2001–02 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 2001–02 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball finished in a four-way tie atop the Big Ten regular season standings, and followed that by winning the Big Ten tournament for the first time. The Buckeyes received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as No. 4 seed in the West region. After an opening round victory over No. 13 seed Davidson, they lost to No. 12 seed Missouri in the second round. The Buckeyes finished with a record of 24–8 (11–5 Big Ten), but all 32 games including the Big Ten regular season and tournament titles, and NCAA Tournament appearance were later vacated due to NCAA sanctions as a result of the Jim O’Brien scandal.

2001–02 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Big Ten tournament champion (vacated)
Big Ten Regular season co-champion (vacated)
NCAA tournament, second round (vacated)
ConferenceBig Ten
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 14
Record24–8 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Home arenaValue City Arena
2001–02 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 13 Illinois115 .688269  .743
No. 23 Indiana115 .6882512  .676
Wisconsin115 .6881913  .594
Michigan State106 .6251912  .613
Minnesota97 .5631813  .581
Northwestern79 .4381613  .552
Iowa511 .3131916  .543
Purdue511 .3131318  .419
Michigan511 .3131118  .379
Penn State313 .188721  .250
No. 14 Ohio State*†00 00  
2002 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
*Ohio State: 30 reg. season games; 2 NCAA Tourn. games vacated due to sanctions against the program
Disputed record: Ohio State-(24-8)(11-5)
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