Feeling a tad stumped I started going through the school's recap after each win to see what win number they assigned to that particular home win and that's when it got a little interesting. Wins 1 through 40 were pretty cut and dry with everything matching up but then I noticed the final 2 matches of the 2006 season, which were the 1st and 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament, were counted twice. I put a link on the score where the recap mentions the win number in the streak and after the Arkansas win it says the win streak is up to 42 but then when they start the 2007 season off by beating Butler and Xavier the recap said those were wins 41 and 42. My first thought was maybe the school wasn't sure if wins in the NCAA Tournament counted as official home wins so they backed them out which I was fine with. A few weeks later on 2/7/07 they beat Toledo for win 45 (really 47) then followed that up by beating Kentucky at home on 2/12/07 which should have been win 46 (really 48) but for whatever reason they didn't count it because when they beat Indiana on 3/3/07 they counted that as win 46 when it really should have been 47 by their count or 49 counting the 2 NCAA wins. These discrepancies are highlighted in yellow and as I mentioned I linked the OSU recap where it mentions wins #s.
The next oddity in the streak comes between the end of the 2007 regular season and the 2 matches that Ohio State hosted in the NCAA Tournament. The Illinois win in the home regular season finale on 4/15/07 is counted as win 53 but then when they beat Columbia on 5/11/07 instead of being counted as 54 it is counted as 56 so I'm guessing at that point they decided that wins in the NCAA Tournament are counted as official home wins so they added back in the 2 from the end of the 2006 season. Now for some reason that win over Kentucky on 2/12/07 still didn't make the count but I figured they'd figure that out sooner and correct it.
All the wins from the end of the 2007 season through the end of the 2012 season flow together (minus the Kentucky win) but between the end of the 2012 season and the start of the 2013 season a few more get added in. When Ohio State defeated Notre Dame in the 2nd round of the NCAAs on 5/12/12 (2012 home finale) the recap said it was win #148 but when they opened up the 2013 season by defeating Butler and Xavier the recap credits those as wins 151 and 152 so somehow 2 more were added in. So now they've gone from being 1 win under the correct count (as far as I can determine) to 1 win over. A few weeks later they beat Toledo on 1/27/13 and the recap says that is win 157 but when they beat Georgia a week later on 2/3/13 it says that is win 156. After playing the National Indoors they come back home on 2/23/13 and 2/24/13 to host Notre Dame and LSU and after winning those 2 matches the recap now says the streak is up to 160. From that point on they stay on count all the way up to 200 however they never take back out the win that to my knowledge they never got.
When doing some more digging the only possible place that 1 win could have come from was during the 2006-07 season because on the schedule it originally showed that they were supposed to play a doubleheader on 4/2/07 against Wright State and Dayton however they only list a 7-0 result against Wright State (image below). The recap from the Wright State match said it was the end of the 5 match home stand and it has no mention of a match anywhere with Dayton. The Dayton schedule from that year doesn't show a match with Ohio State and I'm sure if they had played it would be listed. The 2006-07 schedule from the Media Guide is listed below and it says Wright State/Dayton with the one 7-0 win but had it been two 7-0 wins that would have meant they would have played 33 matches on the year but the overall record at the top shows 30-2 which is of course 32 matches.
So I guess my point to all these facts above is that I don't see where they have 200 consecutive home wins; I just see 199 and if that is correct that means they won't actually get 200 unless they beat Notre Dame in their next home match on February 21st. If anyone has any other knowledge of the streak and/or can see that 1 win that I'm not seeing let me know because it truly has me stumped. I just find it hard to believe that they would really be 1 win short but you can see how that # has jumped several times over the years so anything is possible. I did email Gary Petit, Ohio State's Assistant Director of Athletics Communication, who is listed as the primary contact for the men's tennis program so I'm waiting to hear back from him and will keep you posted if/when I do.
UPDATE: Gary emailed me back this morning (2/11) and said they were going to do some research about the streak and would get back to me within a few days. I emailed Gary back on 2/18 to see if he had an update and he replied back within an hour that they had "nothing official yet". That pretty much tells me what I need to know that most likely nothing will be "official" until they beat Notre Dame this Saturday assuming they beat the Irish.
Final Update Below - what was believed to be win #200 over South Florida was actually 199. Today's 2/21 win over Notre Dame was #200.
From: "Petit, Gary M."
