Basketball

Talor Battle is a native of Albany, N.Y., who played his high school basketball at Bishop Maginn. He went on to play collegiately at Penn State from 2007-11, averaging 16.5 points in 134 career games for the Nittany Lions.

From there, Battle played professionally overseas for seven teams before retiring Read More

Greg Oden plans on making a long-awaited return to the hardcourt, but his teammates will have to take care of business to make it happen.

Along with Jared Sullinger, Oden was added to Scarlet and Gray’s roster on Monday as the team comprised mostly of former Ohio State basketball players Read More

Ohio State hoops legends Greg Oden and Jared Sullinger never played for the Buckeyes at the same time, but they’ll team up in the school colors this summer.

Oden, who helped the Buckeyes to the NCAA Championship game in 2007, and Sullinger, who spent 2010-12 in Columbus, agreed to join Read More

The four freshmen on the Ohio State men’s basketball team reported to campus at the beginning of June and have had positive first impressions, according to junior-to-be Andre Wesson.

OSU’s 2018 recruiting class, which the 247Sports composite ranks No. 25 in the country, features forwards Justin Ahrens from Versailles, Ohio, Read More

Jae’Sean Tate did not get selected in the 2018 NBA draft on June 21 but still has a chance to make his way into the league.

The former Ohio State forward was signed to the Milwaukee Bucks’ summer league roster shortly after the draft and will now try to earn Read More

A year ago at this time, Andre Wesson was in the midst of a three-month hiatus from his college basketball career while he was having tests done for an undisclosed medical condition.

Wesson, who will be a junior for Ohio State in 2018-19, began the testing at the end of Read More

Heading into last season, the Ohio State men’s basketball team was tabbed by many media outlets to finish among the bottom four teams in the Big Ten.

At the time, the predictions didn’t seem outlandish.

OSU brought in an entire new coaching staff and turned over half of the roster Read More

Ohio State men’s basketball guard Musa Jallow, who will be a sophomore next season, participated in the USA Men’s U18 National Team Training Camp from May 31-June 2.

Typically, college student-athletes who are heading into their sophomore year are too old to try out for the U18 squad. Jallow, however, Read More

After getting picked by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2018 NBA draft on Thursday night, Keita Bates-Diop’s professional career has officially begun.

The forward spent four years at Ohio State, one of which he redshirted due to a stress fracture in his left leg.

Throughout his time as a Buckeye, Read More