Keita Bates-Diop Selected in Second Round of NBA Draft
Ohio State forward Keita Bates-Diop was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the NBA Draft Thurday night. He was chosen with…
2018-2019 Men’s Basketball Non-Conf Sched Set, Features Contest in St. John Arena
COLUMBUS, Ohio–The second season for Chris Holtmann, Ohio State head coach, begins officially with the Buckeyes taking on intrastate rival Cincinnati on the road Nov. 7. That game vs. the Bearcats along with several other marquee opponents and the new 20-game Big Ten Conference regular-season schedule will…
Ohio State to Face Syracuse in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Ohio State has participated in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge for the last 16 years and has a 6-10 record in Challenge games. The Buckeyes first took part in the event during the 2002-03 season against Duke in Greensboro, N.C., a 91-75 Blue Devils’ victory. Ohio State defeated Virginia Tech in Columbus in 2005-06, 69-59, for…
Top 40 Forward Romeo Weems Includes OSU in Final 5, Sets Decision Date
Michigan State is seen as the favorite to land Weems (6-7 215), who is ranked the No. 7 power forward in the 247Sports Composite and the No. 37 player overall. He is the top player in the state of Michigan in the 2019 recruiting class. As a sophomore in 2016-2017, Weems was named Michigan’s Class B Player of…
Kentucky, Ohio State to Meet in 2019 CBS Sports Classic
Ohio State and Kentucky will meet as part of the 2019 CBS Sports Classic, which will be held Saturday, December 21, 2019 in Las Vegas. The two teams met in the 2015 edition of the Classic, with the Buckeyes coming away with a 74-67 win over the Wildcats. Ohio State was led by Keita Bates-Diop’s 14 points and Jae’Sean…
Buckeye Alums Back in ‘The Basketball Tournament’
TBT’s Columbus Regional will feature Ohio State alumni team Scarlet & Gray that advanced to the TBT semifinals last year. Coaching the team for a second consecutive year are Ohio State Director of Player Development Scoonie Penn and Evan Turner, forward with the NBA’s Portland Trailblazers. Players on the 2018…
Buckeyes Offer 2020 Ohio PG Zeb Jackson
A lefty distributor with range, Jackson (Maumee Valley HS) finished up his sophomore season this spring. His Maumee Valley Country Day team fell in the round of 16 in the playoffs. Jackson is the second in-state 2020 point guard that Ohio State has offered. He joins Dublin Coffman’s Dominiq Penn, who is the son of OSU…
Buckeyes Make Cut for Top 50 Point Guard D.J. Carton
Carton was a first-team All-State selection this past season. He has been named one of the 32 players to the USA Men’s U18 National Team Training Camp. There he will join Ohio State rising sophomore guard Musa Jallow. The Buckeyes currently have one player committed in the 2019 recruiting class in 5-star power forward…
Ohio State Lands Wake Forest Grad Transfer Guard Keyshawn Woods
Chris Holtmann and the Ohio State basketball team received a much-needed commitment from Wake Forest graduate transfer point guard Keyshawn Woods Tuesday evening. The commitment came one day after OSU officially welcomed Florida State transfer point guard C.J. Walker. The difference between…
Former Samford PG Christen Cunningham Visiting Ohio State This Week
Cunningham (6-2 190) is from Georgetown, Kentucky and received a medical hardship waiver following the 2017-2018 season where he only played in nine games due to illness. A starter in all 110 games of his career, Cunningham averaged 12.0 points and 4.7 assists per game over his first three seasons. As a junior…
