The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee announced on Monday that the entirety of the 2021 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament will take place in one single location instead of the 13 preliminary round sites that had previously been decided.
“My committee colleagues and I did not come lightly to the Read More
The Buckeyes have their first opponent for the 2020-21 men’s basketball season.
Ohio State will take on Illinois State on Nov. 25 as part of a multi-team event.
“I do think we’ll get started on the 25th,” Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann said on 97.1 The Fan’s Morning Juice Read More
Ohio State signed Malaki Branham, Kalen Etzler, and Meechie Johnson Jr. from the 2021 class.
All three new Buckeyes hail from Ohio, and the trio made up the No. 8 class in the country and No. 3 in the Big Ten.
Branham (6-foot-5, 190 pounds) is the No. 4 Read More
Roddy Gayle Jr., a four-star shooting guard, announced his commitment to Ohio State.
Hailing from Youngstown (N.Y.) Lewiston Porter Senior, Gayle is the No. 7 shooting guard and No. 76 overall prospect in the 2022 class. The 6-foot-4, 195-pound guard is the No. 1 recruit in the state of New Read More
Chris Holtmann, the head coach of Ohio State men’s basketball, provided updates on the injury recoveries of Musa Jallow and Seth Towns.
“Overall, our health remains relatively the same place it was,” Holtmann said. “I don’t have a specific timeline on Seth and Musa. At this point, I could speculate Read More
Ohio State women’s basketball officially announced its two signees for the 2021 class on Wednesday in guards Kaitlyn Costner and Taylor Thierry.
Costner transferred from Elkhart Central High School over to Mishawaka (Ind.) Penn for her junior season after averaging 16.1 points, 2.9 steals and 2.6 assists per game. Read More
While the cancellation of the Ohio State football program’s game against Maryland got most of the attention on Wednesday afternoon, head basketball coach Chris Holtmann met remotely with the media to discuss the upcoming season.
Here’s a bullet-point recap of what Holtmann had to say:
Ohio State junior forward Dorka Juhasz was selected by the coaches and the media as one of the 10 players on the Preseason All-Big Ten team.
Juhasz, who finished last year on the All-Big Ten team, ended the 2019-20 season as Ohio State’s leader in points (13.2 PPG) and Read More
With the Big Ten set to announce the 10 players and five teams that were honored by both media and coaches as the top in the conference for women’s basketball, here is how my ballot looked:
Top Five Big Ten Teams For The 2020-21 Season
1.) Indiana
2.) Northwestern
3.) Read More
One day after the men’s team ranked in at No. 23 to start the season, Ohio State women’s basketball found itself in a similar position, ranking at No. 20 in the Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll.
The Buckeyes finished last season with a 21-12 record, including an 11-7 record Read More
