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LGHL Bold Predictions: Bruce Thornton will be a First Team All-American
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Bold Predictions: Bruce Thornton will be a First Team All-American
justingolba via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
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The four-year starter for the Buckeyes will go out with a bang in his final season
As preseason camp begins this week, Land-Grant Holy Land is diving into its final theme every week of the off-season. This week is all about making predictions that may or may not be reasonable, in fact, some might say they are bold. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”Bold Predictions” articles here.
There were a lot of additions and departures for the Ohio State men’s basketball team heading into the upcoming season, but the biggest news fans received was that the starting point guard is finishing his career in Columbus.
Rising senior and three-year starter Bruce Thornton returns to the Buckeyes for one final season, and I am making a bold prediction that he will be a First Team All-American in his final season.
There are a couple of reasons that Thornton can climb that mountain this year. The first one is I do think the Buckeyes will be better this year and return to the the NCAA Tournament.
For players to get the ultimate national recognition, they have to play on a relevant team. The only player that made an All-American team last season whose team did not make the NCAA Tournament was Eric Dixon at Villanova, and all of the first team recipients teams made the Sweet 16. An improved Ohio State team should help Thornton’s case.
Also, last year’s All-American teams were riddled with players that have left college. There are only four players returning to college who made an All-American team last year —including honorable mention — and only one player from the first team (Braden Smith, Purdue).
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Thornton was a part of the 2022 recruiting class that was ranked No 1 in the conference and No. 8 in the country. However, he is the only player that will see an Ohio State senior day from that class, as Brice Sensabaugh moved on to the NBA and Roddy Gayle, Felix Okpara and Bowen Hardman have all transferred to new schools.
The 6-foot-2 senior is coming off a career-best year where he was named to All-Big Ten Second Team and NABC All-District. He averaged a career-best 17.7 points per game and recorded 148 assists and just 47 turnovers, leading the Big Ten and falling in the Top 10 nationally with a 3.15 assist-to-turnover ratio. He shot over 50 percent from the field and was a career-best 42.4 percent from three-point range.
According to Ohio State Athletics, he is one of just three players in Ohio State history to have 100 or more assists and fewer than 50 turnovers for an entire season, and the only player to do it twice.
There were a lot of rumors that Thornton may head to the transfer portal for his final season after missing the NCAA Tournament for three-straight years, but he has unfinished business in Columbus.
“I’ve always been a loyal guy,” Thornton told Kellyanne Stitts of WSYX. “Me being here just sticking it out just showing love back to Ohio State because they’ve been nothing but great to me this whole time since I’ve been here throughout the whole process, good, bad and ugly, so it just felt right to do it one more time.”
Thornton was a top recruit coming to Ohio State, as a consensus four-star recruit by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports. He was the No. 42 prospect overall and No. 8 point guard, according to 247Sports, and was named Georgia’s Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior.
He knows that this is his final shot to head to the Big Dance in his collegiate career.
“I’m just trying to win games,” Thornton told Stitts. “I don’t care what else I do, just make sure I win games and put a banner up in our practice gym, that’s it.”
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justingolba 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 via Imagn Images
The four-year starter for the Buckeyes will go out with a bang in his final season
As preseason camp begins this week, Land-Grant Holy Land is diving into its final theme every week of the off-season. This week is all about making predictions that may or may not be reasonable, in fact, some might say they are bold. You can catch up on all of the Theme Week content here and all of our ”Bold Predictions” articles here.
There were a lot of additions and departures for the Ohio State men’s basketball team heading into the upcoming season, but the biggest news fans received was that the starting point guard is finishing his career in Columbus.
Rising senior and three-year starter Bruce Thornton returns to the Buckeyes for one final season, and I am making a bold prediction that he will be a First Team All-American in his final season.
There are a couple of reasons that Thornton can climb that mountain this year. The first one is I do think the Buckeyes will be better this year and return to the the NCAA Tournament.
For players to get the ultimate national recognition, they have to play on a relevant team. The only player that made an All-American team last season whose team did not make the NCAA Tournament was Eric Dixon at Villanova, and all of the first team recipients teams made the Sweet 16. An improved Ohio State team should help Thornton’s case.
Also, last year’s All-American teams were riddled with players that have left college. There are only four players returning to college who made an All-American team last year —including honorable mention — and only one player from the first team (Braden Smith, Purdue).
Thornton was a part of the 2022 recruiting class that was ranked No 1 in the conference and No. 8 in the country. However, he is the only player that will see an Ohio State senior day from that class, as Brice Sensabaugh moved on to the NBA and Roddy Gayle, Felix Okpara and Bowen Hardman have all transferred to new schools.
