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LGHL That Team Up North: Top five Ohio State-Michigan men’s basketball games of all-time
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That Team Up North: Top five Ohio State-Michigan men’s basketball games of all-time
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When thinking about all-time OSU-Michigan all-time hoops games, everyone jumps to Evan Turner’s buzzer beaters.
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about Ohio State’s rivals. Michigan is the defending national champions, but there has been a lot of change in Ann Arbor. What does that mean for the season, the Big Ten, and the Buckeyes? You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”That Team Up North” articles here.
When people think about the greatest Ohio State and Michigan games of all time, most of the ones that stick out are on the gridiron. However, the court has seen some solid matchups as well — especially in the 2010s — with John Beilein and Thad Matta going to battle year in and year out.
But which games are the best? One is an obvious top pick, but some of the other games might be surprising.
Mar. 12, 2010: No. 7 Ohio State 69, Michigan 68
No one expected this game to be close at the end, but it ended up being one of the more memorable finishes in Ohio State basketball history.
In the Big Ten Tournament, No. 1 seeded Ohio State faced No. 8 Michigan, and it looked like Michigan was going to pull off the huge upset until Evan Turner drilled a half-court three-pointer two in the game. We were all Jon Diebler and Thad Matta at the end of this video.
Mar. 29, 1992: No. 15 Michigan 75, No. 3 Ohio State 71
This has a greater impact because it was an Elite Eight game, and the Fab Five faced off against Jim Jackson.
Ohio State, led by Jackson, was a No. 1 seed in the 1992 NCAA Tournament. The Buckeyes won both regular-season matchups with No. 6 seed Michigan, which was led by the Fab Five. Those teams collided in an Elite Eight classic at Rupp Arena. Jackson scored 20 points, and Ohio State had a chance to win at the end of regulation, but a jumper from Chris Jent missed.
The Wolverines pulled away in overtime behind Chris Webber and Jalen Rose.
Feb. 5. 2013 – No. 3 Michigan 76, No. 10 Ohio State 74
This was almost a huge upset for the Buckeyes, as Michigan came into this one 20-2. Tim Hardaway scored 23 points, and Trey Burke added 16 to give the Wolverines a slight edge over Ohio State. Mitch McGary added 14 points and six rebounds off the bench.
Ohio State, who entered this game 17-4, got 17 points from Deshaun Thomas and 16 points from LaQuinton Ross in their quest for an upset.
Feb. 27, 1971: No. 18 Ohio State 91, No. 12 Michigan 85
In the 2010s, this game would have been a norm for the Buckeyes and Wolverines. However, in 1971, this was the first ranked matchup between the two teams.
Jim Cleamons led the Buckeyes to a victory at Crisler Arena, and it was a great season for both teams. Ohio State won the Big Ten that season, and Michigan finished second. Western Kentucky ended the Buckeyes’ season in the Elite Eight.
Mar. 15, 2014: No. 8 Michigan 72, No. 24 Ohio State 69
This one was a Big Ten conference tournament game and a Shannon Scott masterclass. Scott scored 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting, six assists, five rebounds, and three steals. However, Nik Stauskas, Caris LeVert, and Glenn Robinson combined for 46 points to lead Michigan to the win, spoiling the Ohio State bid for an upset.
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justingolba via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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When thinking about all-time OSU-Michigan all-time hoops games, everyone jumps to Evan Turner’s buzzer beaters.
From now until preseason camp starts in August, Land-Grant Holy Land will be writing articles around a different theme every week. This week is all about Ohio State’s rivals. Michigan is the defending national champions, but there has been a lot of change in Ann Arbor. What does that mean for the season, the Big Ten, and the Buckeyes? You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”That Team Up North” articles here.
When people think about the greatest Ohio State and Michigan games of all time, most of the ones that stick out are on the gridiron. However, the court has seen some solid matchups as well — especially in the 2010s — with John Beilein and Thad Matta going to battle year in and year out.
But which games are the best? One is an obvious top pick, but some of the other games might be surprising.
Mar. 12, 2010: No. 7 Ohio State 69, Michigan 68
No one expected this game to be close at the end, but it ended up being one of the more memorable finishes in Ohio State basketball history.
In the Big Ten Tournament, No. 1 seeded Ohio State faced No. 8 Michigan, and it looked like Michigan was going to pull off the huge upset until Evan Turner drilled a half-court three-pointer two in the game. We were all Jon Diebler and Thad Matta at the end of this video.
Mar. 29, 1992: No. 15 Michigan 75, No. 3 Ohio State 71
This has a greater impact because it was an Elite Eight game, and the Fab Five faced off against Jim Jackson.
Ohio State, led by Jackson, was a No. 1 seed in the 1992 NCAA Tournament. The Buckeyes won both regular-season matchups with No. 6 seed Michigan, which was led by the Fab Five. Those teams collided in an Elite Eight classic at Rupp Arena. Jackson scored 20 points, and Ohio State had a chance to win at the end of regulation, but a jumper from Chris Jent missed.
The Wolverines pulled away in overtime behind Chris Webber and Jalen Rose.
Feb. 5. 2013 – No. 3 Michigan 76, No. 10 Ohio State 74
This was almost a huge upset for the Buckeyes, as Michigan came into this one 20-2. Tim Hardaway scored 23 points, and Trey Burke added 16 to give the Wolverines a slight edge over Ohio State. Mitch McGary added 14 points and six rebounds off the bench.
