Good Night Against Bad Knights Gets Buckeyes Back On Track
On a Senior Night when the Buckeyes honored four players, that quartet all played roles in ensuring that they went out as winners. Kam Williams…
If Just For a Day, Ohio State Was a Basketball School Again
Four years and three days. One thousand, four hundred, and sixty-four days. That’s how long it has been since Ohio State went on the road and beat a ranked team. Seven-consecutive road losses to ranked teams over the previous three seasons. It had become the norm, so…
Keita Bates-Diop Added to Wooden Award Late Season Top 20 List
Ohio State fourth-year junior forward Keita Bates-Diop has been added to the Wooden Award’s Late Season Top 20 list. The announcement was made on ESPNU Monday. The Wooden Award, which began for men’s basketball in 1977, goes to college basketball’s player of the year. The only Buckeye to ever win the award…
Buckeye Basketball Notebook: ‘I keep hearing that this team is fun to watch’
The Buckeyes have seen opponents come into Value City Arena and start fast, most notably the Penn State Nittany Lions, who hit their first five three-point attempts in OSU’s only Big Ten loss this season. Sunday afternoon against Illinois, the Buckeyes were once again behind a first-half eight ball with the Illini staking a 30-15 lead…
Watch: Chris Holtmann, Buckeyes Talk Win Over Illinois
No. 17 Ohio State (20-5, 11-1) defeated Illinois (12-12, 2-9) 75-67 Sunday afternoon in the Schottenstein Center thanks in part to a 19-0 run at the end of the first half. The Buckeyes played without senior guard Kam Williams, who was suspended indefinitely prior to the game. Ohio State was led by Keita Bates-Diop with…
Buckeye Basketball Notebook: ‘He’s just got to handle it better’
Ohio State came away with a 71-56 win over Indiana Tuesday night, shooting 55.8% from the field for the game in a fairly impressive shooting performance. The Buckeyes had 13 assists on their 29 made field goals, but the passing could have been much crisper. Indiana deflected a number of passes during the game, disrupting what…
Buckeye Basketball Notebook: ‘They were the more physical team the entire night’
With Penn State’s 82-79 upset win over No. 13 Ohio State, the Nittany Lions showed the rest of the Big Ten that when they are at full strength, they can be a difficult team to beat — especially when they hit 11-of-14 from three-point territory. PSU guard Tony Carr led all scorers with 28 points on 10-of-14 shooting and 4-of-5…
Watch: Chris Holtmann, Keita Bates-Diop, Jae’Sean Tate Talk PSU Loss
Following Ohio State’s 82-79 last-second loss to Penn State at Value City Arena Thursday night, Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann spoke with the media, as did Buckeye forwards Keita Bates-Diop and Jae’Sean Tate. Penn State head coach Pat Chambers also spoke with reporters. You can see each of the interviews in the videos below.
Buckeyes Lose Incredible Duel Of Last-Second Shots
Throughout Ohio State’s nine-game Big Ten win streak, the Buckeyes pulled out games in almost every conceivable way. They won when some of their stars…
Watch: Holtmann, Tate, Bates-Diop Talk Win Over Nebraska
The No. 13 Ohio State Buckeyes (18-4, 9-0) defeated Nebraska (14-8, 5-4) 64-59 at Value City Arena Monday night. They were led by forwards Keita Bates-Diop and Jae’Sean Tate, who scored 20 and 17 points, respectively. After the win, both Bates-Diop and Tate spoke with the media, as did Nebraska head coach Tim Miles and Ohio…
Buckeyes Survive Slow Start, Sluggish Shooting To Shuck Huskers
It was an eventful week for the Ohio State basketball program, which took an extended road trip from New Jersey to Illinois to New York,…
