By: AP via chillicothegazette.com -- COLUMBUS — Ohio State will get a break almost in the middle of the Big Ten season in 2015 but will have only one conference game under its belt when its bye week rolls around in 2016. The Big Ten released conference schedules for those two seasons on Monday.   Purdue is the Buckeyes’ first opponent each year, on the road on Oct. 3, 2015, and at Ohio Stadium in the conference opener on Oct. 1, 2016.   In 2015, the Ohio ... Read More

By Brian Bennett via ESPN.com -- The Big Ten has released its complete prime-time schedule for the 2012 season, with 14 total games under the lights this fall. That includes six games on the ABC/ESPN family of networks and eight on the Big Ten Network. Here you go, night owls (all kickoffs listed in ET): Aug. 31 Boise State at Michigan State, 8 p.m., ESPN Sept. 1 Indiana State at Indiana, 8 p.m., Big Ten Network Sept. 8 Vanderbilt at Northwestern, 8 p.m., BTN Sept. 15 Notre Dame at Michigan State, 8 ... Read More

According to an article published on ESPN's website, one of the nation's most heavily-recruited linebacker prospects in the nation has made his decision as to where he will play football.  Dorian O'Daniel, who is listed as 6'1" and 205 lbs., has committed to Clemson.   The Tigers landed this powerhouse from Our Lady of Good Counsel High School (Olney, Md.) even though O'Daniel was being pursued by multipal colleges. Ohio State, Ohio, Virginia, Wisconsin, Iowa, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Vanderbilt, Arizona, California, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Rutgers, Syracuse, ... Read More

By: Tom Dienhart via btn.com --    Clemson’s Dabo Swinney is a genius–at least when it comes to spicing up spring football games. Let’s face it: These spring “games” often are little more than glorified scrimmages to appease and tease fans. The interest? Minimal—aside from the true cognoscenti. Many coaches don’t like them, preferring to run a scrimmage or just conduct another practice for fear of injury. Lack of depth is another reason many coaches don’t like intrasquad scrimmages, as it often makes it ... Read More

By Bill Livingston (The Plain Dealer) --   Pittsburgh -- After Ohio State's victory over Purdue in the Big Ten Tournament, Deshaun Thomas stood at his locker, icing his right shoulder. He tweaked it while providing the impetus for the Buckeyes' strong finish by tipping the ball three times before grabbing it for a key offensive rebound. Asked if he was OK, the 6-7 sophomore forward said it was just his "tipping arm," after which he smiled and started unfurling phantom jump shots with ... Read More

By Doug Lesmerises (The Plain Dealer) -- INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Under the basket as the shot went up from the corner, Ohio State's Deshaun Thomas slid out in front of the rim, tapped the rebound, tapped it again, grabbed it and put it back in for a six-point Ohio State lead with just over six minutes to play Friday night. For a team that tied for the regular-season Big Ten crown but has some players that haven't been ... Read More

From:The Sports Network via KansasCity.com--  The second-seeded Ohio State Buckeyes begin their quest for a third straight Big Ten Conference Tournament championship tonight when they take on the sixth-seeded Purdue Boilermakers in the quarterfinals. Purdue breezed to a 79-61 victory over 11th-seeded Nebraska in its first-round matchup, and in the process has advanced to the quarterfinals for the sixth straight season. The triumph ups the Boilermakers' overall record to 21-11, which includes wins in four of their last five games. Ohio State (25-6, 13-5 ... Read More

By: Josh Martin (BleacherReport.com) --  Who's No. 1? It's a simple question, really, one that the college basketball universe has been asking of the Big Ten all season. And one that Ohio State finally appears prepared to answer in the affirmative this week. The Buckeyes claimed a share of the conference's regular-season title by way of a 72-70 victory over Michigan State in East Lansing on Sunday, sharing the honor with the Spartans and arch rival Michigan at 13-5 ... Read More

By Donald Wood (BleacherReport.com) --  With the Big Ten Tournament looming large over college basketball fans, we have broken the odds of who will win the conference tournament. Five nationally ranked teams grace this conference, which is regarded as one of the toughest in all of college sports, but only one can walk away the Big Ten Champion. Every team has a chance to win the tourney, but some teams have much better odds to pull out the victory than the rest. See where ... Read More

By: MIKE CARMIN (jconline.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — Samantha Prahalis scored 21 of her 26 points in the second half, including a game-clinching 3-pointer with 40.2 seconds to play as 10th-ranked Ohio State beat the 16th-ranked Purdue women's basketball team 80-71 at Value City Arena. The Boilermakers pulled within 73-71 on Courtney Moses' layup, but Prahalis was left open on an inbounds play and drained the 3-pointer to send the Buckeyes into a tie with Purdue in ... Read More