Ohio State, who entered this game 17-4, got 17 points from Deshaun Thomas and 16 points from LaQuinton Ross in their quest for an upset.
Feb. 27, 1971: No. 18 Ohio State 91, No. 12 Michigan 85
In the 2010s, this game would have been a norm for the Buckeyes and Wolverines. However, in 1971, this was the first ranked matchup between the two teams.
Jim Cleamons led the Buckeyes to a victory at Crisler Arena, and it was a great season for both teams. Ohio State won the Big Ten that season, and Michigan finished second. Western Kentucky ended the Buckeyes’ season in the Elite Eight.
Mar. 15, 2014: No. 8 Michigan 72, No. 24 Ohio State 69
This one was a Big Ten conference tournament game and a Shannon Scott masterclass. Scott scored 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting, six assists, five rebounds, and three steals. However, Nik Stauskas, Caris LeVert, and Glenn Robinson combined for 46 points to lead Michigan to the win, spoiling the Ohio State bid for an upset.
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LGHL You’re Nuts: Which Buckeyes would have been great if they weren’t blocked by someone else?
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You’re Nuts: Which Buckeyes would have been great if they weren’t blocked by someone else?
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There have been some great hoopers to come through Columbus, but was that at the expense of some others?
Congratulations to Carmen’s Crew, which has officially advanced to the Elite Eight of The Basketball Tournament for the first time since the team won the title in 2019. A balanced scoring attack led by Jared Sullinger and Kaleb Wesson carried Carmen’s Crew to a 74-70 victory over the reigning TBT champions, Team Heartfire, on Wednesday night.
Last week, Connor and Justin both picked one player that’s never played for Carmen’s Crew that they would like to see suit up in scarlet and gray soon. Justin picked Jamison Battle, who recently signed with the Toronto Raptors after going undrafted in the 2024 NBA Draft. Connor picked Evan Turner, who coached Carmen’s Crew for the last few years, but has never suited up — even after retiring from the NBA in 2020.
20% of the readers sided with Justin and his pick of battle. The other 80% picked Turner, whose name hangs in the rafters at the Schottenstein Center.
Connor- 79
Watching former Buckeyes get buckets on TV has us thinking back about Ohio State teams of years past. Some Ohio State teams have been so deep that great players were relegated to a backup role, despite being more than capable of starting if the opportunity was there. Some of those players wound up transferring elsewhere, and found success when more minutes became available to them. Others broke out in a big way once the player they were “backing up” graduated.
Here are two examples...
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Absolutely nobody should be surprised to see LeDee listed here, since he finished as a Second-Team All American last season at San Diego State, was named the Mountain West Player of the Year, and won the Karl Malone Award, given to the nation’s best power forward.
Before all of that happened, LeDee was a TCU Horned Frog. Before he was a Horned Frog, he was a Buckeye.
LeDee was a four-star recruit out of Texas in the 2018 cycle, just outside the top-100 prospects in the country. He was part of Chris Holtmann’s first “full” recruiting class at Ohio State, along with Luther Muhammad, Duane Washington, and Justin Ahrens. Ironically enough, three of those four players wound up transferring from Ohio State at some point.
As a freshman, LeDee appeared in 26 of Ohio State’s 35 games, averaging three points per game in just under seven minutes per game. He wasn’t the “five-star center” that Ohio State fans have been demanding for the past 15 years, but LeDee was tall, lean, had good footwork around the basket, and was a good free throw shooter considering his size.
After his freshman season, LeDee transferred to TCU. The rumor was that LeDee, who is originally from Texas, wanted to be closer to home.
It took until his sixth year of college, but LeDee did eventually have his breakout season, as stated above. He averaged better than 21 points per game for San Diego State last season, helping take the Aztecs to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to the eventual national champion UCONN, 82-52. Even with that loss, LeDee’s Aztecs still advanced farther in the tournament this past season than Ohio State has in the past 11 years.
Everyone enjoyed doing the whole “revisionist history” thing with LeDee this past season, pointing fingers and reminding anyone who would listen that Chris Holtmann could’ve played LeDee more, but chose not to. This ignores the fact that Jamie Dixon also could’ve played him more at TCU and also did not, as well as ignoring the fact that LeDee being a great player in his sixth college season does not mean that LeDee would’ve been great at Ohio State early in his career, even if he was given the minutes.
However, a huge barricade to LeDee getting minutes as a freshman was Kaleb Wesson, who is one year older than him. Wesson arrived at Ohio State in 2017 as an exciting local recruit from nearby Westerville and earned an important role for the Buckeyes starting his freshman year. Wesson eventually turned into an All-Big Ten caliber player who was — at times — Ohio State’s only offensive threat, especially during that 2018-2019 season.
Wesson developed an outside shot during college, and left Ohio State as a 40% three-point shooter. However, he was never a player who could operated primarily on the perimeter at 6-foot-9 and 270 pounds, which meant he and LeDee weren’t going to co-exist on the floor.
