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2027 CA OL Lincoln Mageo (Verbal Offer)
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2027 GA OL Kelsey Adams (Verbal Offer)
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2027 NC TE Jaxon Dollar (Verbal Offer)
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ACC to reduce number of games in men's basketball conference schedule from 20 to 18 after multiple down years
The conference is coming off a historically bad season by its standards and is looking to beef up its nonconference performance
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ACC to reduce number of games in men's basketball conference schedule from 20 to 18 after multiple down years
The conference is coming off a historically bad season by its standards and is looking to beef up its nonconference performance
After more than a half-decade of experimentation with a 20-game schedule in men's basketball, the ACC is moving back to an 18-game conference slate for the 2025-26 season and beyond.
ACC athletic directors approved the switch on a league-wide call Wednesday morning, sources told CBS Sports. The conference played a 20-game schedule since 2019-20 (though it was shortened in 2020-21 due to COVID cancellations). The decision comes after lobbying was made in the past two years by some coaches and athletic directors to go back to 18. The ACC's disappointing 2024-25 season in men's hoops was an obvious catalyst in reversing course, sources said.
The league sent just four of its 18 teams to the 2025 NCAA Tournament, including North Carolina, which was controversially one of the final schools to make the cut. Four out of 18 equates to 22.2%, the lowest percentage of ACC teams to make the Big Dance since the tournament expanded to 64 in 1985.
Some upper-echelon programs — Duke chief among them — wanted to drop two games from the league schedule in an effort to avoid dead weight dragging down NCAA Tournament résumés. (Duke nevertheless overcame this, earning a No. 1 seed last season.) The more Quad 3 and Quad 4 games on a league schedule, the worse a conference's chances at more NCAA Tournament bids. The league expanded to 18 teams last season with the additions of Cal, Stanford and SMU.
Even in reducing the league slate, the solution for the ACC's woes lie in its nonconference performances — not its intra-conference schedule.
"You aren't going to fix the problem by going from 20 to 18," one source told CBS Sports. "The problem for the ACC is, a lot of these teams just haven't been good."
The ACC had the worst nonconference winning percentage of the five high-major leagues last season, and in fact was sub-.500 against top-100 teams for the fourth year in a row.
The ACC now wants to empower its coaches an opportunity to effectively swap out two conference games (whose résumé value is now unknowable) for two non-league contests that could mean more, statistically. Not every ACC team will win all of these games, of course, but the idea is to have ACC schools build up a stronger out-of-conference schedule and increase their chances of earning at-large bids to the NCAA Tournament.
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Just sayin': To accomplish greatness the ACC needs to play more "cupcakes"!!!
LGHL Ohio State’s linebackers are returning to glory under James Laurinaitis
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Ohio State’s linebackers are returning to glory under James Laurinaitis
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2025 will be an exciting time to keep tabs on the Buckeye linebackers with James Laurinaitis’ impact on the unit.
Chris Spielman, A.J. Hawk, Andy Katzenmoyer. Those are just a few legendary linebackers in Ohio State history. Now another former Buckeye great at the position is working to restore the glory at linebacker in Columbus.
Since joining Ryan Day’s coaching staff a couple years ago, James Laurinaitis has the unit brimming with confidence.
During the final few years of Urban Meyer’s tenure as head coach, as well as the first two seasons with Day at the helm, the Ohio State linebackers were largely underwhelming. It didn’t help that Billy Davis was hired as linebackers coach just because he was friends with Meyer since it became obvious that Davis was terrible at his job. With the low bar Davis set, Al Washington was able to skate by on Day’s staff for three seasons.
The ineffective coaching at the position resulted in Tuf Borland becoming a running joke when he was on the field. While it’s hard to knock Borland’s effort during his time in Columbus, he just couldn’t match up to the standard guys like Ryan Shazier and Raekwon McMillan had recently set.
Others like Pete Werner and Baron Browning have gone on to be successful in the NFL, which proves the coaches during at Ohio State during that time period weren’t utilizing players correctly.
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Enter James Laurinaitis. After spending a couple years on the radio, the former Buckeye linebacker jumped into the coaching ranks, joining friend and fellow linebacker Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame as a graduate assistant and assistant linebackers coach.
When Freeman brought Laurinaitis in it felt like a huge miss for Day since it was no secret that Laurinaitis was looking to get back into the game in some capacity. The move look to bring in Laurinaitis looked like an even bigger coup since the linebacker’s first game on staff with the Fighting Irish would be against Ohio State in Columbus to kick off the 2022 season.
