2004–05 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 2004–05 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University in the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by their first-year head coach, Thad Matta, and played their home game at the Value City Arena, in Columbus, Ohio as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes finished the season 20–12, 8–8 in Big Ten play. They the 6th seed in the Big Ten tournament. They defeated Penn State in the first round before losing to Wisconsin in the quarterfinals. They were not given a bid for the NCAA tournament. The highlight of the season was beating Number 1 Illinois at home to give them their only loss of the regular season.

2004–05 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Conference	Big Ten
Record	20–12 (8–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thad Matta (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Alan Major Dan Peters John Groce
Home arena	Value City Arena
Seasons ← 2003–04 2005–06 →

2004–05 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 1 Illinois †	15	–	1		.938			37	–	2		.949
No. 15 Michigan State	13	–	3		.813			26	–	6		.813
No. 20 Wisconsin	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
Indiana	10	–	6		.625			15	–	14		.517
Minnesota	10	–	6		.625			21	–	11		.656
Ohio State	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Iowa	7	–	9		.438			21	–	12		.636
Northwestern	6	–	10		.375			15	–	16		.484
Michigan	4	–	12		.250			13	–	18		.419
Purdue	3	–	13		.188			7	–	21		.250
Penn State	1	–	15		.063			7	–	23		.233
† 2005 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 15, 2005 Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Previous season

The Buckeyes finished the 2003-04 season 14–16, 6–10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They were defeated by Indiana in the first round of the Big Ten tournament

Roster

2004–05 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown	Head coach Thad Matta (Butler) Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: April 18, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
11/9/2004*		Northern Kentucky	W 77–67	–	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
Regular season
11/15/2004*		Towson Guardians Classic	W 74–53	1–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
11/16/2004*		Robert Morris Guardians Classic	W 82–50	2–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
11/19/2004*		Delaware	W 74–49	3–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
11/23/2004*		vs. Houston Guardians Classic	W 78–61	4–0	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
11/24/2004*		vs. Creighton Guardians Classic	L 63–65 OT	4–1	Municipal Auditorium  Kansas City, MO
11/27/2004*		Chattanooga	W 84–67	5–1	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
12/1/2004*		at Clemson ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 73–80	5–2	Littlejohn Coliseum  Clemson, SC
12/11/2004*		Portland State	W 78–54	6–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
12/16/2004*		at Texas Tech	W 77–71	7–2	United Spirit Arena  Lubbock, TX
12/19/2004*		Morehead State	W 74–48	8–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
12/22/2004*		Mercer	W 102–77	9–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
12/28/2004*		New Hampshire	W 77–59	10–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
12/31/2004*		Saint Joseph's	W 72–61	11–2	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
1/5/2005 9:05 pm, ESPN Plus		at No. 1 Illinois	L 65–84	11–3 (0–1)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/8/2005		No. 14 Iowa	W 81–69	12–3 (1–1)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
1/11/2005 7:00 pm, ESPN		at Wisconsin	L 66–72	12–4 (1–2)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
1/15/2005*		at LSU	L 101–113 2OT	12–5	Maravich Assembly Center  Baton Rouge, LA
1/19/2005		Minnesota	L 56–60 OT	12–6 (1–3)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
1/22/2005		at Indiana	L 60–67	12–7 (1–4)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
1/26/2005		Penn State	W 68–62	13–7 (2–4)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
1/29/2005		at Northwestern	W 65–52	14–7 (3–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
2/2/2005		Purdue	W 75–65	15–7 (4–4)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
2/5/2005		Michigan	W 72–46	16–7 (5–4)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
2/9/2005 8:00 pm		at No. 13 Michigan State	L 69–83	16–8 (5–5)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
2/12/2005		at Penn State	W 66–56	17–8 (6–5)	Bryce Jordan Center  State College, PA
2/15/2005		Indiana	W 57–44	18–8 (7–5)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
2/19/2005		at Minnesota	L 50–52	18–9 (7–6)	Williams Arena  Minneapolis, MN
2/27/2005 2:00 pm, ESPN		No. 20 Wisconsin	L 56–64	18–10 (7–7)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
3/2/2005		at Iowa	L 72–74	18–11 (7–8)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
3/6/2005 1:00 pm, CBS		No. 1 Illinois	W 65–64	19–11 (8–8)	Value City Arena (19,200) Columbus, OH
Big Ten tournament
3/10/2005	(6)	vs. (11) Penn State Opening Round	W 72–69	20–11	United Center  Chicago, IL
3/11/2005 9:10 pm, ESPN	(6)	vs. (3) No. 23 Wisconsin Quarterfinals	L 49–60	20–12	United Center  Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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