2005–06 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 2005–06 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University in the 2005–06 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by their second-year head coach, Thad Matta, and played their home games at the Value City Arena, in Columbus, Ohio as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes finished the season 26–6, 12–4 in Big Ten play to win the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they defeated Penn State and Indiana before losing to Iowa in the championship game. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed in the Minneapolis regional. There they defeated Davidson in the first round before being upset by Georgetown in the second round.

2005–06 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Big Ten regular season champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 6
Record	26–6 (12–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thad Matta (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Alan Major Dan Peters John Groce
Home arena	Value City Arena
Seasons ← 2004–05 2006–07 →

2005–06 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Ohio State	12	–	4		.750			26	–	6		.813
No. 15 Iowa †	11	–	5		.688			25	–	9		.735
No. 13 Illinois	11	–	5		.688			26	–	7		.788
Wisconsin	9	–	7		.563			19	–	12		.613
Indiana	9	–	7		.563			19	–	12		.613
Michigan State	8	–	8		.500			22	–	12		.647
Michigan	8	–	8		.500			22	–	11		.667
Penn State	6	–	10		.375			15	–	15		.500
Northwestern	6	–	10		.375			14	–	15		.483
Minnesota	5	–	11		.313			16	–	15		.516
Purdue	3	–	13		.188			9	–	19		.321
† 2006 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 14, 2006 Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Previous season

The Buckeyes finished the 2004–05 season 20–12, 8–8 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place. They beat Penn State in the Big Ten tournament before losing to Wisconsin in the quarterfinals.

Roster

2005–06 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown C 21 Brayden Bell 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Fr Brighton High School Salt Lake City, UT G 14 Jamar Butler 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) So Shawnee High School Lima, OH F 34 Terence Dials 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Sr Boardman High School Youngstown, OH G 23 Je'Kel Foster 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Natchez High School Natchez, MS F 3 Ivan Harris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Oak Hill Academy Springfield, OH F 12 Ron Lewis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Bowling Green Columbus, Ohio G 32 Sylvester Mayes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Redlands CC Fort Wayne, IN G 33 Samuel Payne 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Fr Linden McKinley High School Columbus, OH G 0 J.J. Sullinger 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Thomas Worthington High School Columbus, OH F 40 Matt Sylvester 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr Moeller High School Cincinnati, OH F/C 42 Matt Terwilliger 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So Troy High School Troy, OH	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: 2010-04-04

Starting lineup

Position	Player	Class
C	Terence Dials
G	Je'Kel Foster
F	Matt Sylvester
G/F	J.J. Sullinger
G	Jamar Butler

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
November 20, 2005* 2:00 p.m., ESPN Plus		Chicago State	W 81–52	1–0	Value City Arena (12,062) Columbus, OH
November 22, 2005* 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		Butler	W 79–69 OT	2–0	Value City Arena (12,915) Columbus, OH
November 28, 2005* 7:30 p.m., ESPN2		Virginia Tech	W 69–56	3–0	Value City Arena (13,218) Columbus, OH
December 10, 2005* 2:00 p.m., ESPN		at Saint Joseph's	W 81–74	4–0	The Palestra (7,241) Philadelphia, PA
December 12, 2005* 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus		Norfolk State	W 92–59	5–0	Value City Arena (12,406) Columbus, OH
December 14, 2005* 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus		Belmont	W 85–75	6–0	Value City Arena (12,940) Columbus, OH
December 17, 2005* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2		vs. Iowa State	W 70–67	7–0	Wells Fargo Arena (12,500) Des Moines, IA
December 23, 2005* 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 24	Tennessee State	W 74–65	8–0	Value City Arena (13,598) Columbus, OH
December 28, 2005 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 21	Gardner–Webb	W 87–58	9–0	Value City Arena (13,928) Columbus, OH
December 31, 2005* 1:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 21	LSU	W 78–76	10–0	Value City Arena (16,136) Columbus, OH
January 5, 2006 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus/YES	No. 18	Penn State	W 104–69	11–0 (1–0)	Value City Arena (14,709) Columbus, OH
January 7, 2006 4:00 p.m., CBS	No. 18	at No. 16 Indiana	L 79–81	11–1 (1–1)	Assembly Hall (17,278) Bloomington, IN
January 11, 2006* 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 19	at Purdue	W 80–64	12–1 (2–1)	Mackey Arena (10,521) West Lafayette, IN
January 15, 2006 4:30 p.m., CBS	No. 19	No. 14 Michigan State	L 59–62 2OT	12–2 (2–2)	Value City Arena (18,500) Columbus, OH
January 18, 2006 8:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 19	No. 15 Wisconsin	W 77–67	13–2 (3–2)	Value City Arena (16,127) Columbus, OH
January 21, 2006 12:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 19	at Penn State	W 75–64	14–2 (4–2)	Bryce Jordan Center (9,495) University Park, PA
January 28, 2006 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 16	at Iowa	L 62–67	14–3 (4–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500) Iowa City, IA
January 30, 2006* 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 16	Florida A&M	W 95–53	15–3	Value City Arena (13,347) Columbus, OH
February 4, 2006 3:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 20	Minnesota	W 67–53	16–3 (5–3)	Value City Arena (17,736) Columbus, OH
February 9, 2006 7:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 19	at No. 22 Michigan	W 94–85	17–3 (6–3)	Crisler Center (12,788) Ann Arbor, MI
February 12, 2006 1:00 p.m., CBS	No. 19	No. 10 Illinois	W 69–53	18–3 (7–3)	Value City Arena (18,500) Columbus, OH
February 15, 2006 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 12	at Wisconsin	L 73–78	18–4 (7–4)	Kohl Center (17,142) Madison, WI
February 18, 2006 12:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 12	Northwestern	W 61–52	19–4 (8–4)	Value City Arena (18,500) Columbia, OH
February 22, 2006 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 13	at No. 18 Michigan State	W 79–68	20–4 (9–4)	Breslin Student Events Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
February 25, 2006 1:30 p.m., CBS	No. 13	Michigan	W 64–54	21–4 (10–4)	Value City Arena (18,500) Columbus, OH
March 1, 2006 8:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 9	at Northwestern	W 56–53	22–4 (11–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,253) Evanston, IL
March 5, 2006 12:00 p.m., ESPN Plus	No. 9	Purdue	W 76–57	23–4 (12–4)	Value City Arena (18,500) Columbus, OH
Big Ten tournament
March 10, 2006 12:00 p.m., ESPN	(1) No. 7	vs. (8) Penn State Quarterfinals	W 63–56	24–4	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,730) Indianapolis, IN
March 11, 2006 4:00 p.m., CBS	(1) No. 7	vs. (5) Indiana Semifinals	W 52–51	25–4	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (18,730) Indianapolis, IN
March 12, 2006 3:30 p.m., CBS	(1) No. 7	vs. (2) No. 20 Iowa Championship	L 60–67	25–5	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (17,591) Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
March 17, 2006* 12:15 p.m., CBS	(2 M) No. 6	vs. (15 M) Davidson First Round	W 70–62	26–5	University of Dayton Arena (12,945) Dayton, OH
March 19, 2006* 4:50 p.m., CBS	(2 M) No. 6	vs. (7 M) No. 23 Georgetown Second Round	L 52–70	26–6	University of Dayton Arena (12,945) Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.