1961–62 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
AP	No. 1

1961–62 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 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 AP Poll^[1]

The 1961–62 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University. The 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^[3]

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

[1] "1961-62 Big Ten Conference Season Summary". Sports Reference.

[2] 2014-15 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball guide. Retrieved 2015-Jul-21.

[3] ttp://www.oscarrobertsontrophy.org/content/view/14/17/

[4] ttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?lg=N&yr=1962

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

Schedule

Awards and honors

Team players drafted into the NBA

See also

References