A fun little trip down memory lane that I put together...
To commemorate 25 seasons of basketball games at the Schott I thought I would list my favorite 25 games I’ve attended
Honorable Mention (in date order):
11/13/98 Ohio State 89 Oakland 61 – First game ever at the Schott (O’Brien)
2/27/00 Ohio State (6) 64 Illinois 51 – Scoonie’s senior day (O’Brien)
1/27/01 Ohio State 64 Michigan State (3) 55 – Brian Brown scores 25 to avenge a loss 6 days earlier in East Lansing (O’Brien)
2/22/01 Ohio State 63 Illinois (3) 61 – Sean Connolly hits a game winning three with 30 seconds left (O’Brien)
11/22/05 Ohio State 79 Butler 69 (OT) – Thad beats his former school in overtime (Matta)
12/31/05 Ohio State (21) 78 LSU 76 – Big Shot Syl the sequel (Matta)
1/13/07 Ohio State (5) 68 Tennessee (16) 66 – Warm up the Sweet Sixteen 2 months later (Matta)
12/22/07 Ohio State 62 Florida 49 – Just felt good to beat them (Matta)
3/26/08 Ohio State 74 Dayton 63 – Packed house with a trip to MSG on the line (Matta)
2/3/09 Ohio State 80 Purdue (12) 72 (OT) – Turner and Buford beat Purdue without Hummel in OT (Matta)
12/2/09 Ohio State (15) 77 Florida State (21) 64 – Ohio State clinches the first ever ACC/Big 10 challenge for the B1G. Thad said after the game he could care less about that. (Matta)
12/18/10 Ohio State (2) 79 South Carolina 57 – Freshman Jared Sullinger dominates scores 30 points (Matta)
2/24/13 Ohio State (18) 68 Michigan State (4) 60 – Craft and Thomas carry the Buckeyes (Matta)
3/9/14 Ohio State 69 Michigan State (22) 67 – Aaron Craft jumps on a rebound late to secure his final win at the Schott (Matta)
3/1/20 Ohio State (23) 77 Michigan (19) 63 – Scarlet out the Schott for a Top 25 matchup days before the world shut down (Holtmann)
The Top 10:
No 10 - 11/13/19 Ohio State (16) 76 Villanova (10) 51 – Ohio State led 19-3 to start and got the lead up to 27 (Holtmann)
No 9 - 1/18/01 Ohio State 78 Michigan 61 – 310 days later we also beat TTUN on the football field (O’Brien)
No 8 – 1/17/18 Ohio State 80 Michigan State (1) 64 – Unranked Buckeyes gives first year coach a decisive victory over #1 (Holtmann)
No 7 – 2/18/24 Ohio State 73 Purdue (2) 69 – Ohio State rallies behind then Interim Coach Diebler and outplays Purdue going away (Diebler)
No 6 – 11/30/21 Ohio State 71 Duke (1) 66 – Ohio State closes the final 4.5 minutes on a 12-0 run (Holtmann)
No 5 – 1/20/00 Ohio State (13) 78 Michigan State (10) 67 – Penn/Redd end MSU’s 21 game conference winning streak (O’Brien)
No 4 – 2/25/07 Ohio State (2) 49 Wisconsin (1) 48 – Conley with the game winning shot followed by Lewis block to end it (Matta)
No 3 – 11/29/11 Ohio State (2) 85 Duke (3) 63 – Buckeyes blitzed Blue Devils from the jump and were never threatened (Matta)
No 2 – 3/6/11 Ohio State (1) 93 Wisconsin (10) 65 – Ohio State showed a special pregame video warning the Badgers to scurry away as the sky was about to fall. Buckeyes proceeded to go 14-15 from distance including Jon Diebler going 7-8 (Matta)
No 1 – 3/6/05 Ohio State 65 Illinois (1) 64 – Big Shot Syl with the game winner over undefeated Illini. Also the game we got Oden. (Matta)