The 6-foot-2 senior is coming off a career-best year where he was named to All-Big Ten Second Team and NABC All-District. He averaged a career-best 17.7 points per game and recorded 148 assists and just 47 turnovers, leading the Big Ten and falling in the Top 10 nationally with a 3.15 assist-to-turnover ratio. He shot over 50 percent from the field and was a career-best 42.4 percent from three-point range.
According to Ohio State Athletics, he is one of just three players in Ohio State history to have 100 or more assists and fewer than 50 turnovers for an entire season, and the only player to do it twice.
There were a lot of rumors that Thornton may head to the transfer portal for his final season after missing the NCAA Tournament for three-straight years, but he has unfinished business in Columbus.
“I’ve always been a loyal guy,” Thornton told Kellyanne Stitts of WSYX. “Me being here just sticking it out just showing love back to Ohio State because they’ve been nothing but great to me this whole time since I’ve been here throughout the whole process, good, bad and ugly, so it just felt right to do it one more time.”
Thornton was a top recruit coming to Ohio State, as a consensus four-star recruit by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports. He was the No. 42 prospect overall and No. 8 point guard, according to 247Sports, and was named Georgia’s Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior.
He knows that this is his final shot to head to the Big Dance in his collegiate career.
“I’m just trying to win games,” Thornton told Stitts. “I don’t care what else I do, just make sure I win games and put a banner up in our practice gym, that’s it.”
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LGHL Ohio State-Michigan named the No. 1 rivalry in college football... duh
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Ohio State-Michigan named the No. 1 rivalry in college football... duh
Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
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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Matt Tamanini, Land-Grant Holy Land
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Bold Predictions: OSU will win back-to-back national titles without a B1G title game appearance
Jami Jurich, Land-Grant Holy Land
The Game is unsurprisingly No. 1... as it should be:
Kayden McDonald, Payton Pierce Among Most Underrated Buckeyes in EA Sports College Football 26
Andy Anders, Eleven Warriors
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Austin Ward, Lettermen Row
How bold are your predictions for Ohio State’s football season?
Matt Tamanini, Land-Grant Holy Land
Matt Guerrieri becoming star for Buckeyes defensive coaching staff
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row
OSU commit to leave Upper Arlington, spend senior year in Florida
Dave Purpura, The Columbus Dispatch
Brice Sensabaugh Breaks Salt Lake City Summer League Scoring Record with 37 Points
Dan Hope, Eleven Warriors
Report: Malaki Branham traded to the Washington Wizards
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts
Loyal Bruce Thornton returned to Ohio State looking to cap career: ‘I’m just trying to win games’
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts
Mike Conley, Joey Bosa and D’Angelo Russell Top the List of Ohio State’s Highest-Paid Professional Athletes Ever
Josh Poloha, Eleven Warriors
This makes me very excited to see it on Thursday:
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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
Photo by Scott W. Grau/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
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!
For your Earholes...
Subscribe to the Land-Grant Podcast Network for all of your Ohio State needs
Matt Tamanini, Land-Grant Holy Land
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On the Gridiron
Bold Predictions: OSU will win back-to-back national titles without a B1G title game appearance
Jami Jurich, Land-Grant Holy Land
The Game is unsurprisingly No. 1... as it should be:
Kayden McDonald, Payton Pierce Among Most Underrated Buckeyes in EA Sports College Football 26
Andy Anders, Eleven Warriors
Bold Predictions: Jeremiah Smith and Julian Sayin will both be Heisman Trophy Finalists
Alex Frank, Land-Grant Holy Land
Identifying potential Instant Impact contributors for Buckeyes
Austin Ward, Lettermen Row
How bold are your predictions for Ohio State’s football season?
Matt Tamanini, Land-Grant Holy Land
Matt Guerrieri becoming star for Buckeyes defensive coaching staff
Spencer Holbrook, Lettermen Row
On the Hardwood
OSU commit to leave Upper Arlington, spend senior year in Florida
Dave Purpura, The Columbus Dispatch
Brice Sensabaugh Breaks Salt Lake City Summer League Scoring Record with 37 Points
Dan Hope, Eleven Warriors
Report: Malaki Branham traded to the Washington Wizards
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts
Loyal Bruce Thornton returned to Ohio State looking to cap career: ‘I’m just trying to win games’
Patrick Murphy, Bucknuts
Outside the Shoe and Schott
Mike Conley, Joey Bosa and D’Angelo Russell Top the List of Ohio State’s Highest-Paid Professional Athletes Ever
Josh Poloha, Eleven Warriors
And now for something completely different...
This makes me very excited to see it on Thursday:
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