![]() “When you talk about having somebody like Chris Jent out there who’s another tremendous competitor – a lefty with the versatility he had to shoot and pass and score in different ways. “You had Jimmy to start with, and he had just a terrific group of guys around him,” White said. Senior guard Jamaal Brown added 9.9 points, shooting 51.2 percent from the field and 42.3 percent from three-point range. Funderburke provided 12.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per game in his first season after sitting out a year following his transfer from Indiana. Jent averaged 12.6 points and 5.3 boards as a senior, while Baker recorded 11.8 points to go with a team-high 5.2 assists per contest. Jackson led the team in scoring and rebounding, averaging 22.4 points and 6.8 rebounds per game, as well as 4.0 assists. He competed and he challenged his teammates to be better.” As good as he was physically, he might have been even better mentally, as a player, because he just brought it all the time. “Because Jimmy was so good on the court, you don’t realize how much of a competitor he was. “Obviously, everyone knows about Jimmy Jackson, who was the star of that team, the guy who really was an engine for generating a lot of offense and a lot of focus for that team,” White said. ![]() As a junior, Jackson won Big Ten player of the year and earned consensus first-team All-American recognition, both for the second straight season. White credited Jackson’s competitive edge for guiding the team to a Big Ten title and an Elite Eight appearance. They won the Big Ten championship, but they went to the NCAA tournament and didn’t have much success there.” “The Jimmy Jackson team with Lawrence Funderburke, Chris Jent and Mark Baker – those guys were really good. Despite winning the Big Ten outright, they only made it to the Elite Eight before falling to Michigan’s ‘Fab Five’ in overtime, 75-71. The 1991-92 Buckeyes posted a 26-6 record with a 15-3 mark in the Big Ten under head coach Randy Ayers. When discussing the best teams ever, we emphasized an importance on consistency, tournament success, future NBA players and the competition they faced.ġ991-92: 26-6, 15-3 Big Ten. Ohio State basketball experts Lee Caryer and Tony White, who was a captain of the 1988-89 Buckeyes and works as the basketball analyst for WTVN, helped BSB break down some of the best squads in school history. There have been 121 teams in Ohio State men’s basketball history, including one national champion squad in 1960.
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