By: Jae Pruitt (BleacherReport. com) -- Three point five seconds left. Sullinger’s at the line. He shoots his first free throw, he misses and every stomach in Ohio drops to the floor. He gears up to shoot his next, he shoots, he hits it! Of course the free throw would have been much less awe worthy if it had not had been to give the Buckeyes a one point advantage over, but it did so all members of ... Read More

By: Steven Jung (Patch.com) -- Northwestern lost more than just a game Wednesday at Minnesota. John Shurna got hurt in that game suffering a concussion when he banged his head falling down on the base of a basket. Shurna returned to the game at Minnesota but was ruled out for the biggest game of the season thus far. Without its star player, Northwestern welcomed the undefeated (21-0, 8-0) and top ranked Ohio State Buckeyes to Welsh Ryan Arena Saturday ... Read More

From: AP via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The Ohio State Buckeyes knew there were doubters about their claim to No. 1. There might not be any more. William Buford had 19 points, Jared Sullinger added 17 and the top-ranked Buckeyes played almost flawlessly in rolling past No. 12 Purdue 87-64 on Tuesday night."It was a loud answer to those questions," Sullinger said.Jon Diebler had 13 points and a career-high eight rebounds, Deshaun Thomas added 13 points, David Lighty scored 10 points and Aaron ... Read More

By: RICK GREEN (DESMOINESREGISTER.COM) -- The heat is on. And Ohio State coach Thad Matta knows it. “It’s funny, because the older I get, the smarter I get,” Matta, the coach of the nation’s top-ranked team, said Monday. “Quite honestly, it’s like I tell our guys. Just go out and do your job.” The Buckeyes host No. 12 Purdue today in the week’s “biggest game of the season.” With six teams ranked in the Associated Press poll, there are a lot of ... Read More

By: Ronnie Hampston (BleacherReport.com) -- Jared Sullinger is arguably the best player in college basketball. Many basketball experts tabbed Greg Oden with the same title during his tenure as a Buckeye. Greg Oden has been unfairly judged as a NBA player, but during his lone season at Ohio State nobody could compare to Oden. Oden is a specimen who stands "7'0" tall and weighs about 270 pounds. Oden's game was based off potential more than results. It may be too early ... Read More

From: SportsChatPlace.com -- It’s a battle of two of the top teams in the Big Ten and two of the top teams in the nation as the Ohio State Buckeyes host the Purdue Boilermakers. The Ohio State Buckeyes have done everything they have been called upon to do as they carry the number one ranking into their second week and notched their second win over a top 25 team this past week as well. Thad Matta’s Buckeyes ... Read More

From: ESPN.com -- There's no question among the coaches who vote: Ohio State is No. 1. The Buckeyes drew all 31 first-place votes in the ESPN/USA Today coaches' poll released Monday. Pittsburgh vaulted to second from fourth as Duke also jumped two spots to third. The Blue Devils were followed by San Diego State and Connecticut. The Panthers will be tested Monday night when they host No. 14 Notre Dame (7 p.m. ET, ESPN). Kansas dropped to sixth after a loss to Texas, ranked eighth. The ... Read More

From: Cleveland.com -- Fifty-six players were on the official NFL list of collegians leaving school early for the NFL Draft, which was released Wednesday. For the first time since 2003, an Ohio State player wasn't among the early departures. As the five Buckeyes suspended by the NCAA for the start of the 2011 season promised before the Sugar Bowl, none of them -- Terrelle Pryor, DeVier Posey, Dan Herron, Mike Adams and Solomon Thomas -- left school for the pros, ... Read More

By: DARREN EVERSON (WSJ.com) -- College basketball has a royal class, an exclusive fraternity of elite programs. These are the schools whose tradition and recruiting pull are so powerful, their continued success is virtually inevitable. Duke, of course, sits at the head of the generic drugs without prescription table. Kansas and Kentucky are full-fledged members too. The question before the sport now, though, is whether another school is on the verge of joining them. The Ohio State Buckeyes, who ... Read More

By Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- The deadline for underclassmen to declare for the NFL draft came and went Saturday, and things remained quiet in Columbus. Despite assumptions from yours truly and many others in the media that some of Ohio State's five suspended juniors would go pro, no official announcements have been made. A team spokeswoman told me Monday that to her knowledge, no Ohio State underclassmen -- suspended or otherwise -- have declared for the draft. We will know ... Read More