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

2005–06 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings

	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

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
11/20/2005*		Chicago State	W 81–52	1–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
11/22/2005*		Butler	W 79–69 OT	2–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
11/28/2005*		Virginia Tech	W 69–56 OT	3–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
12/10/2005*		at Saint Joseph's	W 81–74	4–0	Hagan Arena  Philadelphia, PA
12/12/2005*		Norfolk State	W 92–59	5–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
12/14/2005*		Belmont	W 85–75	6–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
12/17/2005*		vs. Iowa State	W 70–67	7–0	Knapp Center  Des Moines, IA
12/23/2005*	No. 24	Tennessee State	W 74–65	8–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
12/28/2005	No. 21	Gardner-Webb	W 87–58	9–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
12/31/2005*	No. 21	LSU	W 78–76	10–0	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
01/05/2006	No. 18	Penn State	W 104–69	11–0 (1–0)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
01/07/2006 , CBS	No. 18	at No. 16 Indiana	L 79–81	11–1 (1–1)	Assembly Hall  Bloomington, IN
01/11/2006*	No. 19	at Purdue	W 80–64	12–1 (2–1)	Mackey Arena  West Lafayette, IN
01/15/2006 , CBS	No. 19	No. 14 Michigan State	L 59–62 2OT	12–2 (2–2)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
01/18/2006	No. 6	No. 15 Wisconsin	W 77–67	13–2 (3–2)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
01/21/2006	No. 19	at Penn State	W 75–64	14–2 (4–2)	Bryce Jordan Center  University Park, PA
01/28/2006	No. 16	at Iowa	L 62–67	14–3 (4–3)	Carver-Hawkeye Arena  Iowa City, IA
01/30/2006*	No. 16	Florida A&M	W 95–53	15–3	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
02/04/2006	No. 20	Minnesota	W 67–53	16–3 (5–3)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
02/09/2006	No. 19	at No. 22 Michigan	W 94–85	17–3 (6–3)	Crisler Center  Ann Arbor, MI
02/12/2006 , CBS	No. 19	No. 10 Illinois	W 69–53	18–3 (7–3)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
02/15/2006	No. 12	at Wisconsin	L 73–78	18–4 (7–4)	Kohl Center  Madison, WI
02/18/2006	No. 12	Northwestern	W 61–52	19–4 (8–4)	Value City Arena  Columbia, OH
02/22/2006	No. 13	at No. 18 Michigan State	W 79–68	20–4 (9–4)	Breslin Student Events Center  East Lansing, MI
02/25/2006 , CBS	No. 13	Michigan	W 64–54	21–4 (10–4)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
03/01/2006	No. 9	at Northwestern	W 56–53	22–4 (11–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
03/05/2006	No. 9	Purdue	W 76–57	23–4 (12–4)	Value City Arena  Columbus, OH
Big Ten tournament
03/10/2006	No. 7	vs. Penn State Quarterfinals	W 63–56	24–4	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
03/11/2006  CBS	No. 7	vs. Indiana Semifinals	W 52–51	25–4	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
03/12/2006 2:30 pm, CBS	No. 7	vs. No. 20 Iowa Championship	L 60–67	25–5	Bankers Life Fieldhouse  Indianapolis, IN
NCAA tournament
03/17/2006*  CBS	(2 Minn) No. 6	vs. (15 Minn) Davidson First Round	W 70–62	26–5	University of Dayton Arena  Dayton, OH
03/19/2006*  CBS	(2 Minn) No. 6	vs. (7 Minn) No. 23 Georgetown Second Round	L 52–70	26–6	University of Dayton Arena  Dayton, OH
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.