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LGHL Ohio State center Austin Parks enters transfer portal after two seasons in Columbus
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Ohio State center Austin Parks enters transfer portal after two seasons in Columbus
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Parks appeared in 15 games as a sophomore, scoring 20 points and pulling down 13 rebounds.
After two years as part of the Ohio State men’s basketball program, Austin Parks — a 6-foot-10, 260-pound center from Saint Mary’s — has opted to enter the transfer portal and continue his college basketball career elsewhere.
Parks appeared in 15 games last season, totaling 124 minutes. He scored 20 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, committed 19 personal fouls, recorded five assists and one block.
His best game of his Ohio State career was on December 7, 2024 in an 80-66 win over Rutgers. Parks scored six points on 3-of-4 shooting and grabbed four rebounds in 16 minutes. He also had his only block of the season in that game. After the game, head coach Jake Diebler said that Parks played “his best game in an Ohio State uniform.”
Parks competed with Ivan Njegovan throughout the season for the role of emergency third-string center. When the season began it looked like Njegovan had the leg-up on that role, but that flipped several games in, and Parks played in five of Ohio State’s six games in December. Once the calendar flipped to 2025, he only appeared in five of Ohio State’s 18 games.
Jake Diebler opted to start the combination of Aaron Bradshaw and Sean Stewart at center this past season, occasionally playing Parks but usually preferring to go with a small ball lineup if neither Stewart or Bradshaw were available. Last month, Diebler said that Parks needed to continue to work on his consistency to earn more minutes, especially on the defensive end.
Parks was the No. 184 recruit in the class of 2023, the No. 26 center, and the No. 5 player in the state of Ohio. He was the lowest-rated freshman in Ohio State’s four-man class, behind Taison Chatman, Devin Royal, and Scotty Middleton. Despite being well outside the top-100, Parks was heavily recruited by the Big Ten as well as essentially every program in Ohio.
Parks’ decision to transfer is likely due to playing time, or lack thereof. Even during a year where Ohio State was starving for production and rebounds from the center position, Parks only averaged eight minutes per game and attempted — on average — one shot attempt per game.
During high school Parks was also recruited heavily by Michigan State, Indiana, Illinois, Dayton, Toledo, and Cincinnati. It wouldn’t be a surprise if DePaul also got involved, as Chris Holtmann coached Parks for one year at Ohio State. Parks is originally from northwest Ohio.
Good luck to Austin, wherever he winds up!
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Connor Lemons via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
John Jones-Imagn Images
Parks appeared in 15 games as a sophomore, scoring 20 points and pulling down 13 rebounds.
After two years as part of the Ohio State men’s basketball program, Austin Parks — a 6-foot-10, 260-pound center from Saint Mary’s — has opted to enter the transfer portal and continue his college basketball career elsewhere.
Parks appeared in 15 games last season, totaling 124 minutes. He scored 20 points, grabbed 13 rebounds, committed 19 personal fouls, recorded five assists and one block.
His best game of his Ohio State career was on December 7, 2024 in an 80-66 win over Rutgers. Parks scored six points on 3-of-4 shooting and grabbed four rebounds in 16 minutes. He also had his only block of the season in that game. After the game, head coach Jake Diebler said that Parks played “his best game in an Ohio State uniform.”
Parks competed with Ivan Njegovan throughout the season for the role of emergency third-string center. When the season began it looked like Njegovan had the leg-up on that role, but that flipped several games in, and Parks played in five of Ohio State’s six games in December. Once the calendar flipped to 2025, he only appeared in five of Ohio State’s 18 games.
Jake Diebler opted to start the combination of Aaron Bradshaw and Sean Stewart at center this past season, occasionally playing Parks but usually preferring to go with a small ball lineup if neither Stewart or Bradshaw were available. Last month, Diebler said that Parks needed to continue to work on his consistency to earn more minutes, especially on the defensive end.
Parks was the No. 184 recruit in the class of 2023, the No. 26 center, and the No. 5 player in the state of Ohio. He was the lowest-rated freshman in Ohio State’s four-man class, behind Taison Chatman, Devin Royal, and Scotty Middleton. Despite being well outside the top-100, Parks was heavily recruited by the Big Ten as well as essentially every program in Ohio.
Parks’ decision to transfer is likely due to playing time, or lack thereof. Even during a year where Ohio State was starving for production and rebounds from the center position, Parks only averaged eight minutes per game and attempted — on average — one shot attempt per game.
During high school Parks was also recruited heavily by Michigan State, Indiana, Illinois, Dayton, Toledo, and Cincinnati. It wouldn’t be a surprise if DePaul also got involved, as Chris Holtmann coached Parks for one year at Ohio State. Parks is originally from northwest Ohio.
Good luck to Austin, wherever he winds up!
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LGHL National champion Buckeyes get back to work as spring ball begins
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National champion Buckeyes get back to work as spring ball begins
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Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK
All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print.
Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis. But that’s ok, that’s what your friends at Land-Grant Holy Land are here for.
Monday through Friday, we’ll be collecting all of the articles, tweets, features, interviews, videos, podcasts, memes, photos, and whatever else we stumble across on the interwebz and putting them in our daily “Why is this News?” article. That way, you’ll have a one-stop shop for all of the most important Buckeye news, jokes, and analysis.
You’re welcome!
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On the Gridiron
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