The way the 2022 season ended for the Buckeyes left a sour taste in Day and new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles’ mouth. Ohio State lost to Georgia 42-41 at the Peach Bowl in a College Football Playoff semifinal. Combine the loss to the Bulldogs with allowing 45 points to Michigan in the previous game and it became obvious reinforcements were needed.
Day made good on his miss the previous year and was able to lure Laurinaitis back to Columbus to learn under Knowles. The move paid immediate dividends, as the Buckeye defense gave up more than 20 points in just one game in 2023. Unfortunately that occurred in the loss to Michigan, which led to Ohio State being left out of the College Football Playoff.
After spending 2023 as a graduate assistant, Laurinaitis was promoted to linebackers coach ahead of the 2024 season. Even in the short time that Laurinaitis had been back with the football program, the influence he had on the linebackers became obvious.
Not only was Cody Simon playing with confidence as he replaced Tommy Eichenberg as the senior leader of the group, Laurinaitis was able to start molding Sonny Styles, who was moved to linebacker from safety. Both Simon and Styles recorded at least 100 tackles last year. Simon would go on to be selected in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals.
Now that Simon is in the pros, Styles now will be the leader of the linebackers in 2025. After excelling in his first full season at linebacker, an even bigger jump is expected from the Pickerington product since he’ll have another offseason to work with Laurinaitis. Joining Styles will be Arvell Reese, who impressed last season.
It’s clear that Laurinaitis is putting together a strong group of players behind Styles with Reese, as well as underclassmen Riley Pettijohn and Payton Pierce. Not even on campus yet are 2026 four-star commits Simeon Caldwell and C.J. Sanna.
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With the Ohio State defensive line featuring so many new starters in 2025, even more will be expected from the linebackers this season. This is the kind of situation Laurinaitis has to love. You know he is going to challenge his players to raise up to the moment since he would relish situations like this as a player.
Along with being such a fierce competitor, Laurinaitis is an also a tremendous human being, which are two things he’ll expect his players to be. Since returning to his alma mater, there has definitely been an increase in confidence and heart shown by Buckeye linebackers.
Much like what Brian Hartline has shown since become a part of the coaching staff, Laurinaitis looks like he is in it for the long haul in Columbus. Despite Ryan Day bringing in Matt Patricia to replace Knowles as defensive coordinator, it feels like only a matter of time before Laurinaitis holds the position.
Had Knowles stuck around for another year or two before leaving, elevating Laurinaitis to defensive coordinator would have likely been a no-brainer. Just right now, he’s not quite ready since he will be entering just his second season as linebackers coach. Luckily it feels like Patricia won’t be at Ohio State for years, since with some time to restore his coaching reputation in Columbus, the former NFL head coach will probably get the itch to head back to the pros, much like Chip Kelly did following the 2024 season.
The future for not only the Ohio State linebackers, but the defense as a whole is in great hands because of the influence Laurinaitis has. The intensity Laurinaitis brings is infectious and the resulting the short amount of time he has been with the team have been undeniable.
Those who have been itching to see the unit return to dominance are getting what they have craved for so long, which makes 2025 and beyond such an exciting time to be rocking the scarlet and gray.
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Brett Ludwiczak 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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2025 will be an exciting time to keep tabs on the Buckeye linebackers with James Laurinaitis’ impact on the unit.
Chris Spielman, A.J. Hawk, Andy Katzenmoyer. Those are just a few legendary linebackers in Ohio State history. Now another former Buckeye great at the position is working to restore the glory at linebacker in Columbus.
Since joining Ryan Day’s coaching staff a couple years ago, James Laurinaitis has the unit brimming with confidence.
During the final few years of Urban Meyer’s tenure as head coach, as well as the first two seasons with Day at the helm, the Ohio State linebackers were largely underwhelming. It didn’t help that Billy Davis was hired as linebackers coach just because he was friends with Meyer since it became obvious that Davis was terrible at his job. With the low bar Davis set, Al Washington was able to skate by on Day’s staff for three seasons.
The ineffective coaching at the position resulted in Tuf Borland becoming a running joke when he was on the field. While it’s hard to knock Borland’s effort during his time in Columbus, he just couldn’t match up to the standard guys like Ryan Shazier and Raekwon McMillan had recently set.
