1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

1960–61 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Rankings from http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1961.html

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
Big Ten Champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Runner Up
Conference	Big Ten
Ranking
Coaches	#1
AP	#1
1960–61 record	27–1 (14–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Fred Taylor
Home arena	St. John Arena
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The 1960–61 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University. The Head Coach was Fred Taylor.

NCAA basketball tournament

Mideast
- Ohio State 56, Louisville 55
- Ohio State 87, Kentucky 74
Final Four
- Ohio State 95, St. Joseph’s, Pennsylvania 69
- Cincinnati 70, Ohio State 65^[1]

Awards and honors

John Havlicek, First-Team All Big Ten
Jerry Lucas, All-America selection
Jerry Lucas, NCAA Men's MOP Award^[2]
Jerry Lucas, Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball
Jerry Lucas, First-Team All Big Ten
Jerry Lucas, USBWA College Player of the Year^[3]
Larry Siegfried, First-Team All Big Ten

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	3	Larry Siegfried	Cincinnati Royals

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References

↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1961
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↑ http://www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/
↑ http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1961

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[4] ttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1961

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1960–61 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#1 Ohio State	14	–	0	1.000	27	–	1	.964
#7 Iowa	10	–	4	.714	18	–	6	.750
Purdue	10	–	4	.714	16	–	7	.696
Indiana	8	–	6	.571	15	–	9	.625
Minnesota	8	–	6	.571	10	–	13	.435
Northwestern	6	–	8	.429	10	–	12	.455
Illinois	5	–	9	.357	9	–	15	.375
Wisconsin	4	–	10	.286	7	–	17	.292
Michigan State	3	–	11	.214	7	–	17	.292
Michigan	2	–	12	.143	6	–	18	.250

Rankings from http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/conferences/big-ten/1961.html

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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 NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics

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