Clearly, Jaedon LeDee had a ton of talent — it just took some time and the right situation to really allow him to show it. If he was at Ohio State and Wesson wasn’t, I think there would’ve been a much larger opportunity for LeDee. Perhaps the San Diego State breakout would’ve actually happened in Columbus if he wasn’t blocked behind another talented center. *shrugs*
When it comes to players that have been positionally blocked at Ohio State, guard Shannon Scott immediately comes to mind.
He attended Ohio State for four years, three of which were behind Aaron Craft. His senior season was also D’Angelo Russell’s freshman season. They were two of the best guards in the history of the program. Tough draw.
Scott spent four years in Columbus, played in 143 games, and only started in 57 of those. 34 of those 57 starts came in his senior year when he was the starting point guard, and Russell was the starting shooting guard. However, often throughout that season the offense still ran through Russell most of the time.
Scott was the No. 32 ranked recruit in his class, so he was a high four-star prospect and showed great potential when he arrived in Columbus. Scott was a two-time Big Ten All-Defense and was elite on that side of the ball, but he played alongside one of the greatest defensive guards in the program’s history, so his efforts on that end got overwhelmed, too.
In 143 games over four years, he averaged 5.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game. This was with the offense never being run through him or for him. He could have fairly easily been a double-digit scorer, but his role was defensive and not as a main scorer. It also made him slightly inefficient because it was hard for him to get into a flow.
Scott did not have a bad career in Columbus, but because of who he played behind and next to, it was hard for him to reach his full potential.
I don’t consider LeDee to be on this list because he wasn’t positionally blocked to me; He just wasn’t on the right team or in the right situation. He went to TCU as well, and that was not right for him either. He found the perfect spot at San Diego State, and that was awesome to see. I am not sure he would have ever reached his potential at OSU, but not because of who was ahead of him.
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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
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There have been some great hoopers to come through Columbus, but was that at the expense of some others?
Congratulations to Carmen’s Crew, which has officially advanced to the Elite Eight of The Basketball Tournament for the first time since the team won the title in 2019. A balanced scoring attack led by Jared Sullinger and Kaleb Wesson carried Carmen’s Crew to a 74-70 victory over the reigning TBT champions, Team Heartfire, on Wednesday night.
Last week, Connor and Justin both picked one player that’s never played for Carmen’s Crew that they would like to see suit up in scarlet and gray soon. Justin picked Jamison Battle, who recently signed with the Toronto Raptors after going undrafted in the 2024 NBA Draft. Connor picked Evan Turner, who coached Carmen’s Crew for the last few years, but has never suited up — even after retiring from the NBA in 2020.
20% of the readers sided with Justin and his pick of battle. The other 80% picked Turner, whose name hangs in the rafters at the Schottenstein Center.
After 162 weeks:
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Justin- 63
Other- 16
(There have been four ties)
Watching former Buckeyes get buckets on TV has us thinking back about Ohio State teams of years past. Some Ohio State teams have been so deep that great players were relegated to a backup role, despite being more than capable of starting if the opportunity was there. Some of those players wound up transferring elsewhere, and found success when more minutes became available to them. Others broke out in a big way once the player they were “backing up” graduated.
Here are two examples...
This week’s question: Which Buckeyes would have been great if they weren’t blocked by someone else?
Connor: Jaedon LeDee
Absolutely nobody should be surprised to see LeDee listed here, since he finished as a Second-Team All American last season at San Diego State, was named the Mountain West Player of the Year, and won the Karl Malone Award, given to the nation’s best power forward.
Before all of that happened, LeDee was a TCU Horned Frog. Before he was a Horned Frog, he was a Buckeye.
LeDee was a four-star recruit out of Texas in the 2018 cycle, just outside the top-100 prospects in the country. He was part of Chris Holtmann’s first “full” recruiting class at Ohio State, along with Luther Muhammad, Duane Washington, and Justin Ahrens. Ironically enough, three of those four players wound up transferring from Ohio State at some point.
As a freshman, LeDee appeared in 26 of Ohio State’s 35 games, averaging three points per game in just under seven minutes per game. He wasn’t the “five-star center” that Ohio State fans have been demanding for the past 15 years, but LeDee was tall, lean, had good footwork around the basket, and was a good free throw shooter considering his size.
After his freshman season, LeDee transferred to TCU. The rumor was that LeDee, who is originally from Texas, wanted to be closer to home.
It took until his sixth year of college, but LeDee did eventually have his breakout season, as stated above. He averaged better than 21 points per game for San Diego State last season, helping take the Aztecs to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to the eventual national champion UCONN, 82-52. Even with that loss, LeDee’s Aztecs still advanced farther in the tournament this past season than Ohio State has in the past 11 years.
Everyone enjoyed doing the whole “revisionist history” thing with LeDee this past season, pointing fingers and reminding anyone who would listen that Chris Holtmann could’ve played LeDee more, but chose not to. This ignores the fact that Jamie Dixon also could’ve played him more at TCU and also did not, as well as ignoring the fact that LeDee being a great player in his sixth college season does not mean that LeDee would’ve been great at Ohio State early in his career, even if he was given the minutes.
However, a huge barricade to LeDee getting minutes as a freshman was Kaleb Wesson, who is one year older than him. Wesson arrived at Ohio State in 2017 as an exciting local recruit from nearby Westerville and earned an important role for the Buckeyes starting his freshman year. Wesson eventually turned into an All-Big Ten caliber player who was — at times — Ohio State’s only offensive threat, especially during that 2018-2019 season.
