When South Dakota State and Ohio State take the court against each other today at 4:00 pm, there will be two conference players of the year readying for battle. Jackrabbits junior forward Mike Daum has won the award in the Summit League each of the past two seasons. This year he averaged 23.8 points per game and…
So much of a college basketball team’s success in March depends on guard play. Teams need to be able to shoot well over a six-game stretch in order to win it all, and that usually begins and ends in the backcourt. For the Buckeyes, OSU head coach Chris Holtmann has some terrific front court players, but Ohio State is…
Shannon Sommers and Eric get together to discuss the Ohio State men’s basketball team. The guys start off with some talk about the passing of Stephen Hawking. After their little NPR talk about physics, they recap the Big Ten basketball tournament a bit. They focus on the Buckeyes’ loss to Penn State. They preview…
South Dakota comes into Thursday’s game against Ohio State as a 12-seed and automatic qualifier thanks to their Summit League Tournament title. They finished the regular season with a 13-1 mark in league play and a 28-6 record overall. This marks their third-consecutive trip into the NCAA Tournament, so the stage isn’t new.
Ohio State may be a 7.5-point favorite over South Dakota State on Thursday, but make no mistake, the Buckeyes are the underdogs here. With OSU being a dreaded 5-seed and the Jackrabbits coming in as the deadly 12-seed, the Buckeyes can only hope to keep this one close. After all, everyone knows that when you’re…
Every year at Ohio State, some hotshot freshman running back rolls in with dreams of Buckeye greatness. Sometimes those dreams come true immediately, other times it can take a year or three, and yet other times the dreams never find reality. Last season, J.K. Dobbins came in simply wanting to contribute in any way that he could.
In this episode of Accost the Field, the fellas stick to basketball and the NCAA Tournament matchup with South Dakota State. What kind of problems do the Jackrabbits pose for the Buckeyes? What kind of problems do the Buckeyes pose for the Jackrabbits? They talk personnel, advanced stats, and plans of attack.
Billingsley (6-5 225) is the No. 9 tight end in the 2019 class according to the 247Sports Composite. Rivals ranks him as the No. 4 tight end in the class. He is considered the best tight end in the Midwest. Ohio State offered just one week ago, which followed February offers from Michigan, West Virginia, Iowa, and Florida.
Ohio State has taken pride in the depth of its ‘Zone 6’ wide receiver unit and the significant number of Buckeyes that have been able to rotate there over the last few years. One player who earned surprising playing time last year was walk-on junior H-back C.J. Saunders. Saunders, who began his Ohio State career as a…
