2011 – 12 Ohio State Buckeyes men 's basketball team represented Ohio State University during the 2011 – 12 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . Their head coach is Thad Matta , in his 8th season with the Buckeyes . The team plays its home games at Value City Arena in Columbus , Ohio , and is a member of the Big Ten Conference . The team clinched a share of the Big Ten regular season championship for the third year in the row with a 13 – 5 conference record , sharing it with Michigan and Michigan State . In the postseason , the team was invited to the 2012 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament , where they beat Purdue and Michigan before losing to Michigan State in the championship , and they also were invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Men 's Basketball Tournament , where they beat Loyola , Gonzaga , Cincinnati , and an upset of Syracuse before losing to Kansas in the Final Four to finish the season with 31 – 8 in overall record
2012 Big Ten Conference Men 's Basketball Tournament
2012 Big Ten Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
2011–12 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team