By: Erik Yost (TheLantern.com) -- “And the winner of the National College Player of the Year is…” Evan Turner? “That’s a privilege and I’m blessed to be considered amongst the top players      in the country but I’m not really thinking about it,” Turner said. While Turner may not be thinking about it, the college basketball world has been thinking about it. Many college basketball fans and media consider Ohio State’s junior guard a Player of the Year candidate along with Kentucky freshman John Wall, Texas senior Damion ... Read More

By: Aaron Green (TheLantern.com) -- High School McDonald’s All-American, Big Ten Champion, NCAA Basketball Runner-Up and Ohio State Alumnus are all titles held by former Buckeye Ivan Harris. NBA player is one he hopes to soon add to the list. “Playing in the NBA is my dream,” Harris said. “Hopefully I’ll get the shot at a 10-day contract to see what it’s like.” Harris is currently playing in the NBA Developmental League with the Erie Bayhawks. The NBA D-League is a lower-level league for basketball ... Read More

By: Bob Fortuna (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Christian Bryant, Glenville's talented all-purpose senior football player, gave his oral commitment to Ohio State during a 3 p.m. press conference this afternoon at the high school. Bryant did everything but drive the bus this season for the Division I state runner-up Tarblooders. He picked the Buckeyes over Ohio North Carolina. Some of his other scholarship offers included Michigan State, Minnesota, Stanford, Vanderbilt, West Virginia and Notre Dame. He was ranked among the nation's top 125 high ... Read More

By: Rick Brown (DemoinesRegiter.com) -- Iowa City, Ia. -Iowa basketball  coach Todd Lickliter said Tuesday that he hasn’t  told his  team who will get the defensive assignment on Ohio State’s Evan Turner for  Wednesday’s 7:35 p.m. Big Ten game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. “I’m not going to announce that so everyone can get the same amount of rest,” Lickliter said. Turner, who missed over four weeks and six games because of a back injury, is back in fine form for the Buckeyes. The 6-foot-7 junior forward  ... Read More

BY: BRENDAN STILES (DailyIowan.com) -- Relinquishing a double-digit lead and falling to West Virginia may not have been the highlight of Ohio State’s weekend. But the Buckeyes managed to seize some positives from the 69-65 loss to the Mountaineers on Jan. 23. For one, the defeat didn’t knock Ohio State out of the AP top 25. Instead, it only helped the squad ascend to a No. 20 ranking after a week that also included a conference victory over Northwestern. “I thought we played, at times, some ... Read More

From: DETROIT FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES -- WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Freshman guard K.K. Houser scored a career-high 18 points, and the Purdue women's team handed No. 4 Ohio State its first conference loss, 63-61, on Monday night. Sam Ostarello, another freshman, added 14 points and seven rebounds for the Boilermakers (10-10, 5-4 Big Ten). Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis missed an open lay-up at the buzzer that would have forced overtime. Her chance to tie was set up when Purdue's Brittany Rayburn missed a ... Read More

By: Brian A. Giuffra (ESPN.com) -- At 5 a.m., Deshaun Thomas' alarm starts beeping. Reluctantly, he rolls over and hits the snooze button. But he has no intention of going back to sleep. There's too much to do. The Bishop Luers (Fort Wayne, Ind.) junior small forward stretches out his 6-foot-7, 220-pound frame, throws on some workout gear and grabs his car keys on the way out. The moon is still up when Thomas leaves his apartment complex and drives 20 minutes to Spiece ... Read More

By: Deshaun Thomas (Special to ESPN.com) -- Deshaun Thomas, an Ohio State commit, entered his senior season within striking distance of Damon Bailey's Indiana high school record of 3,134 career points. Sure, he thinks about making history. But it's also important to him to take one game at a time. Keep up with Deshaun as he checks in with ESPNRISE.com from time to time during the season. Back in middle school, I used to think about playing well enough to be recognized by ESPN. ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Terrelle Pryor believes the Ohio State offense in 2010 will look more like the Ohio State offense in the Rose Bowl. But he doesn't blame Jim Tressel for taking it slow with the passing game. Ohio State's Terrelle Pryor on opening up the offense Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor served as the honorary captain for the Ohio State wrestling team as the Buckeyes beat Penn State today. In his first interview since the Buckeyes's Rose Bowl win over ... Read More

From: GoPSUSports.com -- STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - The Penn State Nittany Lion wrestling team, ranked No. 13 nationally, dropped a hard-fought 21-14 dual meet at No. 3 Ohio State. Head coach Cael Sanderson's squad won four of ten bouts, highlighted by majors from seniors Cyler Sanderson (Heber City, Utah) at 157 and David Erwin (Urbana, Ohio) at 184. Junior Brad Pataky (Clearfield, Pa.), ranked No.12 at 125, got Penn State off to a good start with a strong 9-7 win over No. 19 Nikko ... Read More