Subject: 200-Streak
Date: February 21, 2015 at 4:36:48 PM CST
To: Bobby Knight
Bobby,
After researching every win and contacting opposing SIDs with questions, we were at 199 after the USF match on Feb. 8 and are now at 200 with the win today over Notre Dame.
The issue was that Dayton match in 2007. The match was on the schedule and was never removed after it was canceled the day of. With the amount of turnover in our office and different people handling men’s tennis, we continued to count that match. We never put a list together like you did which probably explains why we were off on our numbers a couple of times in our recaps throughout the years.
Gary
List of 199 wins in the streak:
| Date | Opponent | Score | Win # According to School Write-Up |
| 4/6/2003 | Purdue | 5-2 (W) | 1 |
| 4/19/2003 | Minnesota | 4-3 (W) | 2 |
| 4/20/2003 | Iowa | 7-0 (W) | 3 |
| 1/23/2004 | Cleveland State | 7-0 (W) | 4 |
| 1/23/2004 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 5 |
| 1/30/2004 | Depaul | 7-0 (W) | 6 |
| 1/30/2004 | Toledo | 7-0 (W) | 7 |
| 2/7/2004 | Clemson | 6-1 (W) | 8 |
| 2/13/2004 | Vanderbilt | 4-3 (W) | 9 |
| 2/14/2004 | Alabama | 6-1 (W) | 10 |
| 3/27/2004 | Michigan State * | 6-1 (W) | 11 |
| 3/28/2004 | Michigan | 5-2 (W) | 12 |
| 4/3/2004 | Indiana | 6-1 (W) | 13 |
| 4/14/2004 | Indiana St | 7-0 (W) | 14 |
| 4/14/2004 | Youngstown State | 7-0 (W) | 15 |
| 4/16/2004 | Northwestern | 5-2 (W) | 16 |
| 4/18/2004 | Wisconsin | 7-0 (W) | 17 |
| 1/28/2005 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 18 |
| 1/28/2005 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 19 |
| 2/11/2005 | Arkansas | 5-2 (W) | 20 |
| 2/25/2005 | Virginia Commonwealth | 7-0 (W) | 21 |
| 3/26/2005 | Iowa | 7-0 (W) | 22 |
| 3/27/2005 | Minnesota | 4-3 (W) | 23 |
| 4/9/2005 | Indiana | 6-1 (W) | 24 |
| 4/10/2005 | Penn State * | 4-3 (W) | 25 |
| 4/13/2005 | Notre Dame | 4-3 (W) | 26 |
| 4/16/2005 | Michigan | 6-1 (W) | 27 |
| 4/17/2005 | Michigan State * | 7-0 (W) | 28 |
| 1/25/2006 | Toledo | 7-0 (W) | 29 |
| 1/25/2006 | Xavier | 6-1 (W) | 30 |
| 1/27/2006 | Oklahoma | 6-1 (W) | 31 |
| 1/29/2006 | Tennessee | 5-2 (W) | 32 |
| 2/10/2006 | Virginia Tech | 6-1 (W) | 33 |
| 2/12/2006 | LSU | 6-1 (W) | 34 |
| 2/17/2006 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 35 |
| 2/17/2006 | Wright State | 7-0 (W) | 36 |
| 4/1/2006 | Purdue | 7-0 (W) | 37 |
| 4/2/2006 | Illinois | 5-2 (W) | 38 |
| 4/22/2006 | Northwestern | 7-0 (W) | 39 |
| 4/23/2006 | Wisconsin | 6-1 (W) | 40 |
| 5/13/2006 | Butler | 4-0 (W) | 41 |
| 5/14/2006 | Arkansas | 4-0 (W) | 42 |
| 1/24/2007 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 41 |
| 1/24/2007 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 42 |
| 1/28/2007 | Washington | 7-0 (W) | 43 |
| 2/4/2007 | Florida State | 7-0 (W) | 44 |
| 2/7/2007 | Toledo | 7-0 (W) | 45 |
| 2/12/2007 | Kentucky | 6-1 (W) | skipped |
| 3/3/2007 | Indiana | 6-1 (W) | 46 |