Wesson developed an outside shot during college, and left Ohio State as a 40% three-point shooter. However, he was never a player who could operated primarily on the perimeter at 6-foot-9 and 270 pounds, which meant he and LeDee weren’t going to co-exist on the floor.
Clearly, Jaedon LeDee had a ton of talent — it just took some time and the right situation to really allow him to show it. If he was at Ohio State and Wesson wasn’t, I think there would’ve been a much larger opportunity for LeDee. Perhaps the San Diego State breakout would’ve actually happened in Columbus if he wasn’t blocked behind another talented center. *shrugs*
Justin: Shannon Scott
When it comes to players that have been positionally blocked at Ohio State, guard Shannon Scott immediately comes to mind.
He attended Ohio State for four years, three of which were behind Aaron Craft. His senior season was also D’Angelo Russell’s freshman season. They were two of the best guards in the history of the program. Tough draw.
Scott spent four years in Columbus, played in 143 games, and only started in 57 of those. 34 of those 57 starts came in his senior year when he was the starting point guard, and Russell was the starting shooting guard. However, often throughout that season the offense still ran through Russell most of the time.
Scott was the No. 32 ranked recruit in his class, so he was a high four-star prospect and showed great potential when he arrived in Columbus. Scott was a two-time Big Ten All-Defense and was elite on that side of the ball, but he played alongside one of the greatest defensive guards in the program’s history, so his efforts on that end got overwhelmed, too.
In 143 games over four years, he averaged 5.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, and 3.7 assists per game. This was with the offense never being run through him or for him. He could have fairly easily been a double-digit scorer, but his role was defensive and not as a main scorer. It also made him slightly inefficient because it was hard for him to get into a flow.
Scott did not have a bad career in Columbus, but because of who he played behind and next to, it was hard for him to reach his full potential.
I don’t consider LeDee to be on this list because he wasn’t positionally blocked to me; He just wasn’t on the right team or in the right situation. He went to TCU as well, and that was not right for him either. He found the perfect spot at San Diego State, and that was awesome to see. I am not sure he would have ever reached his potential at OSU, but not because of who was ahead of him.
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LGHL Archie Griffin gets an honor of a lifetime, two dozen Buckeyes to compete in the Olympics
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Archie Griffin gets an honor of a lifetime, two dozen Buckeyes to compete in the Olympics
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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.
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Archie Griffin to dot the “i” in Script Ohio on August 31
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Watch TBDBITL invite Archie Griffin to dot the i in OSU’s season-opener
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Buckeyes react to playing, being in College Football 25
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts
“No Shot”: Big Ten Athletes Give Their Thoughts on Their Overall Player Ratings in EA Sports College Football 25
Garrick Hodge, Eleven Warriors
These two look great in scarlet and gray!
Buckeyes preparing for punter battle to carry late into preseason
Andy Backstrom, Lettermen Row
Brian Hartline makes late push for five-star WR, Buckeyes make the cut for two 2025 hoops stars
Caleb Houser, Land-Grant Holy Land
5 position battles to watch in Ohio State preseason camp
Joey Kaufman, The Columbus Dispatch
C.J. Hicks, athletic Buckeyes linebackers aiming to prove themselves (paywall)
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row
TTUN: Wink Martindale has boom or bust potential in Ann Arbor
Josh Dooley, Land-Grant Holy Land
That Team Up North: Top five Ohio State-Michigan men’s basketball games of all-time
Justin Golba, Land-Grant Holy Land
Carmen’s Crew coming for that $1 million!
24 Ohio State athletes will be competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Brett Ludwiczak, Land-Grant Holy Land
Olympic wrestlers keep Michigan-Ohio State rivalry fires stoked
Chase Goodbread, Tuscaloosa News
This is incredible:
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Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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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
Archie Griffin to dot the “i” in Script Ohio on August 31
Ohio State Athletics
Watch TBDBITL invite Archie Griffin to dot the i in OSU’s season-opener
@TBDBITL Instagram
Buckeyes react to playing, being in College Football 25
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts
“No Shot”: Big Ten Athletes Give Their Thoughts on Their Overall Player Ratings in EA Sports College Football 25
Garrick Hodge, Eleven Warriors
These two look great in scarlet and gray!
Buckeyes preparing for punter battle to carry late into preseason
Andy Backstrom, Lettermen Row
Brian Hartline makes late push for five-star WR, Buckeyes make the cut for two 2025 hoops stars
Caleb Houser, Land-Grant Holy Land
5 position battles to watch in Ohio State preseason camp
Joey Kaufman, The Columbus Dispatch
C.J. Hicks, athletic Buckeyes linebackers aiming to prove themselves (paywall)
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row
TTUN: Wink Martindale has boom or bust potential in Ann Arbor
Josh Dooley, Land-Grant Holy Land
On the Hardwood
That Team Up North: Top five Ohio State-Michigan men’s basketball games of all-time
Justin Golba, Land-Grant Holy Land
Carmen’s Crew coming for that $1 million!
Outside the Shoe and Schott
24 Ohio State athletes will be competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Brett Ludwiczak, Land-Grant Holy Land
Olympic wrestlers keep Michigan-Ohio State rivalry fires stoked
Chase Goodbread, Tuscaloosa News
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LGHL 24 Ohio State athletes will be competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics
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24 Ohio State athletes will be competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Brett Ludwiczak via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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It will mark the second-straight Summer Olympiad where at least 20 past, present, and future Buckeyes have competed.
