# 1991–92 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 1991–92 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1991–92 NCAA men's college basketball season.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 26, 1991* | No. 7 | Miami (OH) | W 94–61 | 1–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Nov 30, 1991* | No. 5 | Chicago State | W 116–44 | 2–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Dec 4, 1991* | No. 4 | Ohio | W 78–62 | 3–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Dec 7, 1991* | No. 4 | Oregon State | W 84–58 | 4–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Dec 14, 1991* | No. 4 | Howard | W 114–53 | 5–0 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Dec 18, 1991* | No. 4 | at UC Santa Barbara | W 82–75 | 6–0 | The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, California |
| Dec 21, 1991* | No. 4 | at USC | L 77–79 | 6–1 | L.A. Sports Arena Los Angeles, California |
| Dec 29, 1991* | No. 7 | American | W 96–70 | 7–1 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Jan 2, 1992* | No. 7 | Penn State | W 73–63 | 8–1 | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Big Ten Regular season ||||||
| Jan 7, 1992 | No. 7 | No. 9 Michigan State | W 62–46 | 9–1 (1–0) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Jan 11, 1992 | No. 7 | at Northwestern | W 60–52 | 10–1 (2–0) | Welsh-Ryan Arena Evanston, Illinois |
| Jan 14, 1992 | No. 4 | at No. 5 Indiana | L 83–91 | 10–2 (2–1) | Assembly Hall Bloomington, Indiana |
| Jan 19, 1992 | No. 4 | Iowa | W 85–81 | 11–2 (3–1) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Jan 22, 1992 | No. 6 | Minnesota | W 72–69 | 12–2 (4–1) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Jan 26, 1992* | No. 6 | at Seton Hall | L 64–68 | 12–3 | Meadowlands Arena East Rutherford, New Jersey |
| Jan 30, 1992 | No. 10 | at Illinois | W 74–72 | 13–3 (5–1) | Assembly Hall Champaign, Illinois |
| Feb 2, 1992 | No. 10 | at No. 15 Michigan | W 68–58 | 14–3 (6–1) | Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| Feb 5, 1992 | No. 8 | Wisconsin | W 86–72 | 15–3 (7–1) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Feb 8, 1992 | No. 8 | Purdue | W 71–59 | 16–3 (8–1) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Feb 15, 1992 | No. 8 | at Wisconsin | W 67–63 | 17–3 (9–1) | Wisconsin Field House Madison, Wisconsin |
| Feb 18, 1992 | No. 6 | at Iowa | L 86–92 | 17–4 (9–2) | Carver-Hawkeye Arena Iowa City, Iowa |
| Feb 23, 1992 | No. 6 | No. 7 Indiana | L 80–86 | 17–5 (9–3) | St. John Arena Columbus, OH |
| Feb 26, 1992 | No. 8 | at Purdue | W 71–64 | 18–5 (10–3) | Mackey Arena West Lafayette, Indiana |
| Feb 29, 1992 | No. 8 | at No. 12 Michigan State | W 78–65 | 19–5 (11–3) | Breslin Student Events Center East Lansing, Michigan |
| Mar 3, 1992 | No. 5 | No. 18 Michigan | W 77–66 | 20–5 (12–3) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Mar 7, 1992 | No. 5 | Northwestern | W 93–78 | 21–5 (13–3) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Mar 11, 1992 | No. 5 | Illinois | W 82–70 | 22–5 (14–3) | St. John Arena Columbus, Ohio |
| Mar 14, 1992 | No. 5 | at Minnesota | W 94–63 | 23–5 (15–3) | Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| Mar 19, 1992* | (1 SE) No. 3 | vs. (16 SE) Mississippi Valley State First round | W 83–56 | 24–5 | Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Mar 21, 1992* | (1 SE) No. 3 | vs. (9 SE) Connecticut Second Round | W 78–55 | 25–5 | Riverfront Coliseum Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Mar 27, 1992* | (1 SE) No. 3 | vs. (4 SE) No. 18 North Carolina Southeast Regional semifinal | W 80–73 | 26–5 | Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky |
| Mar 29, 1992* | (1 SE) No. 3 | vs. (6 SE) No. 15 Michigan Southeast Regional Final | L 71–75 | 26–6 | Rupp Arena Lexington, Kentucky |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. SE=Southeast. ||||||

### NCAA basketball tournament

* Southeast
** Ohio State 83, Mississippi Valley 56
** Ohio State 78, Connecticut 55
** Ohio State 80, North Carolina 73
** Michigan 75, Ohio State 71

## Awards and honors

* Jim Jackson, Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball, Consensus First-team All-American

## Team players drafted into the NBA

| Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
| 1 | 4 | Jim Jackson | Dallas Mavericks |