| 3/24/2007 | Iowa | 7-0 (W) | 47 |
| 3/25/2007 | Minnesota | 7-0 (W) | 48 |
| 3/30/2007 | Notre Dame | 7-0 (W) | 49 |
| 4/1/2007 | Michigan State * | 7-0 (W) | 50 |
| 4/2/2007 | Wright State | 7-0 (W) | 51 |
| 4/14/2007 | Purdue | 7-0 (W) | 52 |
| 4/15/2007 | Illinois | 7-0 (W) | 53 |
| 5/11/2007 | Columbia | 4-0 (W) | 56 |
| 5/12/2007 | Tennessee | 4-1 (W) | 57 |
| 1/23/2008 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 58 |
| 1/23/2008 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 59 |
| 2/1/2008 | Miami (Fla.) | 5-2 (W) | 60 |
| 2/3/2008 | Pepperdine | 5-2 (W) | 61 |
| 2/3/2008 | Wright State | 4-0 (W) | 62 |
| 2/8/2008 | Wake Forest | 5-1 (W) | 63 |
| 2/10/2008 | North Carolina | 4-2 (W) | 64 |
| 3/23/2008 | Virginia Commonwealth | 7-0 (W) | 65 |
| 4/4/2008 | Northwestern * | 7-0 (W) | 66 |
| 4/4/2008 | Toledo | 4-0 (W) | 67 |
| 4/6/2008 | Wisconsin * | 6-1 (W) | 68 |
| 4/17/2008 | Wright State | 7-0 (W) | 69 |
| 4/19/2008 | Penn State * | 6-1 (W) | 70 |
| 4/20/2008 | Michigan * | 7-0 (W) | 71 |
| 5/10/2008 | Cleveland State | 4-0 (W) | 72 |
| 5/11/2008 | East Tennessee State | 4-0 (W) | 73 |
| 1/21/2009 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 74 |
| 1/21/2009 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 75 |
| 1/31/2009 | Stetson | 7-0 (W) | 76 |
| 2/1/2009 | Virginia Tech | 5-2 (W) | 77 |
| 2/21/2009 | Notre Dame | 7-0 (W) | 78 |
| 2/22/2009 | LSU | 7-0 (W) | 79 |
| 3/1/2009 | Baylor | 7-0 (W) | 80 |
| 3/10/2009 | Cleveland State | 7-0 (W) | 81 |
| 3/27/2009 | Iowa * | 7-0 (W) | 82 |
| 3/29/2009 | Minnesota * | 7-0 (W) | 83 |
| 3/29/2009 | Toledo | 4-0 (W) | 84 |
| 4/17/2009 | Northwestern * | 7-0 (W) | 85 |
| 4/19/2009 | Wisconsin * | 7-0 (W) | 86 |
| 4/19/2009 | Wright State | 4-0 (W) | 87 |
| 5/8/2009 | Xavier | 4-0 (W) | 88 |
| 5/9/2009 | Michigan | 4-1 (W) | 89 |
| 1/20/2010 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 90 |
| 1/20/2010 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 91 |
| 1/30/2010 | New Mexico | 7-0 (W) | 92 |
| 1/31/2010 | Tulsa | 7-0 (W) | 93 |
| 2/5/2010 | Pepperdine | 6-1 (W) | 94 |
| 2/7/2010 | North Carolina | 6-1 (W) | 95 |
| 2/21/2010 | Kentucky | 5-2 (W) | 96 |
| 2/21/2010 | Wright State | 7-0 (W) | 97 |
| 3/3/2010 | Louisville | 5-2 (W) | 98 |
| 3/7/2010 | Texas A&M | 4-3 (W) | 99 |
| 3/12/2010 | Purdue * | 7-0 (W) | 100 |
| 3/18/2010 | Detroit Mercy | 7-0 (W) | 101 |
| 3/28/2010 | Cleveland State | 4-0 (W) | 102 |
| 3/28/2010 | Penn State * | 7-0 (W) | 103 |
| 4/9/2010 | Michigan State * | 7-0 (W) | 104 |
| 4/9/2010 | Toledo | 5-0 (W) | 105 |
| 4/11/2010 | Michigan * | 6-1 (W) | 106 |
| 4/16/2010 | Indiana * | 7-0 (W) | 107 |
| 4/18/2010 | Illinois * | 6-1 (W) | 108 |
| 5/15/2010 | Western Michigan | 4-0 (W) | 109 |
| 5/16/2010 | Michigan | 4-1 (W) | 110 |
| 1/26/2011 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 111 |
| 1/26/2011 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 112 |
