Padua junior Leary picks Ohio State

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From: Cleveland Plain Dealer (Cleveland.com) -- Padua junior Kaitlyn Leary visited Notre Dame, Tennessee, Miami (Ohio) and Michigan, but when Ohio State made the 6-0 outside hitter an offer, she gave the Buckeyes volleyball program her oral commitment. "It was a very hard decision," said Leary, a Parma resident. "I enjoyed all my visits, purchase drugs online but I've always been a big Buckeyes fan. Whether it's football, basketball or volleyball, I love the Buckeyes." Leary, a PrepVolleyball.com All-American and Plain Dealer ... Read More

Buckeyes hit FTs to beat Mississippi State, 64-58

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From: BigTenNetwork.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Jantel Lavender had 20 points and Ohio State scored its final 10 points on free throws to beat Mississippi State 64-58 Monday night in an NCAA second-round game. The Buckeyes (29-5) advance to the Berkeley regional to meet the San Diego State-Stanford winner on Saturday. Star Allen added 12 points and 10 rebounds, saving her best for last. She rebounded a missed free throw with 15 seconds left and then added two clinching free throws for Ohio ... Read More

Siena guard says Big Ten foes let OSU off the hook

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By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Dayton- Ronald Moore believes the Big Ten let Ohio State on line pharmacies get away with its point guard problems this season. But Siena's three-quarter-court pressure, spearheaded by the speedy Moore, created the comeback that led to the Saints' 74-72 double-overtime win that knocked the Buckeyes out of the NCAA Tournament on Friday and proved Ohio State may need to find a new answer at the point. "A lot of teams in their conference didn't ... Read More

Cincinnati Bengals Show Interest in Chris Wells: Good Fit?

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By: Kyle Strittholt (BleacherReport.com) -- Throughout the drafting process, experts have said Chris "Beanie" Wells will be going in the middle to late first round. They said the need for a running back wasn't all that important in this year's draft, just like quarterbacks. Like usual, the Bengals beg to differ on those expert opinions. The Bengals have expressed interest order medicine online in Ohio State's former running back, and are having the former Buckeye in for a visit in early April. If the Bengals ... Read More

OSU Basketball: Siena and the fake Matta motivation

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By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Deadspin posted this interesting tidbit before the Ohio State-Siena game about a supposed Thad Matta offspring ragging on Siena. The friends buy generic drugs online of "Colin Matta" were supposedly so upset by his Siena bashing that they posted his phone number around the Siena campus, encouraging Siena fans to call him and say not nice things. Then this piece went up later explaining how, in fact, Ohio State's basketball coach doesn't have a son ... Read More

Made-over Buckeyes now flashier under Foster

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By: Ken Gordon (ClarionLedger.com) -- COLUMBUS, OHIO — In March 2006, as the world was falling down around the Ohio State women's basketball team, coach Jim Foster made a big decision. What we're doing is not good enough, Foster realized as he watched his top-seeded Buckeyes get upset by Boston College in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. We can't continue to rely on Big Ten-style half-court basketball, he thought. We have to get faster and more athletic. Three years later, Foster believes he ... Read More

Siena Doesn’t Need Real People to Inspire Them

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By: JOSH ALPER (NBCChicago.com) -- The best game of the NCAA Tournament's first four days was Siena's double overtime win against Ohio State on Friday night. From the small school knocking off the national power to a pair of buzzer beaters by Siena guard Ronald Moore, it was a classic any way you look at it. It also gave rise to one of the great hoaxes in motivational history. On Saturday, Deadspin posted a letter that had been seen hanging ... Read More

MSU stresses teamwork against OSU

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From: CNN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -The individual awards favor Ohio State. Mississippi State is fine with that. When the two teams meet in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Monday night, there's no question which team has the most star power. The 10th-ranked and third-seeded Buckeyes have two-time Big Ten player of the year Jantel Lavender, who has led the conference in scoring and rebounding her freshman and sophomore seasons. They also have the Big Ten's best defensive player (Shavelle Little) ... Read More

Tressel retools OSU offense

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By: Todd Porter (CantonRep.com) -- In about two weeks, Ohio State will begin resurrecting itself for the 2009 football season. Spring practice begins April 2. It’s the stuff that’s taking place between now and the start of summer camp that will determine what kind of team the Buckeyes will be. Ohio State Head Coach Jim Tressel and his coaching staff are in the midst of scouting the one team they didn’t get to during the season — the Buckeyes. Although Tressel didn’t come right out ... Read More

Ohio State men’s basketball team gets schooled in the class of rebounding

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By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Dayton- Every Ohio State men's basketball player should plop in front of the television to watch No. 1 Pitt meet No. 8 Oklahoma State today and consider it their first lesson in the DeJuan buy drugs on line Blair School of Rebounding. Eyes on the teacher, ears open. "Picture the ball being something you like, like money," Pitt's sophomore All-American said Saturday, kind enough to share his secrets. "Like, go get the money. That's a ... Read More