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

From: gopsusports.com -- PARK RIDGE, Ill. - Penn State baseball (29-25, 15-9) will open up Big Ten Tournament action with the Ohio State Buckeyes on Wednesday at 3:35 at Huntington Park in Columbus, Ohio. Penn State will be making its second straight appearance in the tournament. The Nittany Lions are arguably one of the hottest teams in the country right now, going 26-11 in their last 37 games and finished the season winning six-straight Big Ten series. Penn State picked up its third ... Read More

By: Steve Greenberg via Sporting News -- CHICAGO— What’s creating the luscious aroma that’s seeping  inside the doors of Big Ten bigwigs from Lincoln to State College? Close your  eyes, take a deep breath and maybe you can catch a whiff of it yourself. Money, baby. Of course the Big Ten is on board for a four-team college football playoff. Even though multiple league athletic directors, including Ohio State’s  Gene Smith and Michigan State’s Mark Hollis, spoke at the league’s annual  meeting on Tuesday afternoon of ... Read More

From: BigTen.org -- The Big Ten led the nation in men’s basketball attendance for the 36th consecutive season according to figures recently released by the NCAA. The Big Ten led all conferences with an average attendance of 12,868, which is more than 1,300 higher than the next-closest conference. During the 2011-12 regular season, the Big Ten welcomed 2,856,785 fans over 222 games, which marks the conference’s all-time total attendance record and is the 20th straight year the conference eclipsed the two-million........ READ THE REST ... Read More

From: Cleveland.com -- CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 14th annual ACC/Big Ten Challenge Presented by DICK’S Sporting Goods will be played on Nov. 27-28. Ohio State's Buckeyes will visit Duke on Wednesday, Nov. 28. The Buckeyes defeated the Blue Devils, 85-63, in an ACC/Big Ten Challenge game last Nov. 29 in Columbus. The Ohio State-Duke game, with the Nov. 27 North Carolina at Indiana and North Carolina State at Michigan games, feature six....... READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE DIRECTLY FROM THE SOURCE PAGE AT CLEVELAND.COM BY CLICKING ... 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

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

From: CBSSports.com -- BOSTON – On paper, it's a huge advantage for Syracuse. The Orange have been touted as one of the deepest teams in the country all season, with a host of scoring options. On the other hand, Ohio State hasn't relied much on its bench this season, and has basically been a four-man team of Jared Sullinger, William Buford, Aaron Craft and DeShaun Thomas. If the Sweet 16 win over Cincinnati is any indication, though, Ohio State's supporting cast will play a major ... Read More

By: AP via ESPN.com -- BOSTON -- Jared Sullinger and the Ohio State Buckeyes had blown a 12-point lead and fallen behind Cincinnati in the second half of the East Region semifinals. It was time for the "cool guys" to take a seat, and let the blue-collar team take over. Sullinger scored 23 points with 11 rebounds and Ohio State turned back Cincinnati's last charge with a 17-1 run to beat the Bearcats 81-66 on Thursday night and advance to the NCAA regional finals for the first time since 2007............. READ ... Read More

From: montgomeryadvertiser.com -- COLUMBUS -- Don't look for Thad Matta to invoke the honor of Jerry Lucas and John Havlicek. He won't be bringing up Fred Taylor or Mel Nowell, either. As far as the Ohio State coach is concerned, the back-to-back national championship losses to Cincinnati in 1961 and '62 are history. "I wasn't even born. I was born six years afterward, so I don't think those guys are that tuned into it," Matta said of today's ... Read More