High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2008–09 Ohio State Buckeyes men`s basketball team represented The Ohio State University. The Head Coach was Thad Matta, then in his 5th season with the Buckeyes. The team played its home games in Jerome Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio, and is a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes finished for fourth in the conference`s regular season, and was runner up in the Big Ten tournament, falling to Purdue 65–61 in the final game. In the NCAA Tournament, the Buckeyes lost in the first round the Siena Saints.