By: Tim Gardner (USAToday.com) -- As we hit the home stretch of the college basketball season, there are several front-runners for the national player-of-the-year award. One is Kentucky's John Wall. The freshman has played huge since Day One for John Calipari's Wildcats, including a game-saving block against Vanderbilt over the weekend that kept Kentucky atop the SEC and ranked No. 2 in the country. Wall leads the Wildcats in scoring with 16.8 points a game. There's also Wesley Johnson. The Syracuse junior is averaging 16 ... Read More

COLUMBUS -- After being unranked five weeks ago, The Ohio State Men's Basketball team have now cracked the top ten in both the Associated Press and the ESPN/USA Today Polls.  The Buckeyes took the number nine slot in the latest polls released today after defeating No. 11 Michigan State 74-67 in Big Ten action Sunday.  Four days earlier, Ohio State fell to conference foe Purdue  60-57.  The Boilermakers are holding on firm the the number 3 spot in both polls and leads ... Read More

By: Bill Livingston (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Ailing and heavy-legged, his shot missing and his team behind in the final minutes, Evan Turner lifted himself and Ohio State to victory in hostile surroundings Sunday. It is what he has done before and what he will have to do again, if the Buckeyes are to gain a high NCAA Tournament seed and make a deeper run in March than anyone expected. When Turner has been on the road in showcase Big ... Read More

BY: KIRKLAND CRAWFORD (Detroit Free Press) -- Evan Turner had 20 points and 10 rebounds and William Buford added 17 as No. 11 Michigan State lost to No. 9 Ohio State, 74-67, today at Breslin Center. Turner rested in the bleachers while the rest of the Buckeyes took shooting practice Saturday night. Turner got a plateful of food — then didn’t eat it — Sunday morning. “He did a tremendous job of battling through it,” Ohio State coach Thad Matta said of his ... Read More

From: Alli BigTenNetwork.com -- JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Ohio State head coach Bob Todd picked up the 1,000th win of his career, a 20-9 victory over Richmond Sunday afternoon in Jacksonville, Fla. The ABCA Hall of Famer became just the 41st head coach in college baseball history to achieve the feat. "I have been in coaching for a long time and had some very talented players and assistant coaches," Todd said. "To win 1,000 is a great honor for me." ­­12 Buckeyes had an RBI ... Read More

By: Kalamazoo Gazette via MLive.com -- KALAMAZOO — After dueling for 65 minutes Saturday night with Western Michigan University counterpart Riley Gill, Ohio State goaltender Dustin Carlson made the save of the game at Lawson Ice Arena. Carlson’s pad save on Trevor Elias — the Broncos’ sixth shooter of the shootout — came on the heels of a goal by Peter Boyd and allowed the Buckeyes to escape Kalamazoo with the extra standings point in what is officially recognized as a 3-3 Central ... Read More

By: Marl Palmer (Examiner.com) --  Last March, Ohio State came within 4 1/2 points of taking the team title away from Iowa at the 2009 NCAA Division I championships. Friday night, the fourth-ranked Buckeyes were nowhere near beating the defending team champions as the No. 1 Hawkeyes dominated last year's runner-up, 32-3, in front of more than 9,000 fans at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Ohio State won one match: Reece Humphrey at 141 pounds. High points for the Hawkeyes: Phil Keddy's upset of 2008 ... Read More

From: AP via SI.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -Moments after his fourth-ranked Boilermakers' huge win at No. 9 Ohio State on Wednesday night, Purdue coach Matt Painter declined to celebrate. The victory kept his team in the thick of the Big Ten race. But he was well aware there was no time to relish it. "We knew we had to do something special if we were going to fight to get in this race,'' he said. "We've been able to do that. You get a huge ... Read More

By: Kirk McElroy (TheLantern.com) -- Behind the 10-gallon hat, 6-foot-cape, painted-red mustache, under-eye stickers, sunglasses, gloves and custom Ohio State outfit is a family man who has used his opportunity for fame to give back to the community. John Chubb, also known as Buck-I-Guy, has become one of the most recognizable faces in the crowd at OSU games. In addition, his picture has been featured in national publications. Chubb’s notoriety has led him to speak at fundraisers and draw attention to some of the ... Read More

From: SportsNetwork.com -- Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - JaJuan Johnson finished with 24 points and seven rebounds, as fourth-ranked Purdue held on for a 60-57 victory over No. 9 Ohio State, its first-ever win at Value City Arena. E'Twaun Moore added 15 points, six boards and five assists for the Boilermakers (22-3, 10-3 Big Ten), who were previously 0-6 at this arena. Keaton Grant scored 13 as Purdue ran its winning streak to eight games. Evan Turner poured in 29 points, ... Read More