By: AP via bellinghamherald.com -- LINCOLN, Neb. - Emily Cady scored 24 points to match her career high and No. 23 Nebraska upset eighth-ranked Ohio State 71-57, the Buckeyes' second loss in three games, on Sunday. The Cornhuskers (21-7, 10-6 Big Ten) bounced back from a 20-point loss at Michigan State for only their second win in six games. The Buckeyes (24-5, 11-5) lost for the fifth time ... Read More

From: sportsnetwork.com -- Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - Jordan Taylor netted 19 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists, and No. 16 Wisconsin edged No. 8 Ohio State, 63-60, in a thriller on Sunday. Jared Berggren scored 18 points and Ryan Evans had a double-double with 10 points to go with 10 boards for the Badgers (21-8, 10-6 Big Ten), who bounced back from a one-point ... Read More

By: AP via NewarkAdvocate.com -- COLUMBUS — Jared Berggren scored Wisconsin’s final five points — including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 31 seconds left — and the 16th-ranked Badgers beat No. 8 Ohio State 63-60 today. Jordan Taylor had 19 points and Ryan Evans 10 for the Badgers (21-8, 10-6 Big Ten), who made up for an earlier loss at home to the Buckeyes. With Ohio State (23-6, 11-5) up by a point, Berggren swished a shot from beyond ... Read More

By Angelique S. Chengelis (The Detroit News) -- The Big Two and Little 10. That's exactly how national recruiting analysts are describing the Big Ten in terms of recruiting just days after Michigan made a monumental haul with eight commitments, including six last Saturday, to total 12 for the 2013 freshman class. That includes three players from Columbus, including receiver Jaron Dukes who committed on Wednesday. Ohio State, meanwhile, is working efficiently and has four pledges, including one five-star-rated ... Read More

By: Jon Spencer (bucyrustelegraphforum.com) --  COLUMBUS -- He'll be working with the offense, but in his first meeting with the media, new Ohio State wide receivers coach Zach Smith went on the defensive. In an interesting exchange with a reporter, Smith was asked about all the positives -- and negatives -- he's learned about coaching football at Ohio State from his grandpa Earle. That would be Earle Bruce, whose 81-26-1 record and 5-4 mark against Michigan couldn't save ... Read More

From: Cleveland.com --CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Welcome to today's edition of Starting Blocks TV, hosted by Chuck Yarborough. The Ohio State Buckeyes returned to the win column Tuesday night with an easy win over Illinois. But do you think the Buckeyes can prevail in the Big Ten Conference race and take the regular-season title? That's the question in today's Starting Blocks poll. Today's guest on SBTV is Plain Dealer Ohio State reporter Doug Lesmerises, who covered Tuesday night's game. He says that the race ... Read More

From: GantDaily.com --Columbus, OH, United States (AHN Sports) – Ohio State has had numerous scandals embarrass the football program in the past year but that isn’t stopping the Buckeyes at taking a shot at its main rival. A sign has been circulating on the web from the Woody Hayes Athletic Center that mocks the choice of majors of Michigan football players. The sign compares the majors of the players in the two programs. Highlighted in bold print at the top ... Read More

By Keith Hoehne (ChicagoNow.com) -- The Michigan- Ohio State rivalry seems to have hit a new category…academics? A picture taken by a BuckeyeGrove.com worker shows a “Major Comparison” sign in the Woody Hayes Athletic Center that compares the majors of football players from Ohio State and Michigan. Or as the sign says,  “The Team Up North.” I applaud Urban Meyer’s attempt to make academics a contributing factor in recruiting. Or to make it look like he cares about ... Read More

By Pat Brennan (TheLantern.com) -- Ohio State men's basketball has entered the final stretch in its race to March, and it is well aware that time is running out. OSU (22-5, 10-4 Big Ten), which slipped to No. 8 in the latest Associated Press poll, welcomes unranked Illinois (16-11, 5-9 Big Ten) to its court Tuesday. The contest marks the second-to-last home game for the Buckeyes this season. The match with the Fighting Illini comes on the heels of a stretch ... Read More

By: AP via Boston.com -- ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Thad Matta knows his team can shoot. That's why the coach was stunned by Ohio State's performance Saturday night. The sixth-ranked Buckeyes shot 38.8 percent -- almost 10 percentage points below their season average -- and missed 13 of 16 3-pointers in a 56-51 loss to No. 17 Michigan. "I've never coached a team that has worked harder at shooting the basketball than this one, and we are good at it," Matta ... Read More