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SG Braylen Nash (Official Thread)
- By brodybuck21
- Buckeye Basketball
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- Height: 6-4
- Weight: 180
- Year: Freshman
- Hometown: New Albany, Ohio
- H.S./Last School: New Albany
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Prior to Ohio State
- Played at New Albany High School for veteran head coach Tim Casey and averaged 17 points and three rebounds per game as a senior
- Helped New Albany to a 20-5 record and the school's first league championship in eight years during his senior season
- Was named the OCC-Ohio Player of the Year
- Earned first-team all-district honors as well as honorable mention all-state recognition
- Scored over 1,000 career points, becoming just the second player in New Albany boys’ basketball history to reach that total
- Was also on the football team at New Albany, playing wide receiver as a junior and quarterback as a senior
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C Ivan Njegovan (Official Thread)
- By brodybuck21
- Buckeye Basketball
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Ohio State Freshman Center Ivan Njegovan Recounts His Journey From a Croatian Small Town to Columbus: "Out of Nowhere, Literally"
By Andy Anders on October 15, 2024 at 10:10 am @andyanders55
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Ivan Njegovan stands out in a crowd.
Well, stands above a crowd might be a more accurate descriptor for the 7-foot-1 Croatian center Jake Diebler spent his final scholarship on for his first Ohio State basketball roster in 2024-25. It's not just his height that separates him, however, it's also his ability to shoot and pass like few other humans of his stature can.
"I love Ivan's skill," Diebler said. "Obviously, as you guys see, he's big and his size is legit. And I think as he's adjusting more and more to the pace we're playing at — which has been different for him but he's picking it up — I think we're going to continue to see his opportunity grow."
Njegovan enters with professional basketball experience playing in Croatia's top league, the Favbet Premijer liga. The 20-year-old offers a unique athletic profile that could be honed into something special with a full four years of eligibility to work with at Ohio State — and his story differentiates him too.
"I took basketball more seriously when I was almost 16," Njegovan told Eleven Warriors at Ohio State's basketball media day on Oct. 8. "That's when I came to (Under-19) Zadar, a bigger club than my hometown club. (My) first two years I wasn't shooting much there, but then at one point I started to practice a little bit with the senior team. I was playing with the second team and first team at the same time, so I would stay after practice with the coach, shoot a little bit. And that's when they saw I can shoot."
Ivan Njegovan (pronounced ee-vahn nyeh-go-vahn) grew up in Otacac, Croatia, which has a population of less than 10,000 people. Even though he'd always loved the game, that didn't offer him a chance to dedicate himself fully to basketball.
His goal growing up, he said, was to go to a good school in Croatia. Then Zadar called.
"I was playing for my hometown club – and it's a really small town," Njegovan said. "There is not as much of an interest (in basketball) there with other kids. I always liked basketball, I always wanted to play, but being there it's not easy to go somewhere (to play).
"Then – out of nowhere, literally – I got an opportunity to come to a bigger club. That club won the last two Croatian Championships, so I would say the biggest. So when you get that chance to go there and play, you take it. That's why I decided to continue with basketball. I'm tall, so it would be weird if I didn't play basketball."
Ohio State Freshman Center Ivan Njegovan Recounts His Journey From a Croatian Small Town to Columbus: "Out of Nowhere, Literally"
A surprise call from one of his nation's top club teams set Ivan Njegovan on a course to Ohio State from his Croatian hometown of less than 10,000 people.
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LGHL Ohio State women’s basketball ranked No. 14 in preseason AP poll
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Ohio State women’s basketball ranked No. 14 in preseason AP poll
ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Buckeyes start the season ranked for the fifth season in a row.
College basketball season is fast approaching and Land-Grant Holy Land is getting you ready with a series of player previews. Before the season starts this fall, check back regularly for more player previews, schedule news, features, and more heading into the 2024-25 Ohio State women’s basketball season.
The 2024-25 college basketball season is inching closer, with the Associated Press adding the next step at the start of the campaign by releasing the preseason top 25. Ohio State women’s basketball enters the season ranked No. 14.
It’s the fifth season in a row and eighth in the 12 years under head coach Kevin McGuff where the AP included the Buckeyes. Last season, Ohio State entered the year at No. 7, eventually sitting at No. 2 for the second season in a row.
After losing to the Duke Blue Devils in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the Scarlet and Gray were No. 16 in the final AP poll of the season.
Ohio State is one of six Big Ten teams in the top 25. Newcomers from Los Angeles, California both sit in the top five. The USC Trojans are at No. 3 with the UCLA Bruins two spots behind at No. 5.
Then it’s a long way before the Buckeyes join at No. 14. Behind Ohio State are the Maryland Terrapins at No. 18, Nebraska Cornhuskers at No. 23, and Indiana Hoosiers at No. 25. Sitting just outside of the top 25, with 37 votes, are the Iowa Hawkeyes who no longer have superstar guard Caitlin Clark, with the media not having as much confidence in the guard Lucy Olsen and forward Hannah Stuelke partnership.