Others like Pete Werner and Baron Browning have gone on to be successful in the NFL, which proves the coaches during at Ohio State during that time period weren’t utilizing players correctly.
Enter James Laurinaitis. After spending a couple years on the radio, the former Buckeye linebacker jumped into the coaching ranks, joining friend and fellow linebacker Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame as a graduate assistant and assistant linebackers coach.
When Freeman brought Laurinaitis in it felt like a huge miss for Day since it was no secret that Laurinaitis was looking to get back into the game in some capacity. The move look to bring in Laurinaitis looked like an even bigger coup since the linebacker’s first game on staff with the Fighting Irish would be against Ohio State in Columbus to kick off the 2022 season.
The way the 2022 season ended for the Buckeyes left a sour taste in Day and new defensive coordinator Jim Knowles’ mouth. Ohio State lost to Georgia 42-41 at the Peach Bowl in a College Football Playoff semifinal. Combine the loss to the Bulldogs with allowing 45 points to Michigan in the previous game and it became obvious reinforcements were needed.
Day made good on his miss the previous year and was able to lure Laurinaitis back to Columbus to learn under Knowles. The move paid immediate dividends, as the Buckeye defense gave up more than 20 points in just one game in 2023. Unfortunately that occurred in the loss to Michigan, which led to Ohio State being left out of the College Football Playoff.
After spending 2023 as a graduate assistant, Laurinaitis was promoted to linebackers coach ahead of the 2024 season. Even in the short time that Laurinaitis had been back with the football program, the influence he had on the linebackers became obvious.
Not only was Cody Simon playing with confidence as he replaced Tommy Eichenberg as the senior leader of the group, Laurinaitis was able to start molding Sonny Styles, who was moved to linebacker from safety. Both Simon and Styles recorded at least 100 tackles last year. Simon would go on to be selected in the fourth round of the 2025 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals.
Now that Simon is in the pros, Styles now will be the leader of the linebackers in 2025. After excelling in his first full season at linebacker, an even bigger jump is expected from the Pickerington product since he’ll have another offseason to work with Laurinaitis. Joining Styles will be Arvell Reese, who impressed last season.
It’s clear that Laurinaitis is putting together a strong group of players behind Styles with Reese, as well as underclassmen Riley Pettijohn and Payton Pierce. Not even on campus yet are 2026 four-star commits Simeon Caldwell and C.J. Sanna.
With the Ohio State defensive line featuring so many new starters in 2025, even more will be expected from the linebackers this season. This is the kind of situation Laurinaitis has to love. You know he is going to challenge his players to raise up to the moment since he would relish situations like this as a player.
Along with being such a fierce competitor, Laurinaitis is an also a tremendous human being, which are two things he’ll expect his players to be. Since returning to his alma mater, there has definitely been an increase in confidence and heart shown by Buckeye linebackers.
Much like what Brian Hartline has shown since become a part of the coaching staff, Laurinaitis looks like he is in it for the long haul in Columbus. Despite Ryan Day bringing in Matt Patricia to replace Knowles as defensive coordinator, it feels like only a matter of time before Laurinaitis holds the position.
Had Knowles stuck around for another year or two before leaving, elevating Laurinaitis to defensive coordinator would have likely been a no-brainer. Just right now, he’s not quite ready since he will be entering just his second season as linebackers coach. Luckily it feels like Patricia won’t be at Ohio State for years, since with some time to restore his coaching reputation in Columbus, the former NFL head coach will probably get the itch to head back to the pros, much like Chip Kelly did following the 2024 season.
The future for not only the Ohio State linebackers, but the defense as a whole is in great hands because of the influence Laurinaitis has. The intensity Laurinaitis brings is infectious and the resulting the short amount of time he has been with the team have been undeniable.
Those who have been itching to see the unit return to dominance are getting what they have craved for so long, which makes 2025 and beyond such an exciting time to be rocking the scarlet and gray.
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LGHL BOOM! Ohio State lands former Baylor center Josh Ojianwuna
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BOOM! Ohio State lands former Baylor center Josh Ojianwuna
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The Buckeyes are adding more experience and size to their frontcourt.
Jake Diebler and the Ohio State coaching staff added some serious length to its frontcourt today, as former Baylor center Josh Ojianwuna announced that he will transfer to Ohio State for his final year of college basketball.
