Men's, Women's basketball teams
crowned outright Big Ten champs
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I am so very proud to be a Bucks fan and represented by such wonderful young people as you are."
--Sincerely,
Caryl G.
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For an Ohio State basketball team to win (or even share) a regular season conference title in the always-tough Big Ten, it's a big deal. For both the men's and women's team to win outright titles in the same year? Never happened before...until now.
With a 76-57 victory over Purdue Sunday, Ohio State's men's team joined our women's squad (who claimed the regular season title at Penn State last week) as outright 2006 Big Ten champs—the first time a Big Ten school has captured outright titles in men's and women's basketball in the same season. This season's title is the women's first outright championship since 1986, and men's first outright title since 1992.
In front of a home court sell-out, Senior Day crowd of 18,500, the Buckeye men's team, led by seniors Terence Dials and Je'kel Foster, pulled away from the Boilermakers in the second half after a close first 20 minutes.
The Lady Buckeyes didn't stop with regular season Big Ten title. Just tonight, they outlasted a furious comeback by Purdue, 63-60, to take the Big Ten Conference Tournament in Indianapolis.
Both teams are expected to draw high seeds in the upcoming NCAA tournaments.
Hearty congratulations from the entire Ohio State community to coaches Thad Matta and Jim Foster, all the players and team support staffs on a record-setting year, and best of luck during the upcoming tournaments—Go Bucks!
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2005-2006 Men's Basketball
(24-4, outright Big Ten Champs)
11/20 Chicago State W, 81-52
11/22 Butler W, 79-69 (OT)
11/28 Virginia Tech W, 69-56
12/10 St. Joseph's W, 81-74
12/12 Norfolk State W, 92-59
12/14 Belmont W, 85-75
12/17 Iowa State W, 70-67
12/23 Tennessee State W, 74-65
12/28 Gardner-Webb W, 87-58
12/31 LSU W, 78-76
01/05 Penn State W, 104-69
01/07 Indiana L, 81-79
01/11 Purdue W, 80-64
01/15 Michigan State L, 62-59 (2OT)
01/18 Wisconsin W, 77-67
01/21 Penn State W, 75-64
01/28 Iowa L, 67-62
01/30 Florida A&M W, 95-53
02/04 Minnesota W, 67-53
02/09 Michigan W, 94-85
02/12 Illinois W, 69-53
02/15 Wisconsin L, 78-73
02/18 Northwestern W, 61-52
02/22 Michigan State W, 79-68
02/25 Michigan W, 64-54
03/01 Northwestern W, 56-53
03/05 Purdue W, 76-57
2005-2006 Women's basketball
(27-2, outright Big Ten champs)
11/21 Eastern Kentucky W, 85-38
11/26 Nicholls State W, 94-35
11/27 Western Illinois W, 75-36
11/30 Dayton W, 73-31
12/03 Boston College W, 66-61 (OT)
12/11 USC W, 68-57
12/15 LSU L, 64-48
12/20 Sacred Heart W, 84-40
12/22 Canisius W, 90-58
12/29 Penn State W, 74-53
01/01 Purdue L, 61-59
01/05 Northwestern W, 82-54
01/09 Oklahoma W, 75-71
01/12 Iowa W, 72-62
01/15 Michigan W, 62-34
01/19 Indiana W, 60-50
01/22 Michigan State W, 67-65
01/26 Wisconsin W, 73-46
01/29 Illinois W, 75-49
02/05 Indiana W, 61-45
02/07 Wright State W, 79-48
02/10 Michigan W, 74-55
02/12 Iowa W, 88-77
02/16 Minnesota W, 76-55
02/20 Michigan State W, 69-38
02/23 Purdue W, 67-58
02/26 Penn State W, 61-59
03/03 Penn State W, 64-46
03/05 Michigan State W, 68-64
03/06 Big Ten Tournament finals