Michigan State and Illinois also received votes in the initial poll.
The Big Ten placement mostly aligns with how the media and coaches voted in the conference preseason poll. Nebraska is the lone exception. The conference voters put the Hoosiers above the Cornhuskers in the preseason top five, but AP voters have more confidence in forward Alexis Markowski’s side.
Coach McGuff’s side ranked at No. 14 isn’t too much of a surprise. There are a multitude of roster changes that support the ranking. Departures of graduate senior starters like Jacy Sheldon, Celeste Taylor, and Rebeka Mikulášiková are going to be a hurdle to get over.
Ohio State will have three new starters with No. 2 overall 2024 guard Jaloni Cambridge, Oregon guard transfer Chance Gray, and Kentucky forward transfer Ajae Petty likely in their places.
AP’s top 25 doesn’t do much for the Buckeyes light non-conference schedule. The only Power Four school on the calendar this year was the Stanford Cardinals and voters didn’t put Stanford in the top 25. That could change by the time the two sides play on Dec. 20, but right now, the first ranked opponent for Ohio State won’t come until the Buckeyes welcome the Terrapins on Jan. 23, 2025.
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ThomasCostello via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Photo by Jason Mowry/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Buckeyes start the season ranked for the fifth season in a row.
College basketball season is fast approaching and Land-Grant Holy Land is getting you ready with a series of player previews. Before the season starts this fall, check back regularly for more player previews, schedule news, features, and more heading into the 2024-25 Ohio State women’s basketball season.
The 2024-25 college basketball season is inching closer, with the Associated Press adding the next step at the start of the campaign by releasing the preseason top 25. Ohio State women’s basketball enters the season ranked No. 14.
It’s the fifth season in a row and eighth in the 12 years under head coach Kevin McGuff where the AP included the Buckeyes. Last season, Ohio State entered the year at No. 7, eventually sitting at No. 2 for the second season in a row.
After losing to the Duke Blue Devils in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the Scarlet and Gray were No. 16 in the final AP poll of the season.
Ohio State is one of six Big Ten teams in the top 25. Newcomers from Los Angeles, California both sit in the top five. The USC Trojans are at No. 3 with the UCLA Bruins two spots behind at No. 5.
Then it’s a long way before the Buckeyes join at No. 14. Behind Ohio State are the Maryland Terrapins at No. 18, Nebraska Cornhuskers at No. 23, and Indiana Hoosiers at No. 25. Sitting just outside of the top 25, with 37 votes, are the Iowa Hawkeyes who no longer have superstar guard Caitlin Clark, with the media not having as much confidence in the guard Lucy Olsen and forward Hannah Stuelke partnership.
Michigan State and Illinois also received votes in the initial poll.
The Big Ten placement mostly aligns with how the media and coaches voted in the conference preseason poll. Nebraska is the lone exception. The conference voters put the Hoosiers above the Cornhuskers in the preseason top five, but AP voters have more confidence in forward Alexis Markowski’s side.
Coach McGuff’s side ranked at No. 14 isn’t too much of a surprise. There are a multitude of roster changes that support the ranking. Departures of graduate senior starters like Jacy Sheldon, Celeste Taylor, and Rebeka Mikulášiková are going to be a hurdle to get over.
Ohio State will have three new starters with No. 2 overall 2024 guard Jaloni Cambridge, Oregon guard transfer Chance Gray, and Kentucky forward transfer Ajae Petty likely in their places.
AP’s top 25 doesn’t do much for the Buckeyes light non-conference schedule. The only Power Four school on the calendar this year was the Stanford Cardinals and voters didn’t put Stanford in the top 25. That could change by the time the two sides play on Dec. 20, but right now, the first ranked opponent for Ohio State won’t come until the Buckeyes welcome the Terrapins on Jan. 23, 2025.
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*2024 tCun Shenanigans, Arguments, Cobras, Feckless Marmots, Fake Pandas, Dirty Cheaters
- By jarv
- College Football
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Optimism!!
I want to believe -- a case for optimism | mgoblog
I wish Michigan beat Washington, of course.But I am seeing things that I like and give me hope for games to come.I've thought from the beginning that this team has a lot of talented players. Will Johnson, Grant, Graham, Stewart, Hausmann, Paige, Loveland, Mullings, The Don, Bredeson. The Oline...mgoblog.com
If a guy was a recruit in 2018! and STILL AROUND in 2024, it's because he was never good enough to be a pro and is just clinging to the dream. The guy has never shown he is anything more than a Indiana level backup QB. It's hilarious watching some of the DFBIA still swear he's going to help turn around their season.
Seriously. Their answer at QB is a guy who's trying to Tommy Boy his way out of having to get a job.
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