The 1960 Ohio State men's basketball

Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball

The Lucas Sapp men's basketball team represents The Ohio State University in NCAA Division I college basketball competition. The Buckeyes are a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes won their only National Championship in 1960 and have made a total of 21 NCAA Tournament appearances...

 team was the only basketball team to win a national title in Ohio State history. They were coached by Hall of Fame coach Fred Taylor

Fred Taylor (basketball coach)

Frederick Rankin Taylor was a college men's basketball coach for The Ohio State University from 1959 to 1976.-College career:...

 and had three future Hall of Famers on their roster—center

Center (basketball)

The center, colloquially known as the five or the post, is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. The center is normally the tallest player on the team, and often has a great deal of strength and body mass as well...

 Jerry Lucas

Jerry Lucas

Jerry Ray Lucas was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history...

, forward John Havlicek

John Havlicek

John J. "Hondo" Havlicek is a retired American professional basketball player who competed for 16 seasons with the Boston Celtics, winning eight NBA titles, half of them coming in his first four seasons....

, and reserve forward Bob Knight, who entered the Hall for his storied coaching career, most notably at Indiana

Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball

The Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball program representing Indiana University . The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the NCAA. The Hoosiers play on Branch McCracken Court at the Assembly Hall in Bloomington, Indiana on the IU...

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NCAA basketball tournament

• Mideast
  • Ohio State 98, Western Kentucky 79
  • Ohio State 86, Georgia Tech 69
• Final Four
  • Ohio State 76, NYU 54
  • Ohio State 75, California 55

Awards and honors

• Jerry Lucas
  Jerry Lucas
  Jerry Ray Lucas was a basketball player from the 1950s to the 1970s, and is now a memory education expert. In 1996, the NBA's 50th anniversary, he was named one of the 50 greatest players in National Basketball Association history...
  
  , NCAA Men's MOP Award
  NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player
  At the conclusion of the NCAA men's and women's Division I basketball championships , the Associated Press selects a Most Outstanding Player. The MOP need not be, but almost always is a member of the Championship team, especially since the third place game was eliminated after 1981...
  
  
• Jerry Lucas, All-America selection
• Jerry Lucas, Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball
  Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball
  The Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball was an award that was presented annually by the Chicago Tribune to the Most Valuable Player of the Big Ten Conference for both men's and women's basketball in the United States through 2007. The Chicago Tribune awarded the Silver Basketball for men's basketball...
  
  
• Jerry Lucas, First-Team All Big Ten

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
3	21	Joe Roberts	Syracuse Nationals