They finished with a record of 29–8 overall, 13–5 in Big Ten play for a second place tie with Michigan State.

They won the 2013 Big Ten Conference men's basketball tournament and received an automatic bid in the 2013 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, where they were defeated by Wichita State in the Elite Eight.

Ohio State went 13–5 through Big Ten play and ended the season with a 25–6 record and won a share of the Big Ten regular season championship, sharing it with Michigan State and Michigan.

Ohio State would go on to defeat Syracuse in the Elite Eight en route to the program's eleventh Final Four appearance.

Ohio State lost to the Kansas Jayhawks in the Final Four and ended the season with a 31–8 record and #3 ranking.