It’s seemingly a match made in heaven between Ohio State and guard Emma Shumate. Raised in Dresden, Ohio, and playing high school basketball for Newark under head coach and her father, J.R. Shumate, the Buckeyes were the relative hometown college team for Emma, considered one of the top prospects in Read More
As Ohio State men’s basketball head coach Chris Holtmann has placed considerable attention to improving defensively in recent years, he may have found an answer to help shore up the team’s rim protection.
Standing at 6-11, freshman center Felix Okpara gained a reputation for his defensive acumen throughout his high Read More
Former Ohio State men’s basketball captain and national champion Joe Roberts passed away at the age of 86 this week following a battle with cancer.
Roberts averaged 11.0 points per game at forward for the Buckeyes’ 1960 national championship team, capping a three-year career in Columbus. He was a letter Read More
Ohio State women’s basketball head coach Kevin McGuff spoke briefly at Big Ten Basketball Media Days on Wednesday in advance of the Buckeyes’ season opener against Tennessee on Nov. 8.
McGuff and the program were also represented by senior guards Jacy Sheldon and Taylor Mikesell, who made the trip to Read More
With Ohio State’s season-opener less than a month away, head coach Chris Holtmann is undergoing the task of putting the pieces together with such a new roster.
With four freshmen, three transfers and two walks-ons, Ohio State went through a near-complete roster transformation during the offseason. As several impact players Read More
Big Ten Basketball Media Days are taking place in Minneapolis on Tuesday and Wednesday, and Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren opened up the proceedings by further discussing the conference’s addition of UCLA and USC.
Asked about further expansion for the conference, Warren said the biggest thing for the Big Ten Read More
Ohio State lost several tenured players over the offseason, including guard Braxtin Miller and forward Tanaya Beacham, but the Buckeyes are getting one important member of the team back in point guard Madison Greene.
Greene will return to the lineup this season after missing last year with a knee injury Read More
Ohio State has been selected to finish near the top of the conference in the Big Ten women’s basketball preseason rankings released on Wednesday. The Buckeyes were picked to finish second in the conference by the coaches and third by the media, with the Iowa Hawkeyes – who shared the Read More
As a member of Ohio State’s five-man freshman class, guard Bruce Thornton is currently experiencing the transition from high schooler to college student.
As a consensus four-star recruit, Thornton emerged as one of the nation’s top guards at Alpharetta (Ga.) Milton High School. During his time at Milton, Thornton scored Read More
The last time Ohio State fans saw forward Justice Sueing, he was battling through pain while struggling on the floor against the likes of Akron and Niagara in the Buckeyes’ first two games last season.
Following those two games, Sueing was shut down for the rest of the season due Read More
