By: Andy Glockner (SI.com) -- The curious case of the Ohio State Buckeyes continued on Sunday when they slowly and methodically pulled away from a solid Michigan team to win 64-49 at home. Lacking much drama or many signature moments, it's the latest in a long string of comprehensive performances that will draw a collective "ho hum" from the masses. Instead, it should be considered the latest piece of evidence that the Buckeyes are one of the ... Read More

By: AP via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Lenzelle Smith Jr. scored 17 points and had a career-high 12 rebounds as Ohio State (No. 3 ESPN/USA Today, No. 4 AP) flexed its muscle inside to beat Michigan (No. 22 ESPN/USA Today, No. 20 AP) 64-49 on Sunday, keeping the Buckeyes in a first-place tie in the Big Ten. Jared Sullinger added 13 points and William Buford and Deshaun Thomas both had 12 for Ohio State (19-3, 7-2), which ran ... Read More

By: Chad Hobbs (Examiner.com) -- Michigan will be in town tomorrow for a little basketball game at Value City Arena. They will not be welcomed by the home town crowd. This matchup should be interesting, as Michigan enters the game as a relevant Big Ten title contender for the first time in a long time. In fact, the Wolverines enter the game in a tie for first place with the Buckeyes in the conference standings. One of Michigan's strengths ... Read More

By: AP via WashingtonPost.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — They started hanging out when they were 10 or 11, scooping the snow off of driveways and outdoor courts before grabbing a basketball and pretending they were playing in huge showdowns. “He was kind of short and he was like fat, kind of, but he could play,” Michigan’s Trey Burke remembers of the first time he saw Jared Sullinger. “He had good footwork and things like that. No one ... Read More

By Rod Beard (The Detroit News) -- Sunday will be a weird homecoming for Michigan freshman Trey Burke. The Wolverines travel to Columbus to face No. 4 Ohio State in a Big Ten showdown for first place in the conference and Burke, a Columbus native, gets his first shot at the Buckeyes. It's a tall order for No. 20 Michigan, which has lost five straight to Ohio State and has won just twice in the last 16 meetings. ... Read More

By Nick Baumgardner (Annarbor.com) -- As the old saying goes, to be the man, you have to ... Well, you likely know the rest. For the past two seasons, Ohio State has won at least a share of the Big Ten's regular season crown, and entered the Big Dance with a Big Ten Tournament championship trophy under its arm. Right now, anyway, Ohio State is 'the man.' And if the Michigan basketball team wants to be a serious contender this season, all roads ... Read More

From: freep.com -- Ohio State has hired Bill Sheridan, a former Michigan and Michigan State assistant coach whose son Nick started at quarterback for the Wolverines in 2008. Multiple reports have confirmed the story broken by The Lantern, OSU's student newspaper. Sheridan is a Detroit native who played football at Warren De La Salle and Grand Valley State. He later became a coach at Royal Oak Shrine and then a graduate assistant at U-M (1985-86). He coached linebackers at Michigan State..... READ ... Read More

By: Mark Snyder (freep.com) --The old adage about Michigan-Ohio State games is to throw the records out. In more than a few recent years, the Wolverines have encouraged that in all sports. But, entering Sunday's basketball game, U-M is on a roll. The football team is coming off a dramatic regular-season ending win over the Buckeyes, and the women's basketball team stunned No. 8 ranked OSU on Jan. 7. Now the men's basketball team gets its first shot at The School Down ... Read More

From: CBSSports.com --  LINCOLN, Neb. -- Ohio State felt right at home in this road game. William Buford scored 15 points, Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas had 14 apiece, and the sixth-ranked Buckeyes blew out Nebraska for the second time this month with a 79-45 victory Saturday night. The Buckeyes (17-3, 5-3) swept their games against Nebraska by a combined 65 points and moved ... Read More

From: WaitingForNextYear.com -- When Urban Meyer was hired to be the new head football coach at The Ohio State University, everyone knew things were going to change at Ohio State. Many predicted that recruiting in particular would be dramatically different under Urban Meyer’s watch. That’s no slight on Jim Tressel. Urban Meyer will be lucky to match what Jim Tressel accomplished in his decade at the helm. But Jim Tressel was a rare, unique man and coach. His laid ... Read More