1944–45 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

The 1944–45 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represented Ohio State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1944–45 NCAA men's basketball season.The team's head coach was Harold Olsen and they played their home games at the Fairgrounds Coliseum.Ohio State finished second to Iowa in Big Ten play with a 10–2 record.[1] The Buckeyes were one of eight teams selected to play in the NCAA tournament where they reached the Final Four for the third time in program history before losing to NYU in the East regional final.[2] [3]

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