![Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava, syn. A. octandra) is a species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States. [1] It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20-35 m tall. It grows in mesophytic forest or floodplains, generally in acid to circumneutral soil.](http://web.archive.org./web/20110901065557im_/http://cdn2.wn.com/pd/c1/5b/2cf10661994fde8bd2d97eede215_grande.jpg "Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava, syn. A. octandra) is a species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States. [1] It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20-35 m tall. It grows in mesophytic forest or floodplains, generally in acid to circumneutral soil.")
![The Little Miami Scenic Trail, also known as the Little Miami Scenic River Trail[3] and Little Miami Bike Trail, is a rail trail that runs though five southwestern counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2008, it is the longest paved trail in the United States,[4] stretching 76 mi (122 km)[1] from Springfield to Newtown, Ohio. The multi-use trail sees frequent use by hikers and bicyclists, as well as the occasional horseback rider. Over 350,000 people made use of the trail in 2005.[5]](http://web.archive.org./web/20110901065557im_/http://cdn0.wn.com/pd/26/ec/d24d46d94a9e146060db59587e70_grande.jpg "The Little Miami Scenic Trail, also known as the Little Miami Scenic River Trail[3] and Little Miami Bike Trail, is a rail trail that runs though five southwestern counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2008, it is the longest paved trail in the United States,[4] stretching 76 mi (122 km)[1] from Springfield to Newtown, Ohio. The multi-use trail sees frequent use by hikers and bicyclists, as well as the occasional horseback rider. Over 350,000 people made use of the trail in 2005.[5]")
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| Name | The Ohio State Buckeyes |
|---|---|
| Logo | Ohio State Buckeyes logo.svg |
| University | The Ohio State University |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Division | Division I |
| Director | Gene Smith |
| City | Columbus |
| State | Ohio |
| Stateabb | OH |
| Teams | 19 men and 20 women varsity teams |
| Stadium | Ohio Stadium |
| Baseballfield | Bill Davis Stadium |
| Arena | Jerome Schottenstein Center |
| Arena2 | OSU Ice Arena St. John Arena Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium |
| Mascot | Brutus Buckeye |
| Nickname | Buckeyes |
| Fightsong | Across the FieldBuckeye Battle Cry |
| Alma mater | Carmen Ohio |
| Rival | Michigan Wolverines |
| Color1 | Scarlet |
| Color2 | Grey |
| Hex1 | FF2000 |
| Hex2 | AAAAAA |
| Pageurl | http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/ |
| Pagename | ohiostatebuckeyes.com |
The Ohio State University is one of only four universities to have won a NCAA national championship in baseball, basketball and football. Ohio State has also won national championships in men's swimming & diving, men's outdoor track & field, men's volleyball, men's golf, men's gymnastics, men's fencing, co-ed fencing, and synchronized swimming. Since the inception of the Athletic Director's Cup, Ohio State has finished in the top 25 each year, including top 6 finishes in three of the last five years. During the 2005-2006 school year Ohio State became this first Big Ten team to win conference championships in football, men's basketball and women's basketball in the same season. They repeated this feat in the 2006-2007 season, which also included a February 25, 2007 men's basketball game which saw the Buckeyes defeat the Wisconsin Badgers in the Big Ten's first one-versus-two basketball game.
A few of the many outstanding sports figures who were student athletes at Ohio State include Jesse Owens, “The Buckeye Bullet,” (track and field), John Havlicek, Jerry Lucas, and Katie Smith (basketball), Frank Howard (baseball), Jack Nicklaus (golf), Archie Griffin (football running back, the only two-time Heisman Trophy winner), and Chic Harley (three-time All-American football running back). Hall of Fame coaches at Ohio State have included Paul Brown and Woody Hayes (football), Fred Taylor (men's basketball). Notable sports figures in Ohio State history may be inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame.
The Ohio State men's basketball team has played in 10 NCAA Final Fours, winning the championship in 1960, when they were led by Basketball Hall of Famers Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, and Bob Knight off the bench. A Buckeye has been named first team All American 23 times, including five two-time All Americans and one three-time All American. Between 1960 and 1964 Ohio State won five consecutive Big Ten championships, an achievement that has yet to be matched.
In 2004, The Ohio State University fired men's basketball coach Jim O'Brien for recruiting violations and self-imposed a one year penalty, including a ban on post-season play and reduction of scholarships. In light of these University self-imposed penalties, the NCAA Division I Committee on infractions merely placed The Ohio State University on three years probation for the violations, and gave heavier penalties to Coach O'Brien and a former assistant coach. The lightness of this judgment was seen as encouragement for schools to be proactive in responding to violations. Nevertheless, O'Brien successfully sued Ohio State for improper termination. Thad Matta, the current coach of the Buckeyes, took over O'Brien's spot in 2004. Ohio State recruited such talents as Greg Oden, and Mike Conley, Jr. to start the 2006-2007 year. The Buckeyes finished the season with a 27-3 record; won the Big Ten tournament, and earned a number 1 seed for the NCAA tournament. After a very close game with state rival Xavier, and a thrilling 20 point come from behind victory against the Tennessee Volunteers, the Buckeyes managed to hold off Georgetown Hoyas 67-60 to reach the Championship Game for the first time since 1962, which they lost to defending NCAA champions Florida Gators, 84-75. The Buckeyes ended the 2006-2007 season with a record of 35-4. In the 2009-2010 Season, the Buckeyes won the Big Ten Championship. In the 2010-2011 season the Buckeyes won the regular season Big Ten Championship, and the Big Ten Tournament Championship going 32-2 overall, and winning 20 straight home games, receiving honors of the #1 overall seed in the NCAA March Madness Tournament in the East Region. The Buckeyes were defeated by the University of Kentucky in the Sweet 16, 62-60.
