Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA Basketball Betting
Last year, when it became obvious that Chris Holtmann was not going to be the answer for the Ohio State Buckeyes, they parted ways after a 14-11 start. Assistant coach Jake Diebler went 8-3 as the interim head coach and did enough to impress the Ohio State administration to earn the permanent gig. In his first season as head coach, the Buckeyes failed to show improvement, with the same mediocre look as the previous two seasons. Deibler will need more time to prove that he is an upgrade from Holtmann and is fortunate to be coaching at a football-focused school.
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2025 Ohio State Buckeyes Season Recap
Overall, the Ohio State Buckeyes are 17-15 straight up, 16-15 against the spread, and 15-16 over/under the total. Ohio State has national metrics of 59th for scoring offense, 76th for field goal percentage, 40th for 3-point field goal percentage, 85th for free throw percentage, and 279th for offensive rebounding. While defensively, Ohio State is 224th for scoring defense, 102nd for field goal percentage permitted, 14th for 3-point field goal percentage allowed, and 164th for defensive rebounding.
Late on, Ohio State has covered two of its previous nine games and has gone under the total in four of its last six outings. Bruce Thornton is first among Rutgers scorers with 17.7 points per game.
It’s a new era for Ohio State basketball, as Jake Diebler takes over the program after a successful 8-3 stint as interim head coach to end last season. An in-program hire, Diebler was able to retain a handful of players while also adding to the roster in the transfer portal. The Buckeyes should have the talent to compete at the top of the Big Ten in year one under Diebler.
Trey Galloway scored 16 points, including a 3-pointer as part of a late 12-0 run when Indiana rallied from down 10 to defeat Ohio State 66-60 in Bloomington, Ind., in the regular-season finale on Saturday. Indiana broke a 56-56 tie on two foul shots from Malik Reneau with 2:56 left.
Ohio State turned it over on a clock violation, and Galloway nailed a 3-pointer with 1:24 left. Luke Goode hit two from the line to make it 63-56 at the 1:05 mark. Bruce Thornton made it 63-58 with two foul shots, but the Buckeyes got no closer.
Indiana also likely earned at least an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament while the Buckeyes are on the bubble. Reneau also scored 16 as the Hoosiers won for the fourth time in five games.
Micah Parrish had 19 points, and Devin Royal added 13 for the Buckeyes, who shot 38.2 percent from the field and missed 18 of their 26 3-point attempts.
There was a lot of emotion not only for Senior Day but also for Indiana’s Mike Woodson coached his final home game following the school’s Feb. 7 announcement that he would not return for the 2025-26 season. Woodson has an 82-52 record in his fourth season.
Indiana erased a 10-point deficit in a four-minute span to tie it at 49 with eight minutes left, and a minute later took its first lead since 15:48 of the first half when Reneau hit two foul shots.
Royal’s jumper regained the lead for the Buckeyes on the next possession, and the game went back and forth from there. Thornton, Ohio State’s leading scorer (17.8), had nine points on 2-of-10 shooting from the floor.
The 2024-2025 season got off to a decent start in the non-conference. The Buckeyes shook off a beatdown at the hands of Auburn to have an early season signature 20-point victory over the No. 18 Kentucky Wildcats in December.
Once Big Ten Conference play began, the Buckeyes' good play didn't translate to victories. They had four straight losses by a combined eight points against three ranked opponents. After their miraculous buzzer-beater victory over Maryland, Ohio State began to slide. With losses to Nebraska, Northwestern, UCLA, and Michigan, the season began to slip through their fingertips as the tournament approached.
Latest NCAA Tournament Results
| YEAR |
RESULT |
| 2022 |
Lost Second Round vs. (2) Villanova, 61–71 |
| 2021 |
Lost First Round vs. (15) Oral Roberts, 72–75 (OT) |
| 2019 |
Lost Second Round vs. (3) Houston, 59–74 |
| 2018 |
Lost Second Round vs. (4) Gonzaga, 84–90 |
| 2015 |
Lost Sweet Sixteen vs. (2) Arizona, 58–73 |
| 2014 |
Lost Second Round vs. (11) Dayton, 59–60 |
| 2013 |
Lost Elite Eight vs. (9) Wichita State 66–70 |
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