By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Jim Tressel likes to say that the most important stat for a quarterback is wins. By that standard, Terrelle Pryor's 10-2 record and No. 8 ranking isn't bad for sophomore. The only sophomore quarterbacks above Pryor in the BCS rankings are Kellen Moore for undefeated and No. 6 Boise State, and Cincinnati backup Zach Collaros, who played very well while stepping in for injured starter Tony Pike for undefeated No. 5 Cincinnati. But there ... Read More

By: John Cupps (BuckeyeCountry.net) -- Even though Ohio State's season ended with a 21-10 victory over Big Ten foe Michigan on Nov. 21, the Buckeyes seen some changes in the latest AP and USAToday Polls. The Buckeyes, coming off their fifth straight conference title, moved up one spot to No. 8 in the AP Poll. Ohio State had 1103 points, just one less than No. 7 Oregon. Nothing changed in the top six of the AP Poll with Florida holding on firm to ... Read More

By RUSTY MILLER (Associated Press via SprinfieldNewsSun.com) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — St. Francis coach Don Friday didn't mince words. "We got shellacked," he said through a forced half-smile. "I feel like I went through a 15-round street fight with an 18-wheeler." Jon Diebler hit five 3-pointers to get No. 17 Ohio State off to a fast start, and the Buckeyes coasted to a 110-47 victory over St. Francis, Pa., on Saturday. It was the most points scored by the Buckeyes since piling up 121 points ... Read More

BY: AP via InsideBayArea.com -- Pinole Valley grad DeNesha Stallworth scored 13 points and three teammates also hit double figures to lead Cal to a 78-47 win over Southern in the opening round of the Buckeye Classic in Columbus, Ohio. Rachelle Federico and Layshia Clarendon each added 11 points and Gennifer Brandon had 10 for the Bears (3-1), who advanced to today's championship against No. 3 Ohio State. Cal had a hard time finding its rhythm in the first half, shooting 29.4 percent from the ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- Columbus -- Ohio State coach Thad Matta has a well-earned reputation as one of the top recruiters in the country. Yet, half of the scholarship players on his current top-20 team didn't arrive at Ohio State as high school recruits at all. With the pending transfer of sophomore Walter Offutt, the Buckeyes' entire bench, outside of their walk-ons, is composed of three former junior college players and two transfers from other four-year schools. That's five transfers, when ... Read More

By: Marcus Hartman (Scout.com) -- Fresh off claiming the championship of the preseason WNIT, the third-ranked Ohio State women’s basketball team rolled to 6-0 with an 89-56 defeat of visiting North Carolina Greensboro on Wednesday night. Twelve Buckeyes scored, with Jantel Lavneder and Samantha Prahalis leading the way. UNC Greensboro took an early 7-5 lead in the first four minutes, but the Buckeyes rattled off nine in a row in just 1:04 to quickly jump out in front by seven in front of 2,956 ... Read More

By: AP via USAToday.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — On a night when several things went wrong for No. 17 Ohio State, David Lighty carried the scoring load and Evan Turner again put up some startling numbers. Lighty scored a career-high 22 points and Turner had his second triple-double of the season to lead the sluggish Buckeyes past Lipscomb 84-64 on Tuesday. "Yeah, it was a little frustrating," Lighty said about the Buckeyes' inability to push aside the Bisons. "But they were making shots. You've ... Read More

By: Doug Lesmerises (Cleveland Plain Dealer) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Center Dallas Lauderdale didn't want to read it after Ohio State's loss to North Carolina last Thursday, so he turned off his cell phone. "I got a ton of text messages talking about how you guys played so well, and I'm so proud of you," Lauderdale said Monday. "But I was saying in my head, what are you proud of? We lost." Coach Thad Matta didn't want to hear it around the neighborhood when ... Read More

From: SportingNews.com -- Evan Turner is off to a stellar start to his junior season, and he is carrying Ohio State with him. Turner and the 17th-ranked Buckeyes open a stretch of four straight home games Tuesday night when they face Lipscomb in the teams' first meeting. After scoring 23 points and grabbing 11 rebounds in a 77-73 loss to then-No. 6 North Carolina on Thursday, Turner had a season-high 26 points with 14 boards in Friday's 76-70 victory over then-No. 13 California at Madison ... Read More

By: Nick Otte (TheLantern.net) -- Somebody asked Ohio State center Dallas Lauderdale if he was happy with his performance in Friday’s win over California, a game in which the junior blocked seven shots. Before he could answer, junior guard Jon Diebler gave his two cents. “I like having him back there,” Diebler said. It seems clear that this OSU team doesn’t need a lot of points from the center position, with all of the scoring coming from other positions. If his performance Friday was a sign ... Read More