| 1/29/2011 | William & Mary | 7-0 (W) | 113 |
| 1/30/2011 | Toledo | 6-0 (W) | 114 |
| 1/30/2011 | UC Irvine | 7-0 (W) | 115 |
| 2/4/2011 | Ole Miss | 6-1 (W) | 116 |
| 2/6/2011 | Georgia | 6-1 (W) | 117 |
| 2/12/2011 | LSU | 7-0 (W) | 118 |
| 2/24/2011 | Cleveland State | 7-0 (W) | 119 |
| 2/24/2011 | Wright State | 6-1 (W) | 120 |
| 2/27/2011 | Louisville | 6-1 (W) | 121 |
| 4/8/2011 | Michigan State * | 7-0 (W) | 122 |
| 4/10/2011 | Michigan * | 6-1 (W) | 123 |
| 4/13/2011 | Notre Dame | 5-2 (W) | 124 |
| 4/22/2011 | Indiana * | 5-2 (W) | 125 |
| 4/24/2011 | Purdue * | 7-0 (W) | 126 |
| 5/13/2011 | Ball State | 4-0 (W) | 127 |
| 5/14/2011 | Notre Dame | 4-0 (W) | 128 |
| 1/18/2012 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 129 |
| 1/18/2012 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 130 |
| 1/22/2012 | Mississippi State | 6-1 (W) | 131 |
| 1/28/2012 | Cornell | 5-1 (W) | 132 |
| 1/28/2012 | Indiana | 4-0 (W) | 133 |
| 1/29/2012 | Toledo | 4-0 (W) | 134 |
| 2/3/2012 | Pepperdine | 4-1 (W) | 135 |
| 2/25/2012 | Kentucky | 4-0 (W) | 136 |
| 2/26/2012 | North Carolina | 6-1 (W) | 137 |
| 3/9/2012 | Texas A&M | 6-1 (W) | 138 |
| 3/11/2012 | Penn State * | 7-0 (W) | 139 |
| 3/11/2012 | University of Northwest Ohio | 4-0 (W) | 140 |
| 3/30/2012 | Nebraska * | 6-1 (W) | 141 |
| 4/1/2012 | Iowa * | 7-0 (W) | 142 |
| 4/1/2012 | Youngstown State | 6-0 (W) | 143 |
| 4/13/2012 | Illinois * | 7-0 (W) | 144 |
| 4/15/2012 | Northwestern * | 5-2 (W) | 145 |
| 4/22/2012 | Michigan * | 6-1 (W) | 146 |
| 5/12/2012 | East Tennessee State | 4-0 (W) | 147 |
| 5/13/2012 | Notre Dame | 4-0 (W) | 148 |
| 1/16/2013 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 151 |
| 1/16/2013 | Xavier | 6-1 (W) | 152 |
| 1/24/2013 | Cleveland State | 4-0 (W) | 153 |
| 1/24/2013 | Youngstown State | 7-0 (W) | 154 |
| 1/26/2013 | East Tennessee State | 7-0 (W) | 155 |
| 1/26/2013 | Miami (Fla.) | 7-0 (W) | 156 |
| 1/27/2013 | Toledo | 4-0 (W) | 157 |
| 2/3/2013 | Georgia | 5-2 (W) | 156 |
| 2/23/2013 | Notre Dame | 7-0 (W) | 159 |
| 2/24/2013 | LSU | 7-0 (W) | 160 |
| 3/19/2013 | Louisville | 6-1 (W) | 161 |
| 3/22/2013 | Purdue * | 7-0 (W) | 162 |
| 3/24/2013 | Indiana * | 7-0 (W) | 163 |
| 4/5/2013 | Wisconsin * | 7-0 (W) | 164 |
| 4/7/2013 | Minnesota * | 7-0 (W) | 165 |
| 4/7/2013 | Wright State | 4-0 (W) | 166 |
| 4/19/2013 | Michigan State * | 6-1 (W) | 167 |
| 4/26/2013 | Purdue | 4-0 (W) | 168 |
| 4/27/2013 | Illinois | 4-0 (W) | 169 |
| 4/28/2013 | Michigan | 4-0 (W) | 170 |
| 5/10/2013 | Cleveland State | 4-0 (W) | 171 |
| 5/11/2013 | Washington | 4-0 (W) | 172 |
| 1/22/2014 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 173 |
| 1/22/2014 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 174 |
| 1/25/2014 | Denver | 4-0 (W) | 175 |
| 1/26/2014 | Louisville | 4-1 (W) | 176 |
| 1/26/2014 | Toledo | 4-0 (W) | 177 |
