By: AP via ESPN.com --COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Deshaun Thomas, last year's Indiana Mr. Basketball, came out of a slump with 22 points to lead Ohio State (No. 3 ESPN/USA Today, No. 2 AP) past Indiana 82-61 on Sunday. Thomas scored all the points during a 14-3 first-half run that spanned 3:36 and turned the game into a rout. He had managed just 13 points in his last seven games. William Buford added 15 points and Jon Diebler and David Lighty each had 11 for ... Read More

From: BigTenNetwork.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State busted out of the gates Sunday and never looked back in an 80-47 win over Wisconsin Sunday at Value City Arena, sending a message that the Buckeyes will be a team to be reckoned with this postseason. Playing in their final games at Value City Arena, Jantel Lavender, Sarah Schulze, Brittany Johnson and Alison Jackson combined to score 36 points, led by Lavender's 20. The senior from Cleveland, Ohio, who recorded a double-double in her very ... Read More

From: NewsObserver.com -- The second-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes continue their quest for the Big Ten Conference regular season title this afternoon, as the Indiana Hoosiers invade Value City Arena. Indiana suffered a six-game losing streak earlier this season, and the club can equal the length of that slide if it falls to Ohio State today. The Hoosiers have dropped to 12-16 overall and a lowly 3-9 versus conference competition. They are coming off a 72-61 setback to Purdue ... Read More

By: Tim Bielik (BleacherReport.com) -- One of the oldest adages in football is that defenses win championships. And when it comes to the Ohio State football program, their collection of defensive stars is a reason why the program has been so good for so long. With seven national championships in their history, the Buckeyes have had a large collection of talent on both sides of the football. Here is a look at the best 25 players on defense in the illustrious ... Read More

From: AP via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A volunteer assistant in Ohio State football's strength and conditioning program collapsed and died while playing in a pickup basketball game in the team's practice facility on Friday. Jake Nickle, a former football player at Capital University, was stricken and fell on the Les Wexner Football Complex's basketball court. He was transported to the Ohio State Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, according to university spokesman Dan Wallenberg...... READ ... Read More

By MATT MARKEY (ToledoBlade.com) -- INDIANAPOLIS -- More than 300 of the top college players from around the country will shuffle into Lucas Oil Stadium over the next few days, set to engage in a pre-employment ritual known as the NFL Combine. It is a job interview, disguised as a beauty pageant, wrapped in a tough man contest, and is also part playground Olympics, part punt, pass and kick, with a pseudo alien kidnapping and psychological probe thrown in ... Read More

By Adam Rittenberg (ESPN.com) -- The Big Ten hasn't quite reached the SEC/ACC level when it comes to paying assistant coaches, but several schools are willing to shell out the big bucks for top aides. How much will it cost to fix Michigan's porous defense? The Wolverines hope the $750,000 salary paid to new defensive coordinator Greg Mattison will do the trick. Mattison, whose two-year contract was obtained by the Associated Press, has become the Big Ten's highest-paid assistant. The veteran ... Read More

By: Mike Young (TheLantern.com) -- Jared Sullinger is undoubtedly the star of the Buckeyes. The freshman forward is a sure-fire top-five pick Buy Xenical Online in the NBA draft, draws the ire — and spit — of opposing fans and, most notably, runs the Columbus karaoke scene with his renditions of Miley Cyrus songs. He accounts for almost a quarter of OSU's offense, an offense that runs mostly through him, despite freshman forward Deshaun Thomas' best efforts. Yet, if the Buckeyes ... Read More

COLUMBUS, OH -- William Buford scored all of his 17 points in the first half while David Lighty tossed in 17 of his 21 points in the second half to lead the Buckeyes over Illinois 89-70. The Fighting Illini took the first points of the game and never held the lead again. The Buckeyes went on a 10-0 streak and continued to increase the gap, taking a 47-32 lead into the locker room at the break. Ohio State (26-2, 13-2 Big Ten) had ... Read More

By: Sean Jackson (Examiner.com) -- This spring the Buckeyes have something they haven’t had for a while, a quarterback competition. With Terrelle Pryor serving get prescription drugs without prescription a five game suspension to start the season it opens a window for someone to step up. This is will be interesting for several reasons. For one, whomever they choose to fill this spot will have to build the offense at the beginning of the season. This is a crucial stretch where ... Read More