No. 2 Ohio State (24-3, 15-1 Big Ten) celebrated its seniors in style on Sunday, securing a 79-66 win over Maryland (16-11, 8-8) at Value City Arena that also gave the Buckeyes a share of the Big Ten regular-season championship, as well as their 14th consecutive win.
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Ohio State (15-11, 3-10) suffered its program-record 17th-straight road loss Thursday night at Williams Arena, falling to Minnesota (17-9, 8-7) 88-79 due to a dominant performance from the Gophers both inside the paint and on the perimeter. The defeat broke the previous record set by the Randy Ayers then Jim Read More
Penn State returned to the historic Rec Hall for the first time since 1996 when it hosted second-ranked Ohio State on Thursday, but it was the Buckeyes (23-3, 14-1 Big Ten) that felt right at home, extending their winning streak to 13 games with a 82-69 win over the Nittany Read More
In the midst of a tumultuous week that included the firing of seven-year head coach Chris Holtmann and the subsequent hiring of interim head coach Jake Diebler, Ohio State received a significant boost to its psyche when it picked up a massive upset win over No. 2 Purdue at home Read More
Former Ohio State guard and assistant coach Chris Jent is reportedly interested in filling the men’s basketball program’s open head coaching vacancy, according to a report published Tuesday by the Columbus Dispatch. It is not clear whether Ohio State and incoming athletic director Ross Bjork see Jent as a potential Read More
Just two days before his head coaching debut, interim head coach Jake Diebler pointed to his team’s heightened intensity and urgency in practice as two things he would like to see translate onto the floor against No. 2 Purdue.
That mentality came to light in front of a packed Value Read More
Ohio State (15-11, 5-10) secured a massive upset victory in its first game since Chris Holtmann’s firing, defeating No. 2 Purdue (23-2, 12-3) 73-69 Sunday afternoon at Value City Arena behind masterful offensive performances from guards Jamison Battle and Bruce Thornton.
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The Ohio State men’s basketball team endured perhaps the most hectic week in years when the team agreed to fire head coach Chris Holtmann on Wednesday after seven seasons leading the program, and that week will culminate with their most difficult challenge on the court this season.
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Speaking to the media just two days after the firing of former Ohio State men’s basketball head coach Chris Holtmann, sophomore guard Bruce Thornton acknowledged on several occasions that college basketball is a “business,” and that the decision to let go of the man that recruited him and his teammates Read More
When Jake Diebler walked out of a one-on-one meeting with Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith on Wednesday — a meeting that resulted in Smith anointed Diebler as the Buckeyes’ interim head coach for the remainder of the 2023-24 season — the longtime Ohio State assistant was struck with a Read More