| 2/4/2014 | Wright State | 4-0 (W) | 178 |
| 2/4/2014 | Youngstown State | 4-0 (W) | 179 |
| 2/7/2014 | Kentucky | 4-0 (W) | 180 |
| 2/9/2014 | Texas A&M | 4-3 (W) | 181 |
| 2/28/2014 | North Carolina | 4-1 (W) | 182 |
| 3/2/2014 | Penn State * | 5-2 (W) | 183 |
| 3/21/2014 | Michigan * | 6-1 (W) | 184 |
| 3/28/2014 | Northwestern * | 4-3 (W) | 185 |
| 3/30/2014 | Illinois * | 5-2 (W) | 186 |
| 4/11/2014 | Tulsa | 4-3 (W) | 187 |
| 4/18/2014 | Iowa * | 7-0 (W) | 188 |
| 4/20/2014 | Nebraska * | 6-1 (W) | 189 |
| 5/9/2014 | Bryant University | 4-0 (W) | 190 |
| 5/10/2014 | Wake Forest | 4-0 (W) | 191 |
| 1/18/2015 | Northern Kentucky | 7-0 (W) | 192 |
| 1/18/2015 | Youngstown State | 7-0 (W) | 193 |
| 1/21/2015 | Butler | 7-0 (W) | 194 |
| 1/21/2015 | Xavier | 7-0 (W) | 195 |
| 1/24/2015 | Auburn | 4-0 (W) | 196 |
| 1/25/2015 | Toledo | 4-0 (W) | 197 |
| 1/25/2015 | Tulsa | 4-1 (W) | 198 |
| 1/29/2015 | Kentucky | 4-0 (W) | 199 |
| 2/8/2015 | USF | 4-0 (W) | 200 |
Here is the list of opponents they've beaten during the streak and how many times
| Opponent | # of Wins |
| Alabama | 1 |
| Arkansas | 2 |
| Auburn | 1 |
| Ball State | 1 |
| Baylor | 1 |
| Bryant | 1 |
| Butler | 12 |
| Clemson | 1 |
| Cleveland State | 7 |
| Columbia | 1 |
| Cornell | 1 |
| Denver | 1 |
| DePaul | 1 |
| Detroit Mercy | 1 |
| East Tennessee State | 3 |
| Florida State | 1 |
| Georgia | 2 |
| Illinois | 6 |
| Indiana | 7 |
| Indiana State | 1 |
| Iowa | 6 |
| Kentucky | 5 |
| Louisville | 4 |
| LSU | 4 |
| Miami FLA | 2 |
| Michigan | 10 |
| Michigan State | 6 |
| Minnesota | 5 |
| Mississippi State | 1 |
| Nebraska | 2 |
| New Mexico | 1 |
| North Carolina | 4 |
| Northern Kentucky | 1 |
| Northwestern | 6 |
| Notre Dame | 7 |
| Oklahoma | 1 |
| Ole Miss | 1 |
| Penn State | 5 |
| Pepperdine | 3 |
| Purdue | 7 |
| Stetson | 1 |
| Tennessee | 2 |
| Texas A&M | 3 |
| Toledo | 11 |
| Tulsa | 3 |
| UC Irvine | 1 |
| Univ of Northwest Ohio | 1 |
| USF - South Florida | 1 |
| Vanderbilt | 1 |
| VCU | 2 |
| Virginia Tech | 2 |
| Wake Forest | 2 |
| Washington | 2 |
| Western Michigan | 1 |
| William & Mary | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 5 |
| Wright State | 9 |
| Xavier | 13 |
| Youngstown State | 5 |
| 199 |
Here is how many home wins they've had each year (including postseason)
| Year | # of Wins |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2014 | 19 |
| 2013 | 22 |
| 2012 | 20 |
| 2011 | 18 |
| 2010 | 21 |
| 2009 | 16 |
| 2008 | 16 |
| 2007 | 16 |
| 2006 | 14 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2004 | 14 |
| 2003 | 3 |
| 199 |
Regardless of whether they have won 199 straight or 200 straight it is still an unbelievable streak that's stretched out over almost 12 years. Going through the list they have 7 wins over current Top 15 teams with USC, Virginia, Duke, Texas, UCLA, Cal, and Florida the 7 they've not faced at home.
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