Starting Five, Plus One Ohio State Men’s Basketball • Chris Jent returns to the Ohio State sidelines for his second stint as an 2016-17 Outlook assistant coach with Th ad Matta. Jent left the Buckeyes following the 2012- 13 season to take an assistant coaching position with the Sacramento Kings 2016-17 OHIO STATE QUICK FACTS in the National Basketball Association. Jent returned to Columbus after Jeff Location ......................................................................................................Columbus, Ohio (pop. 1.7m) Boals left the Buckeyes to become the head coach at Stony Brook University Founded .......................................................................................................................................... 1870 following the 2015-16 season. Enrollment ...........................................................................58,322 (Columbus), 64,868 (All campuses) • Alan Major, another former Matta assistant, also returned to the Ohio State Nickname ................................................................................................................................Buckeyes Colors ........................................................................................Scarlet (PMS 200) and Gray (PMS 429) men’s basketball program after leaving the Buckeyes following the 2009-10 Mascot ........................................................................................................................... Brutus Buckeye season to become the head coach at the University of North Carolina-Char- President ..................................................................................................Dr. Michael Drake (Stanford) lotte. Major spent fi ve seasons as the head coach with the 49ers. He fi lls a new Athletics Director. ............................................................................Eugene Smith (Notre Dame, ‘77) position on the Ohio State support staff this year as the director of recruiting Faculty Rep.. ...............................................................John E. Davidson (University of the South, ‘82) Conference................................................................................................................................. Big Ten and player development. • Ohio State has won at least 10 Big Ten regular season games (11-7 in BASKETBALL HISTORY 2016) over the last 11 seasons, the longest streak in school history and the First Year ........................................................................................................................................ 1898 All-Time Record ........................................................................................1,626-1,054 (116 seasons)* longest streak among Big Ten schools over Th ad Matta’s 12-year tenure with NCAA Appearances .........27 (1939-44-45-46-50-60-61-62-68-71-80-82-83-85-87-90-91-92-06-07-09- the Buckeyes. Wisconsin (12-6 in conference play last year) has a streak of 10-11-12-13-14-15) 10-consecutive seasons with 10+ victories in regular season league play. NCAA Record................................................................................................................................49-26 • Th ad Matta is No. 13 all-time in career Big Ten regular-season victories ... National Championships ........................................................................................................ 1 (1960) National Runners-up ................................................................................................4 (1939-61-62-07) Matta owns 143 career league triumphs. He is tied with Harold “Bud” Foster NCAA Final Fours....................................................................10 (1939-44-45-46-60-61-62-68-07-12) (WIS 1935-59) who also won 143 league encounters. Th e No. 12 spot is held NCAA Elite Eights ............................................. 14 (1939-44-45-46-50-60-61-62-68-71-92-07-12-13) by former Ohio State coach Harold Olsen (1923-46). He won 154 league NCAA Sweet 16s ................................................14 (1960-61-62-68-71-80-83-91-92-07-10-11-12-13) NIT Appearances ..........................................................................9 (1979-84-86-88-89-93-03-08-16) games over his tenure. NIT Record ......................................................................................................................................19-8 • Among all-time head coaches in NCAA Division I, Matta has the third NIT Championships .......................................................................................................2 (1986, 2008) best record over the course of his fi rst 16 years as a head coach with an overall NIT Runners-up ........................................................................................................................ 1 (1988) record of 422-139 (.752). Mark Few (Gonzaga, 2000-2015) tops that list All-Time Big Ten Reg. Season Rcd. .............................................................771-689 (104 seasons)* Big Ten Championships (reg. season) .................................................................20 (1925-33-39-44- with a 438-103 (.810) record with Roy Williams (Kansas/North Carolina, 46-50-60-61-62-63-64-68-71-91-92-06-07-10-11-12) 1989-2004)) No. 2 with a 437-112 (.796) slate. Outright Big Ten Titles .......................................... 13 (1925-39-44-46-50-60-61-62-71-92-06-07-11) • Redshirt junior Kam Williams led he Big Ten during conference play a Big Ten Tourney Title Game Appearances/Titles 8/4 (2003-06-07-09-10-11-12-13/2007-10-11-13) Big Ten Tournament Record ......................................................................................................26-12 year ago in 3-point shooting percentage, knocking down 51.5 percent of his Home Court ......................................................... Value City Arena (19,049/18,809-students present) long-range attempts (34-66). Last year, Jae’Sean Tate is No. 2 nationally in Year Opened/1st Game .......................................................... 1998-99/Oakland (11/13/98), W 89-61 fi eld goal percentage by a player 6-feet-4 or shorter when he connected on VCA Home Record .................................................................................................. 222-38 (18 years)* 135-259 from the fi eld (.521). 2015-16 INFORMATION Overall Record .............................................................................................................................24-11 Tate Ready for 2016-17 Season Big Ten Record/Place ............................................................................................................ 11-7/6th Junior Jae’Sean Tate had season-ending surgery on his left shoulder Feb. 26 of Letterwinners Returning/Lost........................................................................................................5/6 Starters Returning/Lost...................................................................................................................1/4 last year. He started 28 games as a sophomore and averaged 11.7 points and 6.4 rebounds. He recorded fi ve double-doubles, 18 games with 10 or more TEAM FACTS points and six with double-digit rebounds. Th e Buckeyes were 18-10 before Head Coach...................................................................................................Thad Matta (Butler, 1990) losing Tate for the season. Record at Ohio State (Yrs.)....................................................................................... 320-108 (13 yrs.) Career Record (Yrs.) ..................................................................................................422-139 (17 yrs.) Big Ten Regular Season Record ............................................................................... 143-67 (13 yrs.) Evan Turner Elected to Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame Big Ten Championships ...............................................................................5 (2006-07-10(t)-11-12(t)) Evan Turner will once again be recognized for his accomplishments at Ohio Big Ten Tournament Titles/Rec .....................................................................4 (2007-10-11-13)/22-7 NCAA Tournaments ................................................ 13 (2001-02-03-04-06-07-09-10-11-12-13-14-15) State when he is inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame during NCAA Final Fours................................................................................................................2 (2007-12) ceremonies Sept. 9 in Columbus. Turner is the 38th men’s basketball player NCAA Tournament Rcd/OSU NCAA Rcd. ........................................................................ 25-13/18-9 to earn a spot in the Ohio State Athletics HOF. Th e Ohio State Department NIT Appearances/Record........................................................................................... 2 (2008-16)/6-1 of Athletics and its men’s basketball program honored former Buckeye Evan Assoc. Head Coach ............................................................. Dave Dickerson (7th yr./Maryland, 1990) Assistant Coaches Chris Jent (3rd yr./Ohio State, 2006), Turner Feb. 16, 2016 during a halftime ceremony when the Buckeyes played Greg Paulus (4th yr./Duke, 2009) Michigan (W, 76-66) at Value City Arena. Turner, the 2010 National Player Dir. of Basketball Operations ..........................................David Egelhoff (11th yr./Ohio State, 2001) of the Year, had a banner unveiled baring his jersey No. 21 alongside