The 6-foot-10, 230-pounder averaged 7.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game last season in 23 games before suffering a season-ending knee injury against UCF on February 8. He scored 10 or more points 11 times last season, including a season-high 16 against Norfolk State on Dec. 11, 2024. His best all-around performance was a 12-point, 17-rebound game against Arizona State on Jan. 11 that Baylor won, 72-66.
At the time, Ojianwuna said that the knee injury would require surgery, and Foster Nicholas of 247Sports reported in the spring that the big man was “expected to miss at least the beginning of the season.”
It is not clear when Ojianwuna had the surgery, or if his recovery timeline will actually force him to miss any of the 2025-2026 season.
Originally from Asaba, Nigeria, Ojianwuna was one of the top international prospects in the 2022 recruiting class before committing to Baylor. He played for both NBA Academy Africa and Canberra NBA Global Academy in Australia before heading stateside and starting his collegiate career at Baylor in 2022. As a high schooler, he finished as the No. 158 player in the 2022 recruiting class and was the 28th-rated center.
Ojianwuna shot a career-high 77.4% last season as Baylor’s starting center before the knee injury. That mark was higher than every player on Ohio State’s team last season, and was more than 20% better than each of the Buckeyes’ main centers, Aaron Bradshaw (49%) and Sean Stewart (54.2%).
He does not have shoot three-pointers, and has only attempted two in his collegiate career – both of which were misses. Ojianwuna is a 64.5% free throw shooter in his career, and has been remarkably consistent at that rate, shooting between 63 and 65.9% each of his first three seasons.
He did not enter the 2025 NBA Draft, but was projected as a possible second round pick this year by multiple outlets that cover the draft. Here is a brief profile of Ojianwuna, courtesy of NBA Draft Room:
“Joshua Ojianwuna is a high energy big man who does all the dirty work and brings great effort on the court. He’s not yet a polished offensive player but he does everything you want a center to do including defending in the lane, rebounding at a high level and running the floor hard. Ojianwuna has tremendous size and length and can really play above the rim.”
Ojianwuna grew up playing soccer in Nigeria and had no aspirations to play basketball. However, around age 13 he was recommended to a basketball coach, and on his second day of practice he was able to dunk. He wore number 17 at Baylor in honor of his father, who passed away in 2017.
Santa Clara transfer Christoph Tilly is expected to start at center for Ohio State this season, but Ojianwuna will be there to provide additional minutes in the frontcourt, as well as sophomore Ivan Njegovan. While he may not be a starter for Ohio State, neither Ojianwuna nor Tilly played 25 minutes per game last season – if he is productive, the former Baylor big man will have an opportunity to play impactful minutes.
Ohio State is expected to add one more player via the portal this summer. They have been publicly linked to several players, including former Texas Tech forward Darion Williams, who is currently going through the NBA Draft process and will participate in the NBA Draft Combine next week.
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Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
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The Buckeyes are adding more experience and size to their frontcourt.
Jake Diebler and the Ohio State coaching staff added some serious length to its frontcourt today, as former Baylor center Josh Ojianwuna announced that he will transfer to Ohio State for his final year of college basketball.
The 6-foot-10, 230-pounder averaged 7.4 points and 6.4 rebounds per game last season in 23 games before suffering a season-ending knee injury against UCF on February 8. He scored 10 or more points 11 times last season, including a season-high 16 against Norfolk State on Dec. 11, 2024. His best all-around performance was a 12-point, 17-rebound game against Arizona State on Jan. 11 that Baylor won, 72-66.
At the time, Ojianwuna said that the knee injury would require surgery, and Foster Nicholas of 247Sports reported in the spring that the big man was “expected to miss at least the beginning of the season.”
It is not clear when Ojianwuna had the surgery, or if his recovery timeline will actually force him to miss any of the 2025-2026 season.
Originally from Asaba, Nigeria, Ojianwuna was one of the top international prospects in the 2022 recruiting class before committing to Baylor. He played for both NBA Academy Africa and Canberra NBA Global Academy in Australia before heading stateside and starting his collegiate career at Baylor in 2022. As a high schooler, he finished as the No. 158 player in the 2022 recruiting class and was the 28th-rated center.
Ojianwuna shot a career-high 77.4% last season as Baylor’s starting center before the knee injury. That mark was higher than every player on Ohio State’s team last season, and was more than 20% better than each of the Buckeyes’ main centers, Aaron Bradshaw (49%) and Sean Stewart (54.2%).
