OSU Basketball

Buckeye hoops have high expectations

The Ohio State Buckeye hoop team and Coach Thad Matta understand that Columbus will be following their football team for the next month. The early rankings have them at number 13 in the country and “limitless” potential when Greg Oden returns from his wrist injury.
This year the Buckeye faithful will barely be […]

Get ready for Buckeye hoops!

OSU football has been great, but we might have a fantastic basketball season ahead of us as well. Thad Matta answered some questions about the upcoming season and the health of freshman big man Greg Oden:
How are you going to manage a small roster and all these young guys?
“I think if you crawl inside […]

Oden has surgery on his wrist

This sucks. Greg Oden, Ohio State’s seven-foot stud recruit, will be out several months after undergoing surgery on his wrist.

Matta, OSU hoops continue to grow

The Ohio State basketball program is giving football a run for their money in popularity and “big name” signings. Last year Coach Thad Matta came through with his promise to bring Buckeye hoops into the national spotlight by having the number one recruiting class in the country.
This year Coach Matta continues to […]

Buckeyes look forward to next year

It was only a couple years ago; Ohio State’s basketball program was spinning downward and in the news for allegations and possible suspensions. Jim O’Brien had taken the Buckeyes from the final four to an embarrassing low, as the papers were loaded with infractions and bad press for the Bucks program.
Ohio State fired O’Brien […]

OSU plays Big Ten basketball

The Ohio State Buckeyes won a tough battle against a very competitive Davidson team in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Buckeyes are use to the rough style of basketball that is played in the Big Ten.
The referees called a tight game and some Davidson players accused Ohio State of […]

Buckeyes advance

It wasn’t pretty, but the Buckeyes survived a scare and defeated Davidson, 70-62.
The Buckeyes trailed by four at halftime. Asked to rate Matta’s temper on a scale of 1 to 10, Sullinger laughed while pegging it at 13.
“But he told us what needed to be said,” Sullinger added. “We didn’t come all this way to […]

Ohio State needs to win with no “history”

The Ohio State basketball team is seeded #2 in the NCAA tournament, Big Ten Champions and looking forward to a promising future on the hard court. Thad Matta is a young coach and his early success already has other Big Ten programs turning their heads.
The football team has a National Championship, a couple recent […]

Buckeyes fall to Iowa in Big Ten final, land as #2 seed in NCAA tournament

The Buckeyes led for most of the game, but they couldn’t hold off a late surge by Iowa as they lost their chance to add a Big Ten Tournament title to their regular season title.
Ohio State also lots a chance to get a #1 seed in the NCAA tournament, though a #2 seed is still […]

Buckeyes in finals

The Ohio State Buckeyes led by J. J. Sullinger’s 19 points and 13 rebounds held off a late Indiana rally to win 52-51 and head to the Big Ten Championship game against the Iowa Hawkeyes. The Buckeyes won again, despite shooting a miserable 18% from 3 point range. This is the second game […]