The 2022–23 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented The Ohio State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Chris Holtmann, who was in his sixth season with the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes played their home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 16–19, 5–15 in Big Ten play to finish in 13th place. They defeated Wisconsin, Iowa, and Michigan State in the Big Ten tournament to advance to the semifinals. There they lost to Purdue.

Previous season The Buckeyes finished the 2021–22 season 20–12, 12–8 in Big Ten play to finish a three-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Penn State in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 7 seed in the South region where they defeated in Loyola in the First Round before losing to Villanova in the Second Round.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Meechie Johnson Jr. 0 G 6'2" 172 Sophomore Cleveland, OH Transferred to South Carolina Jimmy Sotos 1 G 6'3" 200 GS Senior Elk Grove Village, IL Graduated Cedric Russell 2 G 6'2" 190 Senior Alexandria, LA Graduated Justin Ahrens 10 F 6'6" 195 Senior Versailles, OH Transferred to Loyola Marymount Malaki Branham 22 G 6'5" 180 Freshman Columbus, OH Declare for 2022 NBA draft Kyle Young 25 F 6'8" 225 GS Senior Canton, OH Graduated Seth Towns 31 F 6'8" 230 GS Senior Columbus, OH Left the team for personal reasons E. J. Liddell 32 F 6'7" 240 Junior Belleville, IL Declare for 2022 NBA draft Harrison Hookfin 42 F 6'6" 195 Senior Cincinnati, OH Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Joey Brunk 50 C 6'11' 255 GS Senior Indianapolis, IN Left the team for personal reasons Jamari Wheeler 55 G 6'1" 170 GS Senior Live Oak, FL Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Tanner Holden 0 G 6'6" 185 Senior Wheelersburg, OH Wright State Sean McNeil 4 G 6'3" 205 GS Senior Union, KY West Virginia Isaac Likekele 13 G 6'5" 215 GS Senior Arlington, TX Oklahoma State Owen Spencer 44 F 6'9" 205 Junior Cincinnati, OH The Citadel

Recruiting classes

2022 recruiting class

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

References