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Ohio State University Buckeyes Tickets Information
The Ohio State Buckeyes are one of 11 teams in the Big Ten Conference - along with the Illinois Fighting Illini, Indiana Hoosiers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Michigan Wolverines, Michigan State Spartans, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Northwestern Wildcats, Penn State Nittany Lions, Purdue Boilermakers, and Wisconsin Badgers.
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the National College Athletic Association (NCAA) men's football and basketball teams for the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, one of 9 public universities in the Big Ten. They are two of the university's 34 varsity teams. The Buckeyes joined the Big Ten conference in 1912.
The Ohio State Buckeyes (also known as simply "The Bucks") play their football home games at the 102,329 seat Ohio Stadium and their basketball home games at the 19,500 seat Value City Arena. The team uniform colors are scarlet and gray, and their mascot is Brutus Buckeye.
Football:
The Ohio State Buckeyes’ first season was in 1890, and since their creation, they have become one of the most successful football programs in the NCAA. They boast an all-time record of 808-305-53 (.716), an 18-22 postseason bowl record, 7 claimed national titles and 35 conference titles (including 33 Big Ten titles).
Head coach Jim Tressel is entering his 9th season and has achieved an impressive record of 83-18. Since becoming coach, he has played in 3 national championship games (winning one in 2002), achieving the first 14-0 record in major college football since Penn State went 15-0 in 1897. He has led the team to 3 straight Big Ten conference championships since 2006.
There are currently 43 former Buckeyes in the NFL including Will Allen (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Nate Clements (San Francisco 49ers), A.J. Hawk (Green Bay Packers), Santonio Holmes (Pittsburgh Steelers), Orlando Pace (Chicago Bears), Donte Whitner (Buffalo Bills), Antoine Winfield (Minnesota Vikings) and Shawn Springs (New England Patriots).
The Ohio State Buckeyes finished the 2008 season with a 10-3 record, including a 7-1 record within the Big Ten division. Make sure you pick up your Buckeyes tickets today to ensure that you don’t miss out on high-powered, exciting football.
Basketball:
Currently in his 6th season with the Ohio State Buckeyes is head coach Thad Matta, formerly head coach of the Butler Bulldogs and the Xavier Musketeers. In his first 2 seasons with the team, Matta posted a better record than any of his 12 predecessors in their first 2 seasons, with a 46-18 record.
The Ohio State Buckeyes have a number of school heroes in their previous rosters including Basketball Hall of Famers and NBA superstars Jerry Lucas (named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history on the date of the NBA's 50th anniversary) and John Havlicek (who spent 16 seasons on the Boston Celtics).
Since the Big Ten championship tournament first started in 1998, the Ohio State Buckeyes have won 2 Big Ten tournament titles, in 2002 and 2007. They won 18 Big Ten regular season titles including 5 consecutive titles between 1960-1964. As part of the Big Ten, they have won 1 NCAA tournament championship, in 1960 against the California Golden Bears, 75-55. They were also the runners-up for 3 more. They won 2 NIT championships, once in 1986, and most recently in 2008. They were also the runners-up for 1 more.
In 2008-09, the Ohio State Buckeyes finished tied for 4th in the conference with a 10-8 (.556) record in the Big Ten and 22-11 (.667) in the NCAA. Get your Ohio State Buckeyes tickets now and see if they can repeat their recent success this year.
