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Men's Basketball Buckeye Tidbits 2006-2007 Season

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OSU men?s basketball team celebration slated
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COLUMBUS, Ohio ? The Ohio State Department of Athletics will hold a celebration of the 2006-07 Men?s Basketball Season at 6 p.m. Wednesday (April 11) in Value City Arena. Admission and parking to the event are free and tickets are not required. Arena doors open at 5 p.m.
This season, the Buckeyes claimed both the Big Ten outright regular season and tournament titles. The team advanced to the ninth NCAA Final Four in program history and finished as the national runners-up.

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Buckeyes honored tonight


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By the Dayton Daily News

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
COLUMBUS ? Ohio State basketball fans have one more chance to cheer on the national runner-up Buckeyes.
The men's basketball team will be recognized at 6 p.m. today at the Schottenstein Center. Ohio State set a school-record for victories during its 35-4 run that included a second straight outright Big Ten championship and a Big Ten tourney title. Ohio State fell to Florida in the March 2 NCAA championship game in Atlanta.

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Basketball Celebration Centers on NBA Intentions
By John Porentas
An appreciation day for the 2006-2007 OSU basketball team was held on a rainy, stormy night but around 4,000 fans still showed up at the Jerome Schottenstein Center to honor the Big Ten regular-season champs, Big Ten tournament champs, NCAA regional champs, and NCAA runners-up.
While the celebration was called to focus on the team's achievements that included a school-record 35 wins, a tone of anticipation also existed. Most of the crowd was hoping to hear that freshmen Greg Oden, Mike Conley and Daequan Cook had decided not to declare for the NBA draft. One of those with that wish was Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman.

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Ohio State led the nation in overall attendance at men's basketball games (home and away) this season.

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Ohio State Led Nation in All Game Attendance in 2006-07

Nearly 750,000 people turned out to watch Buckeyes in person

May 25, 2007


COLUMBUS, Ohio-The Ohio State men's basketball team led the Big Ten Conference in average home attendance in 2006-07 and was the nation's top draw as well, according to statistics released by the NCAA Thursday.

The Buckeyes, 18-0 at Value City Arena in 2006-07, averaged 17,530 fans with a total of 315,539 through the doors during the ninth season of competition at the VCA, which opened for business for the 1998-99 season. The season 2006-07 home average rated No. 6 nationally.

A total of 747,457 fans in Columbus, on the road and at neutral sites watched the Buckeyes put together a record-setting season that produced 35 wins, regular-season and postseason Big Ten titles and a run to the national championship game in the annual NCAA tournament.

Ohio State increased its average attendance from 15,389 in 2005-06 to 17,530 in 2006-07, an increase of 2,141 fans per game. That average increase was the eighth-largest increase nationally over the last two years and the largest among Big Ten schools.

Since Value City Arena opened, Ohio State has ranked among the Top 10 in average national home attendance six times. The total home attendance figure this year is the second most behind the 317,939 recorded in 1999-00. An average of 16,420 fans over 148 total games have attended games at VCA.

In all game attendance, the nearly 750,000 fans that attended Ohio State games last season (home, away, neutral) marks the most ever to watch the Buckeyes in a single season. The previous record was 601,779 over 36 games in 1998-99. That total rated No. 2 nationally. In 294 games over the last nine years, an average of 15,698 fans have attended games involving the Buckeyes. Ohio State has been a Top 15 draw nationally in seven of those years and a Top 10 draw five times.
As a league, the Big Ten Conference averaged the most fans for the 31st-consecutive season and recorded a league record total of 2,564,662 fans over 201 games on league campuses. An average of 12,760 fans attended Big Ten games last year, which is an increase of 179 per game.
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10 years later: An oral history of the 2006-07 Ohio State men's basketball team

Before season that led to national championship game, 'there was definitely a buzz,' players say

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It’s been a full decade since Greg Oden, Mike Conley and the “Thad Five” helped power Ohio State to its first appearance in the national championship game since 1960. With the most high-profile recruiting class in program history and a mix of key veterans, the Buckeyes would finish 35-4 and lose to Florida, 84-75, in the title game held inside Atlanta’s Georgia Dome.

To commemorate that season, The Dispatch is launching a season-long feature. Key periods or games will be recalled in online-only oral histories, allowing members of the 2006-07 Ohio State men’s basketball team to take you through the year as they saw it unfold.

With this year’s team set to open the season tonight at Navy, the first installment of the series details what the weeks and months leading up to the season opener against VMI were like.

Entire article: http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2016/11/11/ohio-state-mbk-10-years.html
 
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