BY: TOM TIMMERMANN (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) -- When she doesn't expect it, someone will come up to Iris James, the mother of Ohio State basketball star Evan Turner, and compliment her about her son. Only it has nothing to do with basketball. "I just met a lady here on Friday," James said Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee, after Ohio State had beaten Georgia Tech to advance to the Midwest Regional that starts in St. Louis on Friday. "Her son had broken his back on the ... Read More

By: Troy Current (BleacherReport.com) -- The Ohio State Buckeyes Men's Basketball team has had a very successful season thus far but will look to extend their season Friday March 26th as they take on the Tennessee Volunteers in a Sweet 16 match-up in St. Louis. In order for the Buckeyes to get to the Elite 8, Evan Turner, one of the front runners for National Player of the Year, will have to step up his game and get others involved to try to subdue the pressure oriented defense of the ... Read More

By: Brian Biggane (PalmBeachPost.com) -- Those who feel the Dolphins should get rid of wide receiver/kick returner Ted Ginn Jr. won’t find an ally in Belle Glade native Santonio Holmes. Holmes, the Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver who was MVP of Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, was a year ahead of Ginn at Ohio State and feels like Ginn still needs time to come into his own. “The Dolphins aren’t gonna let him go,” Holmes said at an appearance earlier this week at ESPN’s Wide World ... Read More

By: Bill Livingston (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The bodyguard sat quietly in the Ohio State locker room last Sunday afternoon. where can i buy prescription drugs without a prescription His thoughts were his own, but, as usual, they were not about himself. "I see myself as the protector," said Lauderdale, a junior center from Solon. At 6-8, 260 pounds, with a condor's wingspan fitting for a man who stands 7-6-1/2, Lauderdale is the Buckeyes' only big man. "I think it's my personality. ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS -- The mission was to make Thad Matta's players tougher, and Dave Richardson's military training, as well as his success as a power lifter and decades in college strength and conditioning, made his acceptance of the goal very clear. "Coach, I know what toughness is," Richardson said. So through a grueling summer of off-season training, his players running through a sandpit, around an obstacle course and up the steps of Ohio Stadium, Richardson pushed the Ohio State ... Read More

By: By Blake Oestriecher (TigerWeekly.com) -- Of the 4.8 million people who filled out brackets on ESPN's NCAA Tournament Challenge, zero were perfect after the first round. It's really a testament to the balance in this year's tournament. There are no truly great teams in the field, but plenty of really good ones and even more that have flown under the radar on the way to setting up a Sweet 16 that could be a classic. Midwest: Tennessee vs. Ohio St. - In Tennessee's third Sweet ... Read More

By: John Walters (FanHouse.com) -- MILWAUKEE -- Moments before the tip-off of the 2007 national championship game between Florida and Ohio State, Mark Titus approached Buckeye head coach Thad Matta. "I got five fouls to give," said Titus, who then pointed to the end of the bench where he would be sitting. "I'll be right down here if you need me." Mind you, at the time Titus was a freshman on the Ohio State basketball team ... a freshman who had begun the year ... Read More

By: Drew Gatewood (BleacherReport.com) -- The Big Ten takes heat whenever its teams take the field or the court. Both football and basketball get criticized for not being flashy enough, especially by the media. Well, the Big Ten says keep your flash, they will keep the wins. Ohio State, Purdue, and Michigan State are the three remaining Big Ten teams left in the NCAA tournament. These teams were also the Big Ten regular season champions, showing this is no fluke they all have survived. ... Read More

From: AllHeadlineNews.com -- Top seeded Connecticut Buy Cialis continued its dominance, crushing No. 8 Temple 90-36 in the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Tuesday. The Huskies launched a balanced offensive attack, as four players scored in double figures. The 2009 James Wooden Award winner, Maya Moore, led all scorers with 19 points and five boards, while reserve guard Kelly Faris contributed 13 points and 10 boards for the Huskies. Tina Charles and Tiffany Hayes also combined for 23 points, as the Huskies outscored the Owls 55-12 ... Read More

From: Sports Illustrated via AP -- COLUMBUS - It's 10 o'clock on a Monday night in mid-March, the early NIT games are over and even avid basketball fans across the country are about to call it a day. That's when Ohio State coach Thad Matta gets around to answering his stack of phone messages. "I'm just sitting down to dinner with my family,'' he says. Some 14 hours into what is a day off for his players, Matta is bone tired yet exhilarated. He ... Read More