Even though some events of XXXIII Olympiad have already been contested, the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Olympics will take place on Friday in Paris. Not only will Ohio State be well represented over the next two weeks in France, there are a number of other notable athletes from Columbus and the rest of the Buckeye State that will be competing for gold.
The Ohio State athletics department will have 24 current, former, and incoming athletes competing in Paris. This marks the second-straight Olympics where Ohio State has been represented by at least 20 athletes. Three years ago at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, which were held in 2021 because of COVID-19, Ohio State was able to claim 26 Olympians.
Canada is the country with the most Buckeyes at this year’s Olympics, as our neighbors to the north have eight Ohio State representatives. Current Ohio State athletes Alex Axon and Tristan Jankovics will be competing in swimming events, while four former Buckeyes and two incoming freshmen round out the Buckeyes who will be competing for Team Canada.
Sitting just behind Canada when it comes to Ohio State representation is the United States, who will take seven Buckeyes to Paris. Just like Canada, two current Ohio State athletes will be competing in Canada. Ruby Remati will be competing in artistic swimming, while the pistol team will feature Ada Korkhin. Also on the pistol team is recently graduated Henry Leverett, who will be heading to his second Olympics after competing in Rapid Fire in Tokyo.
The most well-known Buckeye competing for the United States at this year’s Olympics is wrestler Kyle Snyder, who will be making his third appearance in the Olympics. Back in 2016 Snyder won gold in Rio de Janeiro before turning 21. Snyder had to settle for silver in Tokyo, as Abdulrashid Sadulaev was able to gain some revenge on Snyder by beating him in the gold medal match after Snyder ended Sadulaev’s 75-match winning streak at the 2017 World Championships.
Along with Snyder, four other Buckeyes will be competing in their third Olympics. Aina Cid of Spain and Elodie Ravera-Scarramozzino of France will both be rowing in their third Olympics. Nichelle Prince will be a part of Canada’s Olympics soccer team for the third time, while fellow Canadian Eleanor Harvey is part of the country’s fencing team.
Overall, Ohio State will be representing 10 countries in Paris. Along with Ravera-Scarramozzino, Maximilien Chastanet will be the other Buckeye competing for the host country.
Other countries which include an Ohio State athlete that haven’t already been mentioned are Germany, Lithuania, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad & Tobago. Current Ohio State athletes from those countries include diver Lena Hentschel from Germany, swimmer Tomas Navikonis of Lithuania, and track & field athlete Leah Bertrand from Trinidad & Tobago.
In what will be the final Olympics of his career, LeBron James will be playing for Team USA basketball in the Olympics for the first time since 2012. After starting his Olympic career with a bronze medal in Athens in 2004, James won gold in 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London.
James has been selected as one of the flag bearers for the United States at the opening ceremony, becoming the first male basketball player to do so for the United States. Team USA will be going for their fifth consecutive gold medal.
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Even though she was raised in Texas, Simone Biles was born in Columbus in 1997. This marks the third Olympics for Biles, who has won four gold medals, a silver medal, and two bronze medals in her previous two Olympics.
No matter what happens in Paris, the talented gymnast will go down as one of the most famous Olympic athletes ever from the United States.
While Jason Day will be representing Australia at the Olympics, the golfer now calls Westerville home. Day will be competing in his first Olympics, joining fellow Australian golfer Min Woo Lee in this year’s men’s tournament, which will start next Thursday at Le Golf National near Paris.
Day will be trying to defeat defending gold medalist Xander Schauffele of the United States, who is the hottest golfer on the planet right now after winning the first two major tournaments of his career in the last few months.
Cincinnati native Rose Lavelle will be competing for the United States Women’s National Soccer Team in Paris, hoping to help the USWNT return to glory. This will be the second Olympics for Lavelle, who was part of the bronze medal squad in 2021 in Tokyo.
Lavelle was part of the USWNT squad that competed in the 2023 Women’s World Cup, but was coming off a major knee injury and wasn’t quite 100 percent. Last month Lavelle became the 43rd woman to appear in 100 matches for the USWNT.
Over the next few weeks the Columbus Crew will be without their starting goalie, as Patrick Schulte was selected to represent the men’s Olympic soccer team. Unfortunately things have gotten off to a rough start for Schulte and his teammates, as they lost to France 3-0 on Wednesday.
Men’s soccer teams playing in the Olympics are composed mostly of players that are 23 and younger. Schulte turned 23 back in March.
The United States plays New Zealand on Saturday before closing out their group stage schedule on Tuesday against Guinea.
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Brett Ludwiczak via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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It will mark the second-straight Summer Olympiad where at least 20 past, present, and future Buckeyes have competed.
Even though some events of XXXIII Olympiad have already been contested, the opening ceremonies of the 2024 Olympics will take place on Friday in Paris. Not only will Ohio State be well represented over the next two weeks in France, there are a number of other notable athletes from Columbus and the rest of the Buckeye State that will be competing for gold.
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The Ohio State athletics department will have 24 current, former, and incoming athletes competing in Paris. This marks the second-straight Olympics where Ohio State has been represented by at least 20 athletes. Three years ago at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, which were held in 2021 because of COVID-19, Ohio State was able to claim 26 Olympians.
