2015 – 16 Ohio State Buckeyes men 's basketball team represented The Ohio State University in the 2015 – 16 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Their head coach was Thad Matta , in his 12th season with the Buckeyes . They played its home games at Value City Arena in Columbus , Ohio and were members of the Big Ten Conference . They finished the season 21 – 14 , 11 – 7 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place . They defeated Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Michigan State . They received an invitation to the National Invitational Tournament where they defeated Akron in the first round to advance to the second round where they lost to Florida
Big Ten Tournament
2016 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team