Ohio State Men's Basketball 2023 Non-Conference Schedule Set

Mark your calendars, Buckeye Nation.

The Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team unveiled their 11-game non-conference schedule Tuesday, the athletics department announced. The Buckeyes will open their 2023-24 season at the Schottenstein Center for four-consecutive games against Oakland Nov. 6, Texas A&M Nov. 10, Merrimack Nov. 15 and Western Michigan Nov. 19.

"This is the best and most challenging overall schedule we have put together in a few years," head coach Chris Holtmann said in a statement. "We have a preseason Top 15 opponent coming to the Schottenstein Center in the early part of the year, a couple of preseason Top 25 teams away from home and several good regional mid-major programs in the nonconference. This is all in addition to our tremendous home slate of Big Ten opponents."

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📅Our 2023-24 Non-Conference schedule is officially set.

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The Buckeyes will then face Alabama in the Emerald Coast Classic Nov. 24 and turn around one day later and square off against either Oregon or Santa Clara.

Ohio State will then face a pair of Mid-American Conference opponents in Central Michigan Nov. 29 and Miami (OH) either Dec. 5 or 6. The Buckeyes will play their first Big Ten opponent between these two games, so the date for their game against the RedHawks will be announced depending on when they play the opening conference game.

Ohio State will then participate in its annual CBS Sports Classic game against either Kentucky, North Carolina or UCLA, as details for the event will be announced later this summer, according to a release.

The Buckeyes will play New Orleans at home Dec. 21 then make the two-hour trek to Cleveland to play West Virginia in the nonconference regular-season finale Dec. 30.

Ohio State 2023-24 Nonconference Schedule:

Nov. 6 vs. Oakland

Nov. 10 vs. Texas A&M

Nov. 15 vs. Merrimack

Nov. 19 vs. Western Michigan

Nov. 24 vs. Alabama, Emerald Coast Classic

Nov. 25 vs. Oregon/Santa Clara, Emerald Coast Classic

Nov. 29 vs. Central Michigan

Dec. 5/6 vs. Miami (OH)

Dec. 16 vs. Kentucky/North Carolina/UCLA, CBS Sports Classic

Dec. 21 vs. New Orleans

Dec. 30 vs. West Virginia (Cleveland)

Ohio State 2023-24 Big Ten Opponents (Dates TBD):

Home only: Illinois, Maryland, Purdue

Away only: Iowa, Michigan State, Northwestern

Home and Away: Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Penn State, Rutgers, Wisconsin