No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes open Big Ten tourney Friday

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY

By: Hank Harris (JustBet.com) -- The Big Ten Conference Tournament gets underway on Thursday and the No. 5 Ohio State Buckeyes figure to make some noise this year. The first game has eighth-seeded Michigan against ninth-seeded Iowa, with the winner taking on Ohio State on Friday afternoon. As March Madness moves into full swing with the conference tournaments and Selection Sunday, let’s take a look at how the Buckeyes have fared over the years. Ohio State University is located in Columbus Ohio, and started its first ... Read More

In-game updates: UW women’s basketball vs. Ohio State

Categories: WOMEN's BASKETBALL

By: Dennis Punzel (Madison.com) -- INDIANAPOLIS -- The University of Wisconsin women's basketball team will attempt to go where no UW team has gone when it faces top-seeded Ohio State tonight in the semifinals of the Big Ten Tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse. The Badgers are in the semifinals for the third time in the 16-year history of the tournament. They've never advanced any further. Wisconsin lost to Penn State 76-62 in the 2002 semifinals and last year they fell to Purdue 70-56. The Badgers' track record ... Read More

Big Ten Tournament: Ohio State, Iowa, Michigan State advance

Categories: WOMEN's BASKETBALL

By: Curt Cavin and Phillip B. Wilson (IndyStar.com) -- Top-seeded Ohio State got off to a shaky start Friday night in opening its portion of the Big Ten women's basketball tournament at Conseco Fieldhouse, but it settled down enough to advance, which is the key at this point in the season. The 66-55 victory over Illinois pushed the nation's No. 10 team into tonight's semifinals against Wisconsin. Buckeyes coach Jim Foster thought the difference was a frequent switch to a zone defense that ... Read More

No. 1 Iowa dominates No. 4 Ohio State, 32-3

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, WRESTLING

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

Turner scores 32 as No. 13 Buckeyes handle Iowa

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, MEN's BASKETBALL

From: AP via FoxNews.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Evan Turner stayed up late on Saturday night, watching Michigan State lose to turn the Big Ten race into a free-for all. Then he got up early on Sunday morning to make sure No. 13 Ohio State stayed in the mix. Turner matched his career high with 32 points, leading the Buckeyes past Iowa 68-59 on Sunday and stretching the their Big Ten winning streak to seven straight. "We got here at 7:45 in the morning," Turner said ... Read More

David Lighty scores 20 points and No. 20 Ohio State rallies past Iowa 65-57

Categories: MEN's BASKETBALL

From: AP via LATimes.com -- IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — David Lighty scored 20 points, including 18 in the second half, and No. 20 Ohio State rallied past pesky Iowa 65-57 on Wednesday night for its fourth straight Big Ten win. Evan Turner added 16 points, 12 rebounds and seven assists for the Buckeyes (15-6, 5-3), who closed the game with a 20-7 run and won on the road for only the second time this season. Ohio State took its first lead of the second ... Read More

Sleeping on Defense

Categories: MEN's BASKETBALL

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

No. 13 Penn State Drops Tough Dual at #3 Ohio State in Big Ten Road Action

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, WRESTLING

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

Recruiting: Who Is Left?

Categories: FOOTBALL

By Braden Gall (AthlonSports.com) -- With less than two weeks until National Signing Day 2010, Athlon takes an in-depth look at the top 10 uncommitted prospects left on the board (number is AC100 rank): 1. Seantrel Henderson, OL (St. Paul, Minn.) Henderson’s hold on the No. 1 slot in the Athlon Consensus 100 has loosened quite a bit over the last few weeks. Ronald Powell (Rancho Verde, Calif.) made a huge statement with his performance in the U.S. Army Bowl and has closed the gap ... Read More

Notre Dame College wins NAIA wrestling duals in Iowa; Ohio State takes third in Div. I competition

Categories: WRESTLING

From: Cleveland Plain Dealer -- Notre Dame College's wrestling team went 3-for-3 over the weekend to capture the team title at the NAIA National Duals in Cedar Falls, Iowa. On Sunday, the top-ranked Falcons defeated No. 7 Missouri Valley, 26-7, in the championship match. Derek Foore (197), Solon's Kevin Hardy (165), Twinsburg's Adam Koballa (141), Dante Rini (125) and Orlando Scales (heavyweight) each won three matches, as NDC won the biggest title in the program's four years. In the title match against Missouri Valley, ... Read More

Buckeye Bits

Categories: BUCKEYE COUNTRY, FOOTBALL

COLUMBUS - Joe Montgomery, a former New York Giants running back who played for Ohio State (1994-99), has sued the Buckeyes, claiming an 11-year-old falsely-reported medical report was used by the NFL to deny him workers' compension last year. The report said Montgomery suffered from high blood pressure and hay fever. In other Ohio State news: In ESPN.com's Way-Too-Early College Football Top 25, writer Mark Schlabach puts the Buckeyes at No. 2 entering the 2010 season, just behind National Champions Alabama. The Buckeyes might finally ... Read More

Rose Bowl: Ohio State Media Day; the Buckeyes talk about Friday’s game against Oregon

Categories: FOOTBALL

From: Cleveland Plain Dealer -- Head Coach Jim Tressel On playing in the Rose Bowl Game…“I think they are anxious to play in the Rose Bowl. They have heard about the Rose Bowl their entire lives, or at least certainly their entire playing lives. Here at Ohio State is one of the goals that you have and now they are here and they have worked extremely hard. They know they have a very, very good opponent that they are being matched up with ... Read More

Rose Bowl: Players to watch – Ohio State RBs Dan Herron, Brandon Saine

Categories: FOOTBALL

By: Mike Tokito (OregonLive.com) -- When Beanie Wells left Ohio State after his junior year last season, it seemed to open the door for his backup, Dan Herron, to slide into the featured runner role. But an ankle injury has kept Herron, a sophomore, from carrying the full load. That, in turn, opened the door for junior Brandon Saine. Now Ohio State goes into its Rose Bowl matchup with both ready go against Oregon. "We love the fact if those two guys are healthy, ... Read More

How good is the Big Ten in hoops?

Categories: MEN's BASKETBALL

From: Vindy.com -- Three conference teams are ranked, including Ohio State. Mcclatchey-tribune Big Ten basketball is back — conference games start Tuesday night with Purdue at Iowa and Penn State at Minnesota — and that leads to the annual holiday season question: How good is the Big Ten? “I think our league has done a good job, but not a great one,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “There are some games a couple teams would like to have back. There were a couple of games we surprised ... Read More