2004–05 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

2004–05 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball

Conference	Big Ten
Record	20–12 (8–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	Thad Matta (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Alan Major Dan Peters John Groce
Home arena	Value City Arena
Seasons ← 2003–04 2005–06 →

2004–05 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 Illinois †	15	–	1	.938	37	–	2	.949
No. 15 Michigan State	13	–	3	.813	26	–	6	.813
No. 20 Wisconsin	11	–	5	.688	25	–	9	.735
Indiana	10	–	6	.625	15	–	14	.517
Minnesota	10	–	6	.625	21	–	11	.656
Ohio State	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Iowa	7	–	9	.438	21	–	12	.636
Northwestern	6	–	10	.375	15	–	16	.484
Michigan	4	–	12	.250	13	–	18	.419
Purdue	3	–	13	.188	7	–	21	.250
Penn State	1	–	15	.063	7	–	23	.233

† 2005 Big Ten tournament winner As of March 15, 2005 Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 2004–05 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University in the 2004–05 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by their first-year head coach, Thad Matta, and played their home game at the Value City Arena, in Columbus, Ohio as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes finished the season 20-12, 8-8 in Big Ten play. They the 6th seed in the Big Ten tournament. They defeated Penn State in the first round before losing to Wisconsin in the quarterfinals. They were not given a bid for the NCAA tournament. The highlight of the season was beating Number 1 Illinois at home to give them their only loss of the regular season.

Previous season

The Buckeyes finished the 2003-04 season 14-16, 6-10 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. They were defeated by Indiana in the first round of the Big Ten tournament

Roster

2004–05 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown

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: April 18, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
11/9/2004*		Northern Kentucky	W 77–67	–	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
Regular season
11/15/2004*		Towson Guardians Classic	W 74–53	1–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
11/16/2004*		Robert Morris Guardians Classic	W 82–50	2–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
11/19/2004*		Delaware	W 74–49	3–0	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
11/23/2004*		vs. Houston Guardians Classic	W 78–61	4–0	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
11/24/2004*		vs. Creighton Guardians Classic	L 63–65 ^OT	4–1	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO
11/27/2004*		Chattanooga	W 84–67	5–1	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/1/2004*		at Clemson ACC–Big Ten Challenge	L 73–80	5–2	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
12/11/2004*		Portland State	W 78–54	6–2	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/16/2004*		at Texas Tech	W 77–71	7–2	United Spirit Arena Lubbock, TX
12/19/2004*		Morehead State	W 74–48	8–2	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/22/2004*		Mercer	W 102–77	9–2	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/28/2004*		New Hampshire	W 77–59	10–2	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
12/31/2004*		Saint Joseph's	W 72–61	11–2	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
1/5/2005 9:05 pm, ESPN Plus		at No. 1 Illinois	L 65–84	11–3 (0–1)	Assembly Hall (16,618) Champaign, IL
1/8/2005		No. 14 Iowa	W 81–69	12–3 (1–1)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
1/11/2005 7:00 pm, ESPN		at Wisconsin	L 66–72	12–4 (1–2)	Kohl Center Madison, WI
1/15/2005*		at LSU	L 101–113 ^2OT	12–5	Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA
1/19/2005		Minnesota	L 56–60 ^OT	12–6 (1–3)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
1/22/2005		at Indiana	L 60–67	12–7 (1–4)	Assembly Hall Bloomington, IN
1/26/2005		Penn State	W 68–62	13–7 (2–4)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
1/29/2005		at Northwestern	W 65–52	14–7 (3–4)	Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, IL
2/2/2005		Purdue	W 75–65	15–7 (4–4)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
2/5/2005		Michigan	W 72–46	16–7 (5–4)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
2/9/2005 8:00 pm		at No. 13 Michigan State	L 69–83	16–8 (5–5)	Breslin Center (14,759) East Lansing, MI
2/12/2005		at Penn State	W 66–56	17–8 (6–5)	Bryce Jordan Center State College, PA
2/15/2005		Indiana	W 57–44	18–8 (7–5)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
2/19/2005		at Minnesota	L 50–52	18–9 (7–6)	Williams Arena Minneapolis, MN
2/27/2005 2:00 pm, ESPN		No. 20 Wisconsin	L 56–64	18–10 (7–7)	Value City Arena Columbus, OH
3/2/2005		at Iowa	L 72–74	18–11 (7–8)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, IA
3/6/2005 1:00 pm, CBS		No. 1 Illinois	W 65–64	19–11 (8–8)	Value City Arena (19,200) Columbus, OH
Big Ten tournament
3/10/2005	(6)	vs. (11) Penn State Opening Round	W 72–69	20–11	United Center Chicago, IL
3/11/2005 9:10 pm, ESPN	(6)	vs. (3) No. 23 Wisconsin Quarterfinals	L 49–60	20–12	United Center Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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References

^ "2005 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. March 15, 2005.
^ "2004-05 Men's Basketball Schedule". Ohio State University Athletics. Retrieved April 18, 2023.

v t e Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Venues	The Armory (1897–1918) Fairgrounds Coliseum (1918–1956) St. John Arena (1956–1998) Value City Arena (1998–present)
Rivalries	Michigan
Culture & lore	Brutus Buckeye Buckeye Nuthouse WBNS WBNS-FM Ohio State Sports Network
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 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 1999–2000 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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
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