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Canada is the country with the most Buckeyes at this year’s Olympics, as our neighbors to the north have eight Ohio State representatives. Current Ohio State athletes Alex Axon and Tristan Jankovics will be competing in swimming events, while four former Buckeyes and two incoming freshmen round out the Buckeyes who will be competing for Team Canada.
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Sitting just behind Canada when it comes to Ohio State representation is the United States, who will take seven Buckeyes to Paris. Just like Canada, two current Ohio State athletes will be competing in Canada. Ruby Remati will be competing in artistic swimming, while the pistol team will feature Ada Korkhin. Also on the pistol team is recently graduated Henry Leverett, who will be heading to his second Olympics after competing in Rapid Fire in Tokyo.
The most well-known Buckeye competing for the United States at this year’s Olympics is wrestler Kyle Snyder, who will be making his third appearance in the Olympics. Back in 2016 Snyder won gold in Rio de Janeiro before turning 21. Snyder had to settle for silver in Tokyo, as Abdulrashid Sadulaev was able to gain some revenge on Snyder by beating him in the gold medal match after Snyder ended Sadulaev’s 75-match winning streak at the 2017 World Championships.
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Along with Snyder, four other Buckeyes will be competing in their third Olympics. Aina Cid of Spain and Elodie Ravera-Scarramozzino of France will both be rowing in their third Olympics. Nichelle Prince will be a part of Canada’s Olympics soccer team for the third time, while fellow Canadian Eleanor Harvey is part of the country’s fencing team.
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Overall, Ohio State will be representing 10 countries in Paris. Along with Ravera-Scarramozzino, Maximilien Chastanet will be the other Buckeye competing for the host country.
Other countries which include an Ohio State athlete that haven’t already been mentioned are Germany, Lithuania, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad & Tobago. Current Ohio State athletes from those countries include diver Lena Hentschel from Germany, swimmer Tomas Navikonis of Lithuania, and track & field athlete Leah Bertrand from Trinidad & Tobago.
Other notable Columbus/Ohio connections at the 2024 Olympics
LeBron James
In what will be the final Olympics of his career, LeBron James will be playing for Team USA basketball in the Olympics for the first time since 2012. After starting his Olympic career with a bronze medal in Athens in 2004, James won gold in 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London.
James has been selected as one of the flag bearers for the United States at the opening ceremony, becoming the first male basketball player to do so for the United States. Team USA will be going for their fifth consecutive gold medal.
Simone Biles
Even though she was raised in Texas, Simone Biles was born in Columbus in 1997. This marks the third Olympics for Biles, who has won four gold medals, a silver medal, and two bronze medals in her previous two Olympics.
No matter what happens in Paris, the talented gymnast will go down as one of the most famous Olympic athletes ever from the United States.
Jason Day
While Jason Day will be representing Australia at the Olympics, the golfer now calls Westerville home. Day will be competing in his first Olympics, joining fellow Australian golfer Min Woo Lee in this year’s men’s tournament, which will start next Thursday at Le Golf National near Paris.
Day will be trying to defeat defending gold medalist Xander Schauffele of the United States, who is the hottest golfer on the planet right now after winning the first two major tournaments of his career in the last few months.
Rose Lavelle
Cincinnati native Rose Lavelle will be competing for the United States Women’s National Soccer Team in Paris, hoping to help the USWNT return to glory. This will be the second Olympics for Lavelle, who was part of the bronze medal squad in 2021 in Tokyo.
Lavelle was part of the USWNT squad that competed in the 2023 Women’s World Cup, but was coming off a major knee injury and wasn’t quite 100 percent. Last month Lavelle became the 43rd woman to appear in 100 matches for the USWNT.
Patrick Schulte
Over the next few weeks the Columbus Crew will be without their starting goalie, as Patrick Schulte was selected to represent the men’s Olympic soccer team. Unfortunately things have gotten off to a rough start for Schulte and his teammates, as they lost to France 3-0 on Wednesday.
Men’s soccer teams playing in the Olympics are composed mostly of players that are 23 and younger. Schulte turned 23 back in March.
The United States plays New Zealand on Saturday before closing out their group stage schedule on Tuesday against Guinea.
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LGHL I-80 Football Show: Can Northwestern build on last season or will Wildcats take a step back?
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With 18 teams in the conference someone has to lose games, Dante and Jordan discuss which teams will be bottom feeders in 2024.
Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we travel down I-80 to talk all things Big Ten Football. This is the only Big Ten Podcast that’ll cover all 18 teams. After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to for the next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host Dante Morgan.
If you’re like me you’re unprepared for how fast this summer has gone and how quickly the 2024 College Football Season approaches! With August a week away, Fall camps should be starting soon which means it is conference preview season. In this episode, Jordan and Dante kick off conference previews by discussing the four programs most likely to be bottom feeders in 2024.
Unlike other years, all of these programs have some form of optimism going into the season but that makes ending in this category even tougher. For three of them, they have first or second-year head coaches so they will just have to take their lumps as the Big Ten did not do them any favors with their schedules.
The mantra for this year in an expanded conference and with a large number of teams being led by new coaches is, that someone has to lose these games. This season those someones are most likely Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, and Purdue. All four programs have to play some combination of Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, and Penn State.
