1944–45 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team

1944–45 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record15–5 (10–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coachJ. E. Blickle
Home arenaFairgrounds Coliseum
1944–45 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Iowa 11 1   .917 17 1   .944
Ohio State 10 2   .833 15 5   .750
Illinois 7 5   .583 13 7   .650
Purdue 6 6   .500 9 11   .450
Michigan 5 7   .417 12 7   .632
Wisconsin 4 8   .333 10 11   .476
Minnesota 4 8   .333 8 13   .381
Northwestern 4 8   .333 7 12   .368
Indiana 3 9   .250 10 11   .476
Chicago 0 0   7 8   .467

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. 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.