**Last Updated: 12/16/2025- Created page.
Basketball
Professional basketball in Columbus goes back to the 1920s at least, but there is little available information on those early teams. College basketball began in the 1890s.
1890-1899
Ohio State Buckeyes
The first Ohio State basketball team in 1898.
Home: 1898-1920 (Unknown) 1920-1955 (Ohio Expo Center Coliseum), 1955-1998 (St. John Arena), 1998-Present (Schottenstein Center)
Level: College
Years: 1898-Present
League: Unaffiliated (1898-1912), Big Nine- became Big Ten with OSU’s inclusion (1913-Present)
Website: Ohio State Buckeyes
League Rank and Record
OSU-Basketball-Historic-Record
Ohio State Basketball Historic Attendance
Ohio State Basketball Game Results
Current Status: Active
1920-1929
Columbus Robert Lees
Home: Unknown
Level: Professional
Years: 1929-1930
League: National Professional Basketball League
League Rank and Record
1929-1930: 4th of 6 (6-13)
Current Status: Defunct. The league seems to have folded after this single season, though it would re-emerge in later years.
1930-1939
Columbus Athletic Supply
Home: Ohio State Fairgrounds Arena
Level: Professional
Years: 1936-1938
League: Midwest Basketball Conference (1936-1937), National Basketball League (1937-1938)
Division Rank and Record
1936-1937: 4th of 6 (6-5)
1937-1938: 7th of 7 (1-12)
Current Status: Defunct. The team folded after the 1937-38 season.
1940-1949
Columbus Bobb Chevrolets
Home: Unknown
Level: Professional
Years: 1940-1942
League: World Professional Basketball Tournament
Division Rank and Record
1940-1941: Unknown
1941-1942: 9th (0-1)
Current Status: Defunct. There is not much information about this team, but it seems to have not gone past the 1941-42 season, though the World Basketball Tournament continued for several years after. It seems this team was formed specifically for the tournament.
1960-1969
Columbus Comets
Home: Ohio Expo Center Coliseum
Level: Minor
Years: 1966-1968
League: North American Basketball League
League Rank and Record
1966-1967: 2nd of 8 (12-9)
1967-1968: 2nd of 7 (12-6)
Status: Defunct. The league folded after the 1967-1968 season.
1980-1989
Columbus Horizon
Home: Ohio Expo Center Coliseum/Battelle Hall
Level: Minor
Years: 1989-1994
League: Continental Basketball Association
Division Rank and Record
1989-1990: 4th of 4 (18-38)
1990-1991: 4th of 4 (23-33)
1991-1992: 4th of 4 (18-38)
1992-1993: 3rd of 4 (21-35)
1993-1994: 4th of 4 (18-38)
Current Status: Defunct. Due to low attendance and financial issues caused in part by the team’s consistent losing, the team moved to Shreveport, Louisiana after the 1994 season.
1990-1996
Columbus Quest
Home: Battelle Hall in the Columbus Convention Center
Level: Professional
Years: 1996-1998
League: American Basketball League
Division Rank and Record
1996-1997: 1st of 4 (31-9)
1997-1998: 1st of 4 (36-8)
1998-1999: 1st of 5 (11-3)
Current Status: Defunct. The women’s league ceased operations partway through the 1998-1999 season.
2000-2009
Columbus Cyclones
Home Field: Westerville North HS Gymnasium
Level: Professional
Years: 2006-2007
League: International Basketball League
Division Rank and Record
2006: 2nd of 6 (20-3)
2007: 2nd of 6 (20-5)
Current Status: Defunct. Moved to Marysville after the 2006 season to become the Marysville Meteors, but the team folded after the 2007 season.
2020-2029
Columbus Condors
Home Field: Otterbein University
Level: Professional
Years: 2020-2021
League: The Basketball League
Rank and Record
2020 League Rank: 6th of 12 (6-3)
2021 Division Rank: 5th of 7 (11-10)
Reason Disbanded: Unknown, but did not return for the 2021-2022 season.