To make matters worse, Iowa is also on some of their schedules ensuring that they are stuck players multiple games against the top of the conference. Illinois is looking to regain its momentum from the 2022 season while Northwestern is hoping to prove that winning eight games in 2023 was not a fluke despite six of their eight victories being one-score games.
Indiana is head over heels with head coach Curt Cignetti a multiple-time national champion at the FCS level but the best players on his roster are transfers from his old school James Madison and we do not know how they will translate to playing a nine-game Big Ten Schedule. Purdue has potential all-conference players at running back, defensive end, and safety but outside of those three players they are at a significant talent disadvantage with a roster decimated by transfers and players running out of eligibility. They will be a transfer-heavy roster in 2024 and will have to hope that head coach Ryan Walters can make a second-year leap.
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With 18 teams in the conference someone has to lose games, Dante and Jordan discuss which teams will be bottom feeders in 2024.
Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we travel down I-80 to talk all things Big Ten Football. This is the only Big Ten Podcast that’ll cover all 18 teams. After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to for the next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host Dante Morgan.
If you’re like me you’re unprepared for how fast this summer has gone and how quickly the 2024 College Football Season approaches! With August a week away, Fall camps should be starting soon which means it is conference preview season. In this episode, Jordan and Dante kick off conference previews by discussing the four programs most likely to be bottom feeders in 2024.
Unlike other years, all of these programs have some form of optimism going into the season but that makes ending in this category even tougher. For three of them, they have first or second-year head coaches so they will just have to take their lumps as the Big Ten did not do them any favors with their schedules.
The mantra for this year in an expanded conference and with a large number of teams being led by new coaches is, that someone has to lose these games. This season those someones are most likely Illinois, Indiana, Northwestern, and Purdue. All four programs have to play some combination of Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, and Penn State.
To make matters worse, Iowa is also on some of their schedules ensuring that they are stuck players multiple games against the top of the conference. Illinois is looking to regain its momentum from the 2022 season while Northwestern is hoping to prove that winning eight games in 2023 was not a fluke despite six of their eight victories being one-score games.
Indiana is head over heels with head coach Curt Cignetti a multiple-time national champion at the FCS level but the best players on his roster are transfers from his old school James Madison and we do not know how they will translate to playing a nine-game Big Ten Schedule. Purdue has potential all-conference players at running back, defensive end, and safety but outside of those three players they are at a significant talent disadvantage with a roster decimated by transfers and players running out of eligibility. They will be a transfer-heavy roster in 2024 and will have to hope that head coach Ryan Walters can make a second-year leap.
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Jordan: @JordanW330 and Dante: @DanteM10216
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2027 MS RB Mikel Stephen (Verbal Offer)
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LGHL Brian Hartline makes late push for five-star WR, Buckeyes make the cut for two 2025 hoops stars
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Brian Hartline makes late push for five-star WR, Buckeyes make the cut for two 2025 hoops stars
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Both in football and basketball, Ohio State recruiting continues to stay as active as they can on the trail.
On Thursday, we discussed receiver target Jerome Myles being the latest player in the 2025 class to receive an Ohio State offer. The Utah native de-committed from Ole Miss this past June, and clearly the Buckeyes and Brian Hartline saw an open window to hopefully get in the mix on the No. 76 player nationally and 11th best receiver per the 247Sports Composite.
One more player at the position desired in this current cycle, this new offer makes sense, but this late into the process makes you wonder how the Buckeyes would fare. Fortunately, it seems as if Ohio State is in the forefront of Myles’ mind as he took time to talk with Bucknuts about the offer.
Going as far to say the common “dream school” quote when talking about Ohio State, Myles knows the value in what the Buckeyes do at the receiver position. Down the stretch he will have them under consideration with the likes of Texas A&M, Utah, and a few others until he’s ready to shut it down.
Heading to Michigan this weekend, Myles has already visited the aforementioned Texas A&M and Utah campuses as well, but with this new offer to his name it is fully expected that he eventually gets to Columbus to see all that Ohio State has to offer. Hartline already has three receivers in the fold and a fourth is desired, so it wouldn’t be a total surprise to see the Buckeyes win out in the end when you consider the position coach’s track record of wins on the recruiting trail.
For now, Ohio State is in the mix and will look to jump to the top of his list.
Much of the attention in recruiting deals with football right now, but Ohio State basketball is still active on the trail and seeing their staff’s efforts pay off. Getting ready to start the first full campaign under Coach Diebler, the Buckeyes are making their name known, and multiple top players are keeping them in consideration as potential landing spots.
Making the cut on Thursday for multiple guys, the Buckeyes are still in it for 2025 shooting guard, Kiyan Anthony. The son of former NBA star, Carmelo Anthony, Kiyan is currently the No. 31 player nationally and fifth best player at his position per the 247Sports Composite. Nearly 20 offers to his name from some of the more impressive basketball schools in the country, Anthony is down to just six schools, proving he’s closer to making his call.
Joining Ohio State as his top schools includes Auburn, Florida State, Rutgers, Syracuse, and USC. No Crystal Ball predictions have been submitted, and it’s up in the air who he is most likely to commit to when the time comes, but knowing his dad’s legacy at Syracuse could point to them being the easy call. At any rate, the Buckeyes are very much in the thick of this race and will continue pitching their best shot.
