1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Runner Up
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#1
1960–61 record	27–1 (14–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Taylor
Home arena	St. John Arena

1960–61 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 Ohio State	14	–	0	1.000	27	–	1	.964
#7 Iowa	10	–	4	.714	18	–	6	.750
Purdue	10	–	4	.714	16	–	7	.696
Indiana	8	–	6	.571	15	–	9	.625
Minnesota	8	–	6	.571	10	–	13	.435
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	10	–	12	.455
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	9	–	15	.375
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	7	–	17	.292
Michigan State	3	–	11	.214	7	–	17	.292
Michigan	2	–	12	.143	6	–	18	.250

Rankings from http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1961.html

The 1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University. The Head Coach was Fred Taylor.

NCAA basketball tournament

Mideast
- Ohio State 56, Louisville 55
- Ohio State 87, Kentucky 74
Final Four
- Ohio State 95, St. Joseph’s, Pennsylvania 69
- Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65^[1]

Awards and honors

John Havlicek, First-Team All Big Ten
Jerry Lucas, All-America selection
Jerry Lucas, NCAA Men's MOP Award^[2]
Jerry Lucas, Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball
Jerry Lucas, First-Team All Big Ten
Jerry Lucas, USBWA College Player of the Year^[3]
Larry Siegfried, First-Team All Big Ten

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	3	Larry Siegfried	Cincinnati Royals

^[4]

References

↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1961
↑ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
↑ http://www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1961

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball

Venues	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (1920–1956) St. John Arena (1956–1998) Value City Arena (1998–present) Covelli Arena (practice; 2014)

Culture & lore	Brutus Buckeye Buckeye Nuthouse WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State IMG Sports Network

People	Head coaches Retired numbers Statistical leaders

Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

NCAA basketball tournament

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

See also

References