2016–17 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 25 Maryland	4	–	1	.800	16	–	2	.889
No. 17 Wisconsin	4	–	1	.800	15	–	3	.833
Northwestern	4	–	2	.667	15	–	4	.789
No. 21 Purdue	4	–	2	.667	15	–	4	.789
Michigan State	4	–	2	.667	12	–	7	.632
Minnesota	3	–	3	.500	15	–	4	.789
Indiana	3	–	3	.500	13	–	6	.684
Iowa	3	–	3	.500	11	–	8	.579
Penn State	3	–	3	.500	11	–	8	.579
Nebraska	3	–	3	.500	9	–	9	.500
Illinois	2	–	4	.333	12	–	7	.632
Michigan	2	–	4	.333	12	–	7	.632
Ohio State	2	–	4	.333	12	–	7	.632
Rutgers	0	–	6	.000	11	–	8	.579

† 2017 Big Ten Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team represents The Ohio State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Their head coach is Thad Matta, in his 13th season with the Buckeyes. The Buckeyes play their home games at Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio and are members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Buckeyes finished the 2015–16 season with a record of 21–14, 11–7 in Big Ten play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Michigan State. They received an invitation to the National Invitational Tournament where they defeated Akron in the first round to before losing to Florida.

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