The 2025–26 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented the Ohio State University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by second-year head coach Jake Diebler and played their home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season The Buckeyes finished the 2024–25 season 17–15, 9–11 in Big Ten play to finish in ninth place. As the No. 10 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they lost to Iowa in the first round. The Buckeyes received a bid for the inaugural College Basketball Crown, but declined.

Offseason

Departures Ohio State departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Meechie Johnson 1 G 6'2" 185 Senior Cleveland, OH Transferred to South Carolina Aaron Bradshaw 4 F 7'1" 215 Sophomore Rahway, NJ Transferred to Memphis Ques Glover 6 G 6'0" 185 GS Senior Knoxville, TN Graduated Micah Parrish 8 G 6'6" 205 GS Senior Detroit, MI Graduated Colby Baumann 10 G 6'3" 185 Junior Houston, TX Walk-on; graduated Evan Mahaffey 12 G 6'6" 200 Junior Cincinnati, OH Transferred to Akron Sean Stewart 13 F 6'9" 220 Sophomore Windermere, FL Transferred to Oregon Austin Parks 25 C 6'10" 260 Sophomore St. Marys, OH Transferred to Toledo

Incoming transfers Ohio State incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Gabe Cupps 4 G 6'2" 180 RS Sophomore Dayton, OH Indiana Puff Johnson 6 G/F 6'8" 200 GS Senior Moon Township, PA Penn State Christoph Tilly 13 C 7'0" 240 Senior Berlin, Germany Santa Clara Brandon Noel 14 F 6'8" 240 GS Senior Lucasville, OH Wright State Josh Ojianwuna 17 F 6'10" 270 Senior Asaba, Nigeria Baylor

Recruiting classes

2025 recruiting class

2026 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

Exhibition

Ohio

Game summaries

vs IU Indy

vs Purdue Fort Wayne

vs Appalachian State

vs Notre Dame

vs Western Michigan

vs Mount St. Mary's

at Pittsburgh

at Northwestern

vs No. 13 Illinois

vs. West Virginia (Cleveland Hoops Showdown)

vs. No. 12 North Carolina (CBS Sports Classic)

vs Grambling State

at Rutgers

vs No. 10 Nebraska

at Oregon

at Washington

vs UCLA

vs Minnesota

at No. 3 Michigan (rivalry)

vs Penn State

at Wisconsin

at Maryland

vs Michigan (rivalry)

vs USC

vs. Virginia (Nashville Hoops Showdown)

vs Wisconsin

at Michigan State

at Iowa

vs Purdue

at Penn State

vs Indiana

Rankings

*AP did not release a week 8 poll.

See also 2025–26 Ohio State Buckeyes women's basketball team

References