He does not have shoot three-pointers, and has only attempted two in his collegiate career – both of which were misses. Ojianwuna is a 64.5% free throw shooter in his career, and has been remarkably consistent at that rate, shooting between 63 and 65.9% each of his first three seasons.
He did not enter the 2025 NBA Draft, but was projected as a possible second round pick this year by multiple outlets that cover the draft. Here is a brief profile of Ojianwuna, courtesy of NBA Draft Room:
“Joshua Ojianwuna is a high energy big man who does all the dirty work and brings great effort on the court. He’s not yet a polished offensive player but he does everything you want a center to do including defending in the lane, rebounding at a high level and running the floor hard. Ojianwuna has tremendous size and length and can really play above the rim.”
Ojianwuna grew up playing soccer in Nigeria and had no aspirations to play basketball. However, around age 13 he was recommended to a basketball coach, and on his second day of practice he was able to dunk. He wore number 17 at Baylor in honor of his father, who passed away in 2017.
Santa Clara transfer Christoph Tilly is expected to start at center for Ohio State this season, but Ojianwuna will be there to provide additional minutes in the frontcourt, as well as sophomore Ivan Njegovan. While he may not be a starter for Ohio State, neither Ojianwuna nor Tilly played 25 minutes per game last season – if he is productive, the former Baylor big man will have an opportunity to play impactful minutes.
Ohio State is expected to add one more player via the portal this summer. They have been publicly linked to several players, including former Texas Tech forward Darion Williams, who is currently going through the NBA Draft process and will participate in the NBA Draft Combine next week.
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C Josh Ojianwuna (Official Thread)
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Josh Ojianwuna
Position: F
Height: 6'10
Weight: 230
High School: NBA Global Academy
Hometown: Asaba, Nigeria
Class: Senior (in 2025/2026)
2024-25 (Junior): Suffered a season-ending knee injury against UCF, missing the final 12 games of the season (2/8/25) ... Had 11 double-figure scoring games, after having just five in his previous two seasons ... Recorded a career-high four double-doubles ... Tallied 10 points in a road game at Texas Tech (2/4/25) ... Notched 11 points in a comeback win against Kansas (2/1/25) ... Pulled down 17 rebounds at Arizona St., which were the most by a BU player against a Big 12 opponent since Freddie Gillespie had 17 at TCU on Feb. 29, 2020 (1/11) ... Poured in 10 points in home win against Cincinnati (1/7/25) ... Notched a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at Iowa State (1/4/25) ... Had 10 points and 10 boards in a win over Arlington Baptist (12/27/24) ... Scored a season-high 16 points against Norfolk State (12/11/24) ... Contributed 13 points in a home win against ACU (12/9/24) ... Went 6-for-6 from the Charity Stripe en route to 10 points against Tarleton (11/17/24) ... Had 11 points against Sam Houston State (11/12/24) ... Scored 10 points in the season-opener against Gonzaga (11/4/25).
2023-24 (Sophomore): Had a game-high seven rebounds in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against Colgate (3/22/24) … Gave the Bears big minutes off the bench with 10 points and seven rebounds on 5-for-5 shooting in a win at WVU (2/14/24) … Tied a career high with 11 points including three rim-rocking dunks to help lead BU past Cincinnati (1/13/24) … Notched a double-figure scoring effort for the third time in his career with 10 against Gardner-Webb (11/12/23) … Tallied his second-career double-figure rebounding game with 10 boards against John Brown (11/9/23).
2022-23 (Freshman): Matched his career-high 11 points off the bench against TCU (1/4) ... Recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Nicholls (12/28) ... Notched a then career-high 8 rebounds, leading the Bears to a win over Northwestern State (12/20) ... Scored nine points and picked up 7 rebounds in his collegiate debut against MSVU (11/7) ... Had 14 rebounds in first two games of collegiate career ... Debuted with the Bears as they represented Team USA in the inaugural GLOBL Jam in Toronto in July ... He arrived just hours before BU's game against Team Canada but played 14 minutes, scoring 6 points and grabbing 4 rebounds ... Finished second on the team with 5.5 rebounds per game in four contests.
