The 2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Thad Matta, in his 13th season with the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes played their home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 17–15, 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for 10th place. As the No. 11 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost in the first round to Rutgers.
On June 5, 2017, the school announced that head coach Thad Matta would not return as head coach. On June 9, the school hired Butler head coach Chris Holtmann as head coach.
Previous season The Buckeyes finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 21–14, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Michigan State. They received an invitation to the National Invitational tournament where they defeated Akron in the first round to before losing to Florida.
Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Notes Mickey Mitchell 00 F 6'7" 232 Freshman Plano, TX Transferred to UC Santa Barbara Austin Grandstaff 3 G 6'4" 188 Freshman Rockwall, TX Transferred to DePaul Daniel Giddens 4 F/C 6'10" 228 Freshman Marietta, GA Transferred to Alabama A. J. Harris 12 G 5'9" 157 Freshman Dayton, OH Transferred to New Mexico State Jake Lorbach 34 F 6'7" 210 Senior Elyria, OH Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School C. J. Jackson 3 G 6'1" 175 Sophomore Charlotte, NC Junior college transferred from Eastern Florida State College
Recruiting Class of 2016
Recruiting Class of 2017
Recruiting Class of 2018
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Big Ten regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big Ten tournament
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See also 2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team
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