Currently coached by Jim Foster, the Ohio State women's basketball team plays its home games in the Jerome Schottenstein Center, which they moved into in 1998. Prior to 1998, they played at St. John Arena. They have won 10 Big Ten titles, which is the most in the conference and have 14 appearances in the NCAA Tournament, the most recent being in 2007. In 1993 they lost to the Texas Tech Lady Raiders 84-82 for the National Title, while they captured the NIT title in 2001, beating the New Mexico Lobos 62-61. Notable alumni include former All-Americans Katie Smith and Jessica Davenport.
Ohio State has played baseball since 1881, winning a national championship in 1966 along with 14 Big Ten regular-season titles and eight Big Ten tournament titles. The Buckeyes baseball team was the first Ohio State sports team. The team is currently coached by Greg Beals and play their home games at Bill Davis Stadium, which opened in 1997. Going into the 2008 season the Buckeyes all-time record is 2228-1427-38. Notable alumni include Frank Howard, Nick Swisher and two time All-American Steve Arlin.
Some of the more notable Buckeye alumni include Don Perry, the first OSU All-American in the sport (Trampoline - 1954 - 4th place), brothers Seth and Noah Riskin - Co-national Champions (Parallel Bars - 1985 - 1st place), and Mike Racanelli - Ohio State's first Nissen winner in 1990. Racanelli also went on to win Gymnastic's first Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year Award that same year, given out annually to the athlete who displays the best performance in his sport (regardless of grade).
Following later in Racanelli's footsteps were other Nissen winners Kip Simons (1994), Blaine Wilson (1997) and Jamie Natalie (2001). Blaine Wilson (1995, 1996, 1997) and Jamie Natalie (2000, 2001) also went on to win Ohio State Male Athlete of the Year. Raj Bhavsar was the only other Men's Gymnast to win Ohio State Athlete of the Year which he accomplished in 2002.
On the Olympic and World Championship stage, OSU Men's Gymnastics is well represented, by gymnasts and coaches. The Olympian list includes: Miles Avery (asst coach 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008), Peter Kormann (Athlete in 1976, Head Coach 1996, 2000), Raj Bhavsar (2004, 2008), Jamie Natalie (2000), Gil Pinto (1988), Kip Simons (1994) and Blaine Wilson (1996, 2000, 2004).
Two gymnasts who trained at the Ohio State facilities under coach Miles Avery, but were not NCAA Athletes due to eligibility rules, were Paul and Morgan Hamm - twin brothers from Wisconsin. Paul later went on to win the first ever Olympic Gold medal in the Men's Gymnastics All-Around competition for the United States.
In 2011, Senior co-captain, Brandon Wynn, won his second national championship on rings. Brandon Wynn, Ty Echard, Kris Done and Jeff Treleaven earned All-America honors. In all, the seven All-America honors tie the second-best single-season performance in program history and are the most laurels since the 2005 campaign.
Men's Tennis - Big Ten Championships - 1915 (co-champions), 1943, 1991, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. NCAA Men's Tennis Tournament Team Appearances (since 1977) - 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. The Men's tennis team has 23 NCAA Singles Appearances, 11 NCAA Doubles Appearances and eight All-Americans.
Women's Tennis - Big Ten Championships - 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 - Note: The Big Ten officially began sponsoring championships for women with the 1981-82 season. Since then, Ohio State has yet to win a Big Ten Championship. NCAA Women's Tennis Tournament Team Appearances - 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009. The Women have five NCAA Singles Appearances, four NCAA Doubles Appearances and two All-Americans. The Buckeye athletics program also has 299 individual national champions.
The Ohio State University Marching Band (nicknamed "The Best Damn Band In The Land") is one of the most recognized college marching bands in the country, and is currently under direction of Dr. Jon R. Woods. This all brass band has 225 members, and was first formed in 1878. The band has traditions including a field march that forms a "Script Ohio", during which, a senior sousaphone player gets to "dot the i" in the word Ohio.
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![Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava, syn. A. octandra) is a species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States. [1] It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20-35 m tall. It grows in mesophytic forest or floodplains, generally in acid to circumneutral soil.](http://web.archive.org./web/20110901065557im_/http://cdn1.wn.com/pd/c1/5b/2cf10661994fde8bd2d97eede215_thumb.jpg "Yellow Buckeye (Aesculus flava, syn. A. octandra) is a species of buckeye native to the Ohio Valley and Appalachian Mountains of the Eastern United States. [1] It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 20-35 m tall. It grows in mesophytic forest or floodplains, generally in acid to circumneutral soil.")
![The Little Miami Scenic Trail, also known as the Little Miami Scenic River Trail[3] and Little Miami Bike Trail, is a rail trail that runs though five southwestern counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2008, it is the longest paved trail in the United States,[4] stretching 76 mi (122 km)[1] from Springfield to Newtown, Ohio. The multi-use trail sees frequent use by hikers and bicyclists, as well as the occasional horseback rider. Over 350,000 people made use of the trail in 2005.[5]](http://web.archive.org./web/20110901065557im_/http://cdn9.wn.com/pd/26/ec/d24d46d94a9e146060db59587e70_thumb.jpg "The Little Miami Scenic Trail, also known as the Little Miami Scenic River Trail[3] and Little Miami Bike Trail, is a rail trail that runs though five southwestern counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2008, it is the longest paved trail in the United States,[4] stretching 76 mi (122 km)[1] from Springfield to Newtown, Ohio. The multi-use trail sees frequent use by hikers and bicyclists, as well as the occasional horseback rider. Over 350,000 people made use of the trail in 2005.[5]")