High School: Attended NBA Academy Africa in 2017 before transitioning to NBA Global Academy in 2019 … Participated in the NCAA’s Next Generation Sunday event at the 2019 Men’s Final Four … Competed for The NBA Academy Africa the 2019 NBA Academy Games in Atlanta … Participated in Basketball Without Borders Africa 2019 in Senegal … Helped his team to a third-place finish in the 2018 NBA Academy Games for NBA Academy Africa … Competed alongside top prospects from the league’s academies in a series of exhibition games at the NBA G League Winter Showcase in Las Vegas in December of 2018 …
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Josh Ojianwuna (17) Forward - 2024-25 (Junior): Suffered a season-ending knee injury against UCF, missing the final 12 games of the season (2/8/25) ... Had 11 double-figure
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Position: F
Height: 6'10
Weight: 230
High School: NBA Global Academy
Hometown: Asaba, Nigeria
Class: Senior (in 2025/2026)
2024-25 (Junior): Suffered a season-ending knee injury against UCF, missing the final 12 games of the season (2/8/25) ... Had 11 double-figure scoring games, after having just five in his previous two seasons ... Recorded a career-high four double-doubles ... Tallied 10 points in a road game at Texas Tech (2/4/25) ... Notched 11 points in a comeback win against Kansas (2/1/25) ... Pulled down 17 rebounds at Arizona St., which were the most by a BU player against a Big 12 opponent since Freddie Gillespie had 17 at TCU on Feb. 29, 2020 (1/11) ... Poured in 10 points in home win against Cincinnati (1/7/25) ... Notched a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds at Iowa State (1/4/25) ... Had 10 points and 10 boards in a win over Arlington Baptist (12/27/24) ... Scored a season-high 16 points against Norfolk State (12/11/24) ... Contributed 13 points in a home win against ACU (12/9/24) ... Went 6-for-6 from the Charity Stripe en route to 10 points against Tarleton (11/17/24) ... Had 11 points against Sam Houston State (11/12/24) ... Scored 10 points in the season-opener against Gonzaga (11/4/25).
2023-24 (Sophomore): Had a game-high seven rebounds in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament against Colgate (3/22/24) … Gave the Bears big minutes off the bench with 10 points and seven rebounds on 5-for-5 shooting in a win at WVU (2/14/24) … Tied a career high with 11 points including three rim-rocking dunks to help lead BU past Cincinnati (1/13/24) … Notched a double-figure scoring effort for the third time in his career with 10 against Gardner-Webb (11/12/23) … Tallied his second-career double-figure rebounding game with 10 boards against John Brown (11/9/23).
2022-23 (Freshman): Matched his career-high 11 points off the bench against TCU (1/4) ... Recorded his first career double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds against Nicholls (12/28) ... Notched a then career-high 8 rebounds, leading the Bears to a win over Northwestern State (12/20) ... Scored nine points and picked up 7 rebounds in his collegiate debut against MSVU (11/7) ... Had 14 rebounds in first two games of collegiate career ... Debuted with the Bears as they represented Team USA in the inaugural GLOBL Jam in Toronto in July ... He arrived just hours before BU's game against Team Canada but played 14 minutes, scoring 6 points and grabbing 4 rebounds ... Finished second on the team with 5.5 rebounds per game in four contests.
High School: Attended NBA Academy Africa in 2017 before transitioning to NBA Global Academy in 2019 … Participated in the NCAA’s Next Generation Sunday event at the 2019 Men’s Final Four … Competed for The NBA Academy Africa the 2019 NBA Academy Games in Atlanta … Participated in Basketball Without Borders Africa 2019 in Senegal … Helped his team to a third-place finish in the 2018 NBA Academy Games for NBA Academy Africa … Competed alongside top prospects from the league’s academies in a series of exhibition games at the NBA G League Winter Showcase in Las Vegas in December of 2018 …
Josh Ojianwuna - Baylor Bears Forward - ESPN
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| GP | MIN | FG% | 3P% | FT% | REB | AST | BLK | STL | PF | TO | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 24.6 | 77.4 | 0.0 | 64.5 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| 35 | 15.5 | 73.5 | 0.0 | 63.0 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| 29 | 13.2 | 59.0 | 0.0 | 65.9 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 4.2 |
2027 AL ATH Braden Gordon (Verbal Offer)
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School: Montgomery(AL) Montgomery Academy
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 200lbs
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2027 GA RB Caden Wayne (Verbal Offer)
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Position: RB
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2027 OK OL Kaeden Perry (Verbal Offer)
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