Ohio State Buckeyes | |
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University | The Ohio State University |
Conference | Big Ten |
NCAA | Division I/FBS |
Athletic director | Gene Smith |
Location | Columbus, Ohio |
Varsity teams | 19 men and 20 women varsity teams |
Football stadium | Ohio Stadium |
Basketball arena | Value City Arena |
Baseball stadium | Bill Davis Stadium |
Other arenas |
OSU Ice Arena St. John Arena Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium |
Mascot | Brutus Buckeye |
Nickname | Buckeyes |
Fight song | Across the Field and Buckeye Battle Cry |
Colors | Scarlet and Gray |
Website | www |
The Ohio State Buckeyes are the athletic teams that represent The Ohio State University, named after the colloquial term for people from the state of Ohio and after the state tree, the Ohio Buckeye. The Buckeyes participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I in all sports and the Big Ten Conference in most sports. The Ohio State women's ice hockey team competes in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The school colors are scarlet and gray. Ohio State's mascot is Brutus Buckeye.
Ohio State is one of only five universities to have won a NCAA national championship in baseball and men's basketball, and be recognized as a national champion in football. Ohio State has also won national championships in men's swimming & diving, men's outdoor track & field, men's volleyball, men's golf, men's gymnastics, men's fencing, co-ed fencing, synchronized swimming, and wrestling. Since the inception of the Athletic Director's Cup, Ohio State has finished in the top 25 each year, including top 6 finishes in three of the last five years. During the 2005–2006 school year Ohio State became the first Big Ten team to win conference championships in football, men's basketball and women's basketball in the same season. They repeated this feat in the 2006–2007 season, which also included a February 25, 2007 men's basketball game which saw the Buckeyes defeat the Wisconsin Badgers in the Big Ten's first basketball game between the number one and number two ranked squads in the nation.