The Ohio State men’s basketball team seems to be still be suffering from the fallout after Thad Matta’s departure. Shortly after Chris Holtmann was named as the new head coach of the men’s basketball team earlier this month, two commits for the class of 2018 decided that OSU may...
It’s the Buckeye Leafcast, b-ball style! Normally reserved for football talk, me and the Intergalactic Buckeye Fan, Chris Stefanick, are joined by special guest (and TTUN fan) Brandon Richey! We wax poetic on the firing of Thad Matta, whether it was justified or not and is new coach Chris...
After thirteen seasons, Thad Matta’s time as the Ohio State Men’s basketball coach came to an end Monday afternoon as Athletic Director Gene Smith and Thad Matta announced Matta’s retirement in a press conference. Despite declining production over the last two years, four depending on which Ohio State fan...
On Wednesday afternoon, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith put to rest some of the rumors that have been swirling around the latter half of this season about head coach Thad Matta’s return for next year and put his official stamp of approval on Matta coming back next year....
There are defining moments in every college basketball season. No. 15 Ohio State finally had one Sunday afternoon in knocking off No. 2 Michigan 56-53 in front of 18,809 in Value City Arena. The Buckeyes (13-3, 3-1) built a 21-point first-half lead, let it evaporate in the second half...
The Final Four rematch between Ohio State and Kansas was a battle for a while, but the Jayhawks took over late and defeated the Buckeyes 74-66 in front of 19,049 in Value City Arena Saturday. The game was back and fourth until the seventh-ranked Buckeyes went ice cold from...
It was a giving kind of day for Ohio State in a 90-72- route of UNC Asheville in Value City Arena Saturday. The seventh-ranked Buckeyes had their transition game going and had 25 assists on 36 field goals. Shannon Scott had nine assists and six steals. Aaron Craft added...
With a 63-60 loss to the Wisconsin Badgers Sunday, the Ohio State Buckeyes fell to 11-5 in the Big Ten, and 23-6 on the season. The loss marked the team’s third loss in February, having already been defeated by Michigan and Michigan State earlier in the month. The game...
The matchup of the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan State Spartans was expected by many to be the most physical of the season. Unfortunately for the Buckeyes, the game lived up to its billing. The Spartans held the Buckeyes to only 48 points, and handed the team a...
It’s often said that anything can happen during the Big Ten basketball season, and Tuesday night was a perfect example as the third-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes played host to a faltering Purdue Boilermaker squad, who had just come off of a tough home loss at the hands of Indiana....
With yet another strong defensive showing, the Ohio State Buckeyes handled their rivals from the north with a 64-49 victory over the University of Michigan. Despite a sub-par shooting night (23-54 from the field), the Buckeyes held the Wolverines under 50 points and, despite their defensive efforts, OSU only...
In a game that saw the Ohio State Buckeyes start off on a 19-4 run against Penn State, Many things were certain, not the least of which was that Penn State is not a basketball school. After heading to halftime holding a solid 38-18 lead, the buckeyes came out...
With a 80 to 63 victory at the Value City Arena, the Ohio State Buckeyes got revenge for the team’s New Year’s Eve loss to the Indiana Hoosiers. The defensive performance was one of Ohio State’s best of the season, and the team allowed only 14 first half points,...
On the heels of a heartbreaking loss at Indiana, the Ohio State men’s basketball team welcomed Nebraska to the Big Ten with a 71-40 spanking Tuesday night at Value City Arena. The sixth-ranked Buckeyes opened the game by playing perfect defense and forcing Nebraska into a shot clock violation,...
Ohio State coach Thad Matta made it a perfect 12-0 in season openers Friday as No. 3 Ohio State defeated a familiar foe for the coach, Wright State, 73-42 in front of 15,645 in Value City Arena. In a game that Matta called “odd,” Jared Sullinger led the Buckeyes...