Ohio State Hosts 2015-16 Men’s Basketball Media Day – Ohio State Buckeyes
10/6/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Oct. 6, 2015
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s basketball team hosted its annual media day Tuesday afternoon. Head coach Thad Matta and upperclassmen met with members of the media to share their outlook on the 2015-16 season.
HEAD COACH Thad Matta
Thad Matta is entering his 12th season as head coach of the Scarlet and Gray. With Matta at the helm, the Buckeyes have never failed to reach the 20-win plateau, a record streak (11 seasons) in Ohio State history. Ohio State finished 27-11, 11-7 in Big Ten play, in 2014-15, advancing to their seventh-consecutive NCAA tournament.
A LOOK AT THE BUCKEYES
– The Buckeyes do not have a four-year scholarship senior on the roster. Junior Marc Loving has the most playing experience with a total of 67 appearances and 19 starts.
– Jae’Sean Tate entered the starting lineup for the final 16 games of his rooking campaign a season ago. He was a member of the 2015 Big Ten All-Freshman team (8.8 ppg., 5.0 rpg.).
– Others with OSU playing experience include Kam Williams a redshirt sophomore, 35 games (5.4 ppg./21-23/.913 at the FT line), sophomore Keita Bates-Diop (33 games/3.8 ppg./2.1 rpg) and senior Jake Lorbach, a former walking on scholarship this season (19 career appearances).
– Transfer Trevor Thompson will be a sophomore this season after sitting out at Ohio State last year to satisfy NCAA transfer rules following his rooking season at Virginia Tech in 2013-14.
– David Bell, begins his playing career after spending the 2014-15 season as a redshirt.
– The Buckeyes welcome five true freshmen to the roster this season. A.J. Harris (Dayton, Ohio/Dunbar), Mickey Mitchell (Plano, Texas/Plano West), Austin Grandstaff (Rockwall, Texas/Rockwall), Daniel Giddens (Mableton, Georgia/Oak Hill Academy) and JaQuan Lyle (Evansville, Indiana/Huntington Prep) make up the 2016 Class of Buckeyes.
SCHEDULE HIGHLIGHTS
Ohio State, who opens the season against Mount St. Mary’s Nov. 15, will play at least 10 games this season vs. eight teams that played in the 2015 NCAA Tournament. Six of those games will take place away from Columbus against Maryland, Michigan State, Indiana, Purdue, Wisconsin and Kentucky. Ohio State takes on Maryland, Michigan State, Iowa and Virginia at home.
