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 1 NCAA Tourn. game vacated due to sanctions against the program Disputed record: Ohio State-(20-11)(11-5)

Roster

2000–01 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown G 13 Brian Brown 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Brooklyn, New York G 21 Boban Savović 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr   C 32 Ken Johnson 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Detroit, Michigan	Head coach Jim O'Brien Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
Nov 17, 2000*		Yale	W 65–45	1–0	Jerome Schottenstein Center  Columbus, Ohio
Nov 23, 2000*		vs. Florida State Great Alaska Shootout	W 90–65	2–0	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 24, 2000*		vs. Syracuse Great Alaska Shootout	L 66–77	2–1	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Nov 25, 2000*		vs. Valparaiso Great Alaska Shootout	L 64–67	2–2	Sullivan Arena  Anchorage, Alaska
Big Ten tournament
Mar 9, 2001*	No. 24	vs. Iowa Quarterfinals	L 66–75	20–10	United Center  Chicago, Illinois
NCAA Tournament
Mar 15, 2001*	(5 E)	vs. (12 E) Utah State First Round	L 68–77 ^OT	20–11	Greensboro Coliseum  Greensboro, North Carolina
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Main article: 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings

References

1. "Utah State topples OSU in overtime". Tampa Bay Times. March 16, 2001. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
2. "OSU gets probation". ESPN.com. March 10, 2006. Retrieved June 5, 2017.