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Ohio State to Honor Men’s Basketball Legend Jerry Lucas with Statue Outside Value City Arena​

By Chase Brown on September 8, 2025 at 12:06 pm @chaseabrown__

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Jerry Lucas will be immortalized outside Value City Arena this fall.
According to The Columbus Dispatch’s Adam Jardy, Ohio State will unveil a statue commemorating Lucas at 4 p.m. on Nov. 14. While Lucas’ No. 11 jersey hangs in the Value City Arena rafters along with John Havlicek (No. 5), Evan Turner (No. 21), Jim Jackson (No. 22) and Gary Bradds (No. 35), the Middletown, Ohio, native will be the first Ohio State men’s basketball player to receive a bronze sculpture on campus.
"I am so very, very, humbled and honored for that happening," Lucas told Jardy. "It might be the highlight of my entire career. It's so unique. You look at the history of the university, the history of sports at the university, and the very small number of people who have had that honor, it's incredible.
"When I first heard about it, I was so humbled. Jesse Owens. Woody Hayes. Archie Griffin. There's so few that have had that privilege and that honor. It's very, very touching."
A three-time All-American and two-time national player of the year, Lucas finished his career as Ohio State’s all-time leading scorer with 1,990 points across three seasons (freshmen were prohibited from playing with the varsity team during Lucas’ tenure with the Buckeyes). He’s now tied for third in all-time scoring with William Buford, both of whom trail Dennis Hopson’s 2,096 points and Herb Williams’ 2,011 points.
While Hopson and Williams passed him on the scoring list, no Buckeye has passed — or likely will pass — Lucas as Ohio State’s all-time leading rebounder, as Lucas recorded 1,411 rebounds in his career, an average of 17.2 rebounds per game. Lucas’ 78 double-doubles are also a program record that will likely withstand the test of time, as will his streak of 38 consecutive double-doubles.
Ohio State went 78-6 in Lucas’ three playing seasons, as the Buckeyes won the program’s only national championship in 1960 and finished as the national runner-up in 1961 and 1962.

This was the 2-pt conversion attempt to tie it at 40.
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Yeah I get why he did it. But he was not ready. He is one of the poster boys NIL could have helped.

ORD_Buckeye said:

I'm calling my money shot right now.

B1G: Ohio State, pedsters and Oregon with The Fighting Berts last in.

SEC: tejas, UGA and LSU in as lock with Florida last in.

ACC: Miami and SMU

B12: Iowa State

G5: UNLV

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Hoo boy. Florida’s road to the playoffs just had a bridge wash away. We’ll see if the detour survives the storm.

cincibuck said:

Maybe Anthony Schlegel?

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Excellent idea. Now we need an AI image of The Boar Hunter slamming Rufus like that one drunk idiot that ran onto the field.

BB73 said:

New Coaches poll is out. They managed to get FSU ahead of Bama.
3. Georgia (1)

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I get that no one really separated themselves from the pack during week 2, but what has Georgia done to convince someone that they should be #1?

Or is that Kirby Smart's vote?

cincibuck said:

Wasn't there a BP "Upset of the Week" contest? Wha Happen?

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Yes. It has its own thread:

Nebraska loses!

You heard it here first!

was a “quick hitter” trip back home.
was only there for about 36 hours or so.

but got my poboy
got some boiled shrimp
had some Gator bites
drank some Abita.

i really miss that place.

Thump said:

Concussion?

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Sucks

I have this and will be posting it. Along with the Grambling State game. I am working on completing out last season, as well (that will take some time as I am just getting back into this). Thanks for understanding.

Wasn't there a BP "Upset of the Week" contest? Wha Happen?

BuckeyesGunn said:

They won't be coming to Columbus until next season.

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I want the cheaters to be 1-11 after Ohio State beats them. And the only reason for it being not 0-12 is because they already have a win over some lame-o. But.... and it was mentioned somewhere here before.. I find a lot of humor in thinking about Ohio State beating the cheaters in their house, then beating them again in the first round in Columbus a couple of weeks later.
But I'd rather just beat them and keep them from getting a squiggly number in the "win" column for the season.

JCOSU86 said:

I get PTSD attacks every time I see that guy.

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I just get the feeling that something awful is about to happen.

GeorgiaBuck2 said:

Not sure but this dude might be autistic...

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I don't get it. I mean, I enjoy watching people get angry about their teams losing, when it isn't my team losing. Normally, they show the game in the corner so we see what they're seeing. Or the reaction is in a window in the corner, with the game on the main window. Also, they're just watching the highlights, normally. So.... these guys are fans of their teams and they wait until the highlights are released on Youtube, or some platform, and they hold off on watching the game live. Then they watch the highlights and react to the highlights.

This guy may be watching it live and only showing clips of his reaction.

BuckeyesGunn said:

They won't be coming to Columbus until next season.

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Duh...

Captain Buckeye said:

Was thinking we should put one of our wrestlers in as Brutus for this game.

Thoughts?

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Maybe Anthony Schlegel?

Jaxbuck said:

And I said whatever makes you feel better about Cooper, knock yourself out.

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I get PTSD attacks every time I see that guy.

LovelandBuckeye said:

I have no idea who this dirty dildo is but...

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Damn. Going up against a team that knows what you're running before the snap? Must suck

BB73 said:

Why are they ranked #2 In the AP? They lost to tOSU, Oregon, and ND; and instead of returning their best player on both offense and defense like the Buckeyes, they lost Abdul Carter and Tyler Warren, who were their difference makers on both sides.

Allar couldn’t consistently hit his WRs when Warren was there, how will that improve? They do have a good pair of RB, but that will only get them so far.

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BuckeyeNation27 said:

Especially when the head coach decides that instead of using these stud RBs, let's see what happens when we bring in the second string QB and have him line up at WR then throw a backwards pass to him so he can throw to the TE.

Oh......we're out of FG range now. Punt.

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They are juggernauts. They should come into Ohio Stadium at least 10 point favorites. Yep, B1G Ten, #1 vs #2 week after week.

I'm in my second session of the Berlitz Learn to Speak SEC. How am I doing?

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I agree. It feels different. I like the fact that they refuse to be seen as "defending" but rather "attacking national champions".