Basketball

Former Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger was named to the Big Ten Network’s All-Decade second team on Tuesday afternoon, following the lead of former Buckeye guards Aaron Craft and D’Angelo Russell, who garnered third-team honors on Monday.

🚨 #BTNAllDecade 2nd Team 🚨

Player: Jared Sullinger (@Jared_Sully0)
Team: @OhioStateHoops
Why: ⬇️

More: https://t.co/tJBP1RNQRm pic.twitter.com/DZNQG77UDS

— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) June 23, 2020

“I was shocked, honestly,” Sullinger said in an interview with Big Ten Read More

The battle of early-decade vs. late-decade Ohio State basketball players in this year’s The Big Tournament continues with Big X bringing in Ohio State forward Jae’Sean Tate.

It’s time. 🕰

Our final roster addition is @SydneyKings MVP & former @ohiostatehoops standout, @o_tate_ . 🏆

12 days until tip off.

*Dababy voice* 𝐋𝐄𝐓’𝐒 𝐆𝐎𝐎𝐎𝐎#thetournament #TBT2020 #BigX pic.twitter.com/3qob1FcWhc

— Big X (@BigX_tbt) June 22, 2020

Tate played with the Buckeyes from 2014-18, and across 129 games, 110 of which were starts, he averaged 11.7 points and 6.0 Read More

Ohio State guards Aaron Craft and D’Angelo Russell, one of men’s basketball’s fan favorites and a highly acclaimed freshman, were each honored for their on-court success by the Big Ten Network as members of the Big Ten All-Decade third team.

And it begins …

🚨 #BTNAllDecade 3rd Team 🚨

Player: Aaron Craft (@ACraft4)
Team: @OhioStateHoops
Why: ⬇️

More: https://t.co/tJBP1RwfsM pic.twitter.com/WML5b5SajR

— Big Ten Network (@BigTenNetwork) June 22, 2020

Craft played for the Buckeyes from 2010-14 and finished Read More

The Basketball Tournament’s defending champions and No. 1 seed have added another piece, and, once again, it is a piece that comes with Ohio State ties.

Carmen’s Crew, the TBT team based around a group of former Buckeyes, has brought in forward Deshaun Thomas, the seventh former Ohio State player Read More

On the morning of Dec. 5, Ohio State women’s basketball was 4-3 and had losses to Ohio, UConn and South Dakota already on its résumé. Two of those losses would be to ranked opponents by the end of the season, but that defeat at home to the Bobcats showed that Read More

Ohio State head men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann accepted the All In Challenge addressing foo insecurity caused by COVID-19.

I’ve accepted the #ALLINCHALLENGE from Brad Stevens.  100% of the money raised by @allinchallenge will work towards addressing food insecurity caused by COVID-19.  I challenged Buckeye great @thekidet

Link:https://t.co/AX7c9vlCYn pic.twitter.com/1N4H3eRqoT

— Chris Holtmann (@ChrisHoltmann) June 18, 2020

Holtmann accepted the challenge from Celtics head coach and former Butler coach Brad Stevens, and then the Buckeye coach challenged former Ohio State standout Evan Turner.

The Ohio State head Read More

One of the members of Ohio State’s three top 50 commits in its 2019 class, forward Alonzo Gaffney, officially signed to his next destination with Northwest Florida State College.

𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐎𝐡𝐢𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐨 𝐆𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐧𝐞𝐲

📰 – https://t.co/GyNo0BDn4S#SoundTheSiren 🏀 pic.twitter.com/mD8vtRT3Lv

— NWF Raiders (@NWF_Raiders) June 17, 2020

“It’s a great feeling to join a program like Northwest Florida and I can’t wait to start the process of Read More

Defending champion Carmen’s Crew will be the top overall seed when The Basketball Tournament tips off at Columbus’ Nationwide Arena next month.

The TBT 2020 bracket is HERE 🏀🎉

These 24 teams will play the first live basketball in America since March. pic.twitter.com/B57oe1F4Mc

— TBT (@thetournament) June 17, 2020

This year’s tournament, which is set for July 4-14, features just 24 teams playing for $1 million at a single location due to the coronavirus pandemic. Under Read More

From Ohio State women’s basketball head coach Kevin McGuff’s second season in 2014-15 to the end of the 2017-18 campaign, there were a few similarities that each of those teams shared.

Firstly, it was the reign of Kelsey Mitchell, who broke a multitude of records during those four seasons on Read More