1961–62 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

1961–62 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Runner Up
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1
1961–62 record	26–2 (13–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Taylor
Home arena	St. John Arena

1961–62 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 Ohio State	13	–	1	.929	26	–	2	.929
Wisconsin	10	–	4	.714	17	–	7	.708
Purdue	9	–	5	.643	17	–	7	.708
Illinois	7	–	7	.500	15	–	8	.652
Indiana	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Iowa	7	–	7	.500	13	–	11	.542
Minnesota	6	–	8	.429	10	–	14	.417
Michigan	5	–	9	.357	7	–	17	.292
Michigan State	3	–	11	.214	8	–	14	.364
Northwestern	3	–	11	.214	8	–	15	.348

Rankings from http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1962.html

The 1961–62 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University. The team's head coach was Fred Taylor.

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Site City, State
December 2*	No. 1	Florida State	W 72–57	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
December 6*	No. 1	at Pittsburgh	W 99–79	Pittsburgh, PA
December 8*	No. 1	Wichita State	W 85–62	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
December 9*	No. 1	at No. 3 Wake Forest	W 84–62	Winston-Salem, NC
December 16*	No. 1	Loyola (IL)	W 92–72	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
December 18*	No. 1	at Saint Louis	W 61–48
December 23*	No. 1	Penn State	W 92–49	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
December 27*	No. 1	vs. Washington LA Holiday Classic	W 59–49	Los Angeles, CA
December 28*	No. 1	vs. UCLA LA Holiday Classic	W 105–84	Los Angeles, CA
December 30*	No. 1	vs. USC LA Holiday Classic	W 76–66	Los Angeles, CA
January 6	No. 1	at Northwestern	W 85–62	Evanston, IL
January 13	No. 1	Michigan	W 89–64	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
January 20	No. 1	at Minnesota	W 90–76	Minneapolis, MN
January 22	No. 1	Purdue	W 91–65	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
January 29	No. 1	at Purdue	W 94–73	West Lafayette, IN
February 3	No. 1	Northwestern	W 97–61	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
February 5	No. 1	Iowa	W 89–63	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
February 10	No. 1	Minnesota	W 91–66	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
February 12	No. 1	at Michigan	W 72–57	Ann Arbor, MI
February 17	No. 1	at Michigan State	W 80–72	East Lansing, MI
February 24	No. 1	Illinois	W 102–79	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
February 26	No. 1	at Iowa	W 72–62	Iowa City, IA
March 3	No. 1	at Wisconsin	L 67–81	Madison, WI
March 10	No. 1	Indiana	W 90–65	St. John Arena Columbus, OH
March 16*	No. 1	vs. Western Kentucky NCAA Tournament	W 93–73	Iowa City, IA
March 17*	No. 1	vs. No. 3 Kentucky NCAA Tournament	W 74–64	Iowa City, IA
March 23*	No. 1	vs. Wake Forest NCAA Tournament	W 84–68	Louisville, KY
March 24*	No. 1	vs. No. 2 Cincinnati NCAA Tournament	L 59–71	Louisville, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. ME=Mideast.

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Awards and honors

John Havlicek, First-Team All Big Ten
Jerry Lucas, All-America selection
Jerry Lucas, Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball
Jerry Lucas, First-Team All Big Ten
Jerry Lucas, USBWA College Player of the Year^[2]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	6	Jerry Lucas	Cincinnati Royals
1	9	John Havlicek	Boston Celtics

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References

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball

Venues	The Armory (1897–1918) Ohio Expo Center Coliseum (1918–1956) 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 2016–17

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

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