The Ohio State men’s basketball team’s 2017-18 schedule was finalized Wednesday by the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes will play an exhibition game against the College of Wooster Nov. 5 before the season-opener against Robert Morris Nov. 10. Ohio State opens its Big Ten schedule at Wisconsin Dec. 2 and hosts Michigan…
Jeremiah Francis was supposed to be one of the linchpins of Chris Holtmann’s Ohio State basketball program, but that plan appears to have hit a snag. Zach Fleer with 270Sports.com broke the story on Friday that Francis has committed to North Carolina. Francis then tweeted out the news. Francis (6-3 190) is a 4-star prospect…
There was some hope that 4-star combo guard Eric Ayala would reclassify from the 2018 class to the 2017 class and possibly choose to play at Ohio State, but that will not be happening. At least not the first part, anyway. Ayala (6-5 180) will not reclassify and will instead remain in the 2018 class, where he is ranked the…
Muhammad is ranked the No. 13 point guard in the 2018 class and the No. 65 player overall per the 247Sports Composite. He also holds offers from Butler, Notre Dame, and Pitt. Muhammad plans to visit Ohio State, and if that visit happens, then the Buckeyes will be very serious contenders here. As a junior last season…
Ohio State basketball coach Chris Holtmann met with season ticket holders Tuesday night at Value City Arena for an event entitled “An Evening with Chris Holtmann.” He spoke with them about the direction “This was a fun night, an enjoyable night.” Wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was a fantastic turnout. He appreciates those…
James (Scoonie) Penn has been named Ohio State’s director of player development, Chris Holtmann, Ohio State first-year head coach, announced Tuesday. Penn was a letterwinner for the Buckeyes from 1999-2000 and garnered second team All-America honors in 2000. “We are really excited about Scoonie being a…
Chris Holtmann’s first 2018 verbal commitment is in, and it came late Monday night in the form of 4-star shooting guard Torrence Watson. Watson announced the news via Twitter. Watson (6-4 175) is ranked the No. 100 player in the class per the 247Sports Composite and the No. 23 shooting guard in the nation.
Musa Jallow, a 6-foot-5 200-pound shooting guard from Bloomington, Indiana, announced his commitment to Ohio State Friday evening. Jallow was a 2018 prospect until recently. As a 2017 prospect, however, he will be eligible to play this coming season for the Buckeyes. Jallow is ranked the No. 21 small forward…
Chris Holtmann announced the hiring of Quadrian Banks as the men’s basketball program’s strength and conditioning coach on Friday. The hire is essentially the final piece of Holtmann’s coaching staff. Banks was previously with the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts. In fact, Banks has experience throughout both…
Sometimes a school’s best recruiters are the players already on the team. A coach is going to sell a school, but the players are going to tell it like it is. Despite adding Kyle Young to the roster recently, recruiting has not gone well for new Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann. Ohio’s best in the 2018 class are all…
Goodwin committed to Ohio State and then-head coach Thad Matta back in December. He decommitted last month, shortly after Ohio State hired new head coach Chris Holtmann. He took an official visit to OSU a week ago, but in the end he decided on Notre Dame. Goodwin is the No. 4 player in the state of Ohio…
It has been an eventful first month on the job for Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann. That “excitement” continued on Friday with the announcement from OSU that incoming freshman guard Braxton Beverly had requested and been granted his release, and that redshirt freshman forward Derek…
Chris Holtmann and Ohio State offered 4-star guard Eric Ayala on Thursday. Ayala (6-5 180) is rated the No. 3 combo guard in the 2018 class by 247Sports. The interesting part about this is the fact that Ayala is thinking about reclassifying to the 2017 class, which would make him eligible this coming season. Ayala…