Staying right in the 2025 class with another elite talent at the shooting guard position, Ohio State also made the top schools list for Michigan native, Trey McKenney. A five-star prospect and the No. 15 player nationally per the 247Sports Composite, McKenney holds nearly 40 offers to his name and from every top program in the country.
A 6-foot-4, 225 pound athlete, McKenney released a top schools list via his social media on Thursday that included 10 programs. Still in the mix, Ohio State joins the likes of Creighton, Gonzaga, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Oregon, UCLA, and USC all vying for his services at the next level.
Being a Michigan native, one would think Michigan and Michigan State would have the inside track for the St. Mary’s Prep star, but still double-digit schools to choose from it’s not narrowed down enough to really name a leader thus far. That said, the Buckeyes will continue working as the 2025 class is a major foundation for the program’s start under this new coaching staff.
Obviously some are going to see this as cause for concern, but the most respected insiders in the business such as Jeremy Birmingham of The Podcast believe this isn’t that big of a deal.
It’s going to be an interesting couple of weeks as Ohio State looks to try and pull off arguably the biggest win of this class with the top-ranked tackle in the 247Sports Composite. If they do, he’ll be the icing on the cake to the nation’s best class.
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Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK
Both in football and basketball, Ohio State recruiting continues to stay as active as they can on the trail.
On Thursday, we discussed receiver target Jerome Myles being the latest player in the 2025 class to receive an Ohio State offer. The Utah native de-committed from Ole Miss this past June, and clearly the Buckeyes and Brian Hartline saw an open window to hopefully get in the mix on the No. 76 player nationally and 11th best receiver per the 247Sports Composite.
One more player at the position desired in this current cycle, this new offer makes sense, but this late into the process makes you wonder how the Buckeyes would fare. Fortunately, it seems as if Ohio State is in the forefront of Myles’ mind as he took time to talk with Bucknuts about the offer.
Going as far to say the common “dream school” quote when talking about Ohio State, Myles knows the value in what the Buckeyes do at the receiver position. Down the stretch he will have them under consideration with the likes of Texas A&M, Utah, and a few others until he’s ready to shut it down.
Heading to Michigan this weekend, Myles has already visited the aforementioned Texas A&M and Utah campuses as well, but with this new offer to his name it is fully expected that he eventually gets to Columbus to see all that Ohio State has to offer. Hartline already has three receivers in the fold and a fourth is desired, so it wouldn’t be a total surprise to see the Buckeyes win out in the end when you consider the position coach’s track record of wins on the recruiting trail.
For now, Ohio State is in the mix and will look to jump to the top of his list.
Ohio State hoops makes the cut for multiple targets
Much of the attention in recruiting deals with football right now, but Ohio State basketball is still active on the trail and seeing their staff’s efforts pay off. Getting ready to start the first full campaign under Coach Diebler, the Buckeyes are making their name known, and multiple top players are keeping them in consideration as potential landing spots.
Making the cut on Thursday for multiple guys, the Buckeyes are still in it for 2025 shooting guard, Kiyan Anthony. The son of former NBA star, Carmelo Anthony, Kiyan is currently the No. 31 player nationally and fifth best player at his position per the 247Sports Composite. Nearly 20 offers to his name from some of the more impressive basketball schools in the country, Anthony is down to just six schools, proving he’s closer to making his call.
Joining Ohio State as his top schools includes Auburn, Florida State, Rutgers, Syracuse, and USC. No Crystal Ball predictions have been submitted, and it’s up in the air who he is most likely to commit to when the time comes, but knowing his dad’s legacy at Syracuse could point to them being the easy call. At any rate, the Buckeyes are very much in the thick of this race and will continue pitching their best shot.
Staying right in the 2025 class with another elite talent at the shooting guard position, Ohio State also made the top schools list for Michigan native, Trey McKenney. A five-star prospect and the No. 15 player nationally per the 247Sports Composite, McKenney holds nearly 40 offers to his name and from every top program in the country.
A 6-foot-4, 225 pound athlete, McKenney released a top schools list via his social media on Thursday that included 10 programs. Still in the mix, Ohio State joins the likes of Creighton, Gonzaga, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Notre Dame, Oregon, UCLA, and USC all vying for his services at the next level.
Being a Michigan native, one would think Michigan and Michigan State would have the inside track for the St. Mary’s Prep star, but still double-digit schools to choose from it’s not narrowed down enough to really name a leader thus far. That said, the Buckeyes will continue working as the 2025 class is a major foundation for the program’s start under this new coaching staff.
Quick Hits
- The most important recruit left in the 2025 class for the Buckeyes, five-star offensive tackle target David Sanders Jr. makes his announcement in just a few short weeks. In a good spot right now, the Buckeyes are battling Tennessee most notably for his commitment, and Sanders Jr. does have trips to both Tennessee and Nebraska lined up for this weekend.
Obviously some are going to see this as cause for concern, but the most respected insiders in the business such as Jeremy Birmingham of The Podcast believe this isn’t that big of a deal.
It’s going to be an interesting couple of weeks as Ohio State looks to try and pull off arguably the biggest win of this class with the top-ranked tackle in the 247Sports Composite. If they do, he’ll be the icing on the cake to the nation’s best class.
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