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About Ohio StateBasketball
A small, shiny, dark brown nut with a light tan patch that comes from the official state tree of Ohio, the buckeye tree.
According to folklore, the Buckeye resembles the eye of a deer and carrying one brings good luck. “Buckeyes” has been the official Ohio State nickname since 1950, but it had been in common use for many years before.
The first recorded use of the term Buckeye to refer to a resident of the area was in 1788, some 15 years before Ohio became a state. Col. Ebenezer Sproat, a 6’4" man of large girth and swashbuckling mannerisms, led the legal delegation at the first court session of the Northwest Territory in Marietta. The Indians in attendance greeted him with shouts of "Hetuck, Hetuck" (the Indian word for buckeye), it is said because they were impressed by his stature and manner. He proudly carried the Buckeye nickname for the rest of his life and it gradually spread to his companions and to other local settlers. By the 1830s, writers were commonly referring to locals as “Buckeyes.”
About the Stadium
St. John Arena is in its 43rd season as the home of Ohio State Athletics. Completed in November of 1956 at a cost of less than $4,000,000, the 13,276-seat structure is named for former OSU basketball coach and athletic director, L. W. St. John.
The move of the men's and women's basketball teams into the brand new Jerome Schottenstein Center at the beginning of the 1998-99 season allowed the men's and women's volleyball teams, men's and women's gymnastics teams, and wrestling team to call St. John home. All five sports currently play in the venerable facility.
The building of St. John Arena ushered in a golden era in Ohio State basketball. The Buckeyes won the national championship in 1960, were runners-up the next two years and captured a still unequalled five straight Big Ten titles between 1960 and 1964.
Over the years, the capacity of the arena has fluctuated. The original mark of 13,491 has gone as high as 13,681 and as low as the present figure of 13,276.
Prior to the start of the 1987-88 season, a $1.2 million scoreboard, featuring the latest in computer graphics, was installed. At the same time, new corner scoreboards and a new lighting system were added.
With the most distant seat only 155 feet from the center circle and no posts or obstructions to block the sight lines, storied St. John Arena remains on the college basketball's most respected basketball theaters.
