Basketball

As first reported by CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein and confirmed by both schools on Wednesday, Ohio State will host Villanova on Nov. 13 as part of the 2019 Gavitt Games.

Sources: Matchups for the 2019 Gavitt Games are set.

Villanova at Ohio State
Michigan State at Seton Hall
Creighton at Michigan
Purdue at Marquette
Providence at Northwestern
Penn State at Georgetown
Minnesota at Butler
DePaul at Iowa

— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) May 28, 2019

The Gavitt Games are an annual early-season series between the Big Ten and the Big East and named for Read More

Ohio State junior center Kaleb Wesson announced his return to the Buckeyes Tuesday after participating in the 2019 NBA Draft process for evaluation.

Courtesy of OSU athletics.

A Westerville (Ohio) South product, Wesson, led Ohio State in both scoring (14.6 points per game) and rebounding (6.9 rebounds per game) as Read More

Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann announced the addition of Justice Sueing to the 2019-20 roster Wednesday.

Sueing is a 6-7, 215-pound forward from Honolulu, who played the last two seasons at California before choosing to transfer. He will sit out the 2019-20 season due to NCAA transfer rules and Read More

Jon Diebler stood at a back wall for the introductory press conference for the new men’s basketball assistant coach at Value City Arena on Thursday.

It was a rare occasion for the one-time Buckeye standout to be overshadowed by the man at the microphone — his older brother, Jake.

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Tamika Jeter is coming home.

Formerly of the Ohio State women’s basketball team as a graduate assistant (2002-03) and assistant coach (2004-08), the Dayton native is back in Columbus to join seventh-year head coach Kevin McGuff’s staff for the 2019-20 season, the program announced Thursday.

In the May issue of Read More

Less than two weeks since he received his offer May 1 from Ohio State, Keon Johnson kept the Buckeyes involved Tuesday when he released his top three.

The four-star shooting guard from Bell Buckle (Tenn.) The Webb School took to Twitter for the announcement, including OSU with Tennessee and Virginia. Read More

Third-year head coach Chris Holtmann has the Ohio State men’s basketball team on the board with its first commitment for the 2021 recruiting class.

The Buckeyes received their initial junior pledge Sunday when they added Convoy (Ohio) Crestview’s Kalen Etzler.

The 6-8, 195-pounder picked up an offer Thursday from Read More

After the Ohio State women’s basketball team signed five prospects to its 2019 class Nov. 16 and inked two late targets in April, the Buckeyes have added one more recruit before summer enrollment begins at the end of the month.

Pickerington (Ohio) Central four-star guard Madison Greene, who originally Read More

Former California forward Justice Sueing will transfer to Ohio State, he announced Friday on his Twitter account.

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— Justice Sueing (@JusticeSueing) May 11, 2019

The 6-7, 215-pounder officially visited the Buckeyes the weekend of May 3-5. He also considered San Diego State among his options.

Originally a three-star recruit from Santa Ana (Calif.) Mater Dei in Read More

According to Stadium’s Jeff Goodman, the Ohio State basketball team will play in the Battle 4 Atlantis next fall.

Sources: 2020 Battle of Atlantis

Duke
Ohio State
West Virginia
Utah
Texas A&M
Wichita State
Creighton
TBD

— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) May 8, 2019

The preseason tournament is held at Atlantis Paradise Island on Paradise Island in Nassau, Bahamas. Games will be played in the Imperial Arena, a grand ballroom that is turned into Read More