Rhymes with "hero."

Jagdaddy said:

I’d say that we’ll have to step up quite a bit to keep Mobley and Bynum away from pretty big money elsewhere. Royal, not so much.

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That's funny, of the three I get the sense most fans feel Royal will be hardest to retain. Thompson is coming and he best fits at SF, which is where Royal wants to play.

otisu said:

Tilly was the big miss considering he was recruited for a position that had no competition. He would have been fine had he rotated with another experienced center of his caliber or better or a freshman 4/5* . Noll, had he been healthy, would have been a nice rotation piece that added needed depth.

My question is, how does a coach go about bringing in depth from the transfer portal? You want guys that will push the starters but what’s the sales pitch to a transfer if not a chance to start?

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Not hard if you pay a lot. If you don’t pay, you don't get helpful bench players. For OSU it's almost as if they have to have their bench being high school recruits they're trying to develop. The portal should be used for adding starters & emergency depth.

buckeyebri said:

What’s the odds that guys we are banking on for next year Mobley, Royal, Bynum get money to go elsewhere?

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I’d say that we’ll have to step up quite a bit to keep Mobley and Bynum away from pretty big money elsewhere. Royal, not so much.

otisu said:

Tilly was the big miss considering he was recruited for a position that had no competition. He would have been fine had he rotated with another experienced center of his caliber or better or a freshman 4/5* . Noll, had he been healthy, would have been a nice rotation piece that added needed depth.

My question is, how does a coach go about bringing in depth from the transfer portal? You want guys that will push the starters but what’s the sales pitch to a transfer if not a chance to start?

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Tilly somehow has weaker worse hands than Amir Williams did and that's saying a lot. Takes little to no effort to dislodge the ball from him

Count me as one of those 'guys on a ledge' when a recruit visits elsewhere, especially one that hasn't (?) had a visit to the Oval etc. Cannot imagine that the recruiting staff isn't worried as well.....anyway, would rather have a kid go away now, rather than later. And y'all know that everyone will be putting out the red carpet anytime a 5* comes to visit. Might be hard for an 18 year old to see though the glitz. But the kids these days are waaay more savvy than the kids of yesteryear.

Thought the 5* we're getting was a swing 3/4? Got the size, but maybe not the muscle.

Well, lingerie wears out over time, but the name on a building (paid for with your bucks) lasts forever. Guess it's a legacy thing. And would imagine that tOSU would want Wex's name off the buildings....

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The Buckeyes will face No. 5 seed Northeastern in the national semifinals Friday at 4 p.m. (ESPN+) in University Park, Pennsylvania. A win would send them to the championship game against either No. 3 Penn State or No. 2 Wisconsin on Sunday (4 p.m., ESPNU). Ohio State and Wisconsin have met in each of the last three national title games, with the Badgers holding a 2-1 edge.

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THANK YOU, BRUCE. Bruce Thornton’s record-breaking college basketball career is over. And what a career it was — big, messy, gigantic, spectacular. What a thing he made of it all.

“Bruce is everything that’s right about college basketball,” Jake Diebler said Wednesday, before Ohio State’s 66-64 loss to TCU. “A young man who come to school, stayed during a coaching change, trusted a first-time head coach, and got a degree. Became part of a network that will take care of him for the rest of his life.

“And then he continued to get better each and every single year. I think development is a word that gets lost right now in our sport because you’re seeing the window for development be so small in many, many instances. He’s gotten better each and every year. It’s a testament to his hard work. But I think Bruce is everything right about college basketball. And he is a huge reason why we’re here. There’s no question about it.

“When you’re a first-time head coach, you’re looking around to say, ‘OK, who can help me establish the culture and the standard of this program?’ And he was the guy I turned to first. So our relationship will last long, long, long after his time at Ohio State. But he’s been a special player and an even better young man.”

During the Ohio State vs. TCU broadcast, CBS’ Tracy Wolson said Thornton is one of only 22 high-major college basketball players who have stayed at the same school for four years.

One of 22.

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Thornton said after Ohio State’s Senior Day win over Indiana that he wouldn’t have it any other way.

“I’m so proud of myself, at a high level, just being true to who I am,” he shared. “I could have been like everybody else, I could have left. I could have did a lot of different things. But me just staying true to my values and making things how I wanted them to be — you only get one life, you only get one decision playing in college, and I’m glad I’m a Buckeye for life.”

After Ohio State’s heartbreaking defeat, both Diebler and Thornton shared similar emotions.

“I love him,” Diebler said of Thornton after the game, per 10TV’s Adam King. “He’ll always be a part of our family…”

Diebler began to hold back tears.

“I think it’s not just him. It’s all those guys. Those guys bought into what we wanted to do, and we took an important step for our program. He was a huge — he was the reason for that.”

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Thornton also became emotional reflecting on his Ohio State career.

“It didn’t go our way, and that’s alright. Life sometimes stuff don’t go your way,” Thornton said. “But I’m just appreciating the teammates, the coaching staff and Buckeye Nation for sticking with me for four years. I’m so appreciative for everything that happened in my life, man. It’s not the way I wanted to end it, but that’s just how it is sometimes.”

Later, he added: “It hits the heart at home. I feel like I did a lot for this program. The program did a lot for me. The memories, the relationships done a lot for me. Mostly me crying because you don’t get to share the locker room (anymore) with the guys you’ve been working with since June. I just told those guys I’m one call away. ‘You need anything from me, just call me and I’ll be here.’ I’m always a Buckeye for life.”

Yes, you are, Bruce.

One of the all-time greats.

Thank you for everything.

Injuries combined with big weight cuts combined with no offense...

Just read elsewhere that Feldman could be defaulting out...

buckeyemania11 said:

With a 6-3 win over the rangers the CBJ move into 3rd place in the metro (games in hand tiebreaker over the Islanders) and currently hold a playoff spot

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Thump probably has them in third "turd" place......

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John Mobley Jr. Already Eager to Get to Work for Better Close to Next Season for Ohio State Basketball​

“It's definitely fuel to the fire, and it's going to be motivation for me every day for the summer coming up and the work I'm ready to put in to make sure we get back in this position and go further next time,” Mobley said.

Ohio State is looking to the future much faster than it wanted after making its first NCAA Tournament in four years. But with Bruce Thornton off to start his professional career after setting the school’s all-time scoring record, Mobley will be the most seasoned returning guard heading into 2026-27 for the Buckeyes. And he’s already motivated to make that year a better one.