Ohio State will host the University of Pittsburgh as its marquee home opponent on its 2024-25 men’s basketball schedule.
The Panthers are part of a seven-game slate of games at Value City Arena in coach Jake Diebler’s first year leading the program . The Buckeyes have three other previously announced games against high-major opponents on the schedule, and a fourth one will be announced at a later date to fill out the 11-game portion of the schedule.
As previously announced the Buckeyes will open the season Nov. 4 against Texas as part of the Hall of Fame Series at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. They will also play at Texas A&M on Nov. 15 in the second year of a home-and-home series with the Aggies and will face Kentucky as part of the CBS Sports Classic on Dec. 21 at Madison Square Garden in New York City .
Other than the game against Pitt, which will be played Nov. 29 and also be the start of a home-and-home series, the seven remaining home non-conference games feature a mix of mid-major foes. The home opener for the Buckeyes will be Nov. 11 against Youngstown State and the final non-conference game will be Dec. 29 against Indiana State.
In between, Ohio State will host Evansville on Nov. 19, Campbell on Nov. 22, Green Bay on Nov. 25 and Valparaiso on Dec. 17. The schedule features an 18-day gap between the Pitt and Valparaiso games, leaving a likely window for two Big Ten games as well as the remaining non-conference game that will be played at a neutral site.
Pitt is ranked No. 52 at BartTorvik.com’s 2024-25 preseason rankings. No other team coming to Columbus is rated higher than Indiana State at No. 193, while Campbell is the lowest-ranked team at No. 312.
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The game against Green Bay will bring first-year coach Doug Gottlieb, who also hosts a national sports talk show on FOX Sports Radio, to Columbus.
Diebler will also host his alma mater and first coaching stop when Valparaiso visits. In a four-year career, Diebler left the Crusaders 10th in program history with 130 career steals and 16th with 229 career assists before joining coach Homer Drew’s staff as a graduate assistant for the 2009-10 season. He then was director of operations for 2010-11 and an assistant coach from 2011-13 before joining Ohio State as video coordinator.
Season tickets are available now, with single-game, group and mini-plan options to be announced this fall.
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This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio State to host Pitt, welcome Doug Gottlieb to Value City Arena in 2024-25
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