The 2012–13 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach was Thad Matta, in his ninth season with the Buckeyes. The team played its home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio. They finished with a record of 29–8 overall, 13–5 in Big Ten play for a second place tie with Michigan State. They won the 2013 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament and received an automatic bid in the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where they were defeated by Wichita State in the Elite Eight.
Before the season
Previous season The Ohio State Buckeyes began the 2011–12 season ranked #3 in the nation and would go on to an 8–0 start to the season, with their first loss coming at Allen Fieldhouse against the Kansas Jayhawks. Ohio State remained in the top three through the first two months of the season, until they lost their first conference game of the season on December 31 against the Indiana Hoosiers. Ohio State went 13–5 through Big Ten play and ended the season with a 25–6 record and won a share of the Big Ten regular season championship, sharing it with Michigan State and Michigan. Ohio State would end up losing in the championship game of the Big Ten tournament and enter the NCAA tournament as a #2 seed. Ohio State would go on to defeat Syracuse in the Elite Eight en route to the program's eleventh Final Four appearance. Ohio State lost to the Kansas Jayhawks in the Final Four and ended the season with a 31–8 record and #3 ranking. After the season, Jared Sullinger declared for the NBA draft after his sophomore season, while Deshaun Thomas decided to return for his junior season.
Departures Name Position Reason William Buford Guard Graduation Jordan Sibert Guard Transfer to Dayton Jared Sullinger Forward Entered NBA draft J.D. Weatherspoon Forward Transfer to Toledo
Recruiting
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=12| Exhibition
!colspan=12| Regular season
!colspan=12| Big Ten tournament
!colspan=9| NCAA tournament
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Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week1 Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 8 15 11 14 11 10 13 18 14 10 7 Coaches 4 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 8 14 11 15 10 10 14 18 13 9 6 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
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