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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

DZ83CK
buckeyemania11 said:
I feel bad for a guy like Brown because he's a Columbus local and Ohio State is probably his dream school; he likely is coming in for very little if anything to be a far end depth piece but if that's the first transfer we get people are going to be shitting all over it. We are filling a lot of slots so everyone should chill until the dust settles and the roster is complete.
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For sure. OSU fans have gotten very bitter and toxic when it comes to the men's basketball program, some people are just tired of mediocrity and want to burn it all down. Diebler will get criticized by some folks no matter what he does. With like 7 spots to fill, it's not like they only need a couple of guys and can easily fill the spots with a linear process based on the hierarchy of importance. Of course you spend more time working on recruiting the key rotation guys, but as long as it's not seriously taking away from their ability to recruit the playing tier, there's nothing wrong with also recruiting the depth tier at the same time.
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Columbus Symphony Orchestra wants to build $275 million performance space

Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux

In early 2024, the symphony entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Downtown Columbus Inc. and the City of Columbus that called for CSO to have lined up all of the funding commitments needed to build the project by June of 2025. But Flynn described that date as a “placeholder” and said that the funding deadline has now been extended to June of 2027, pushing the overall timeline back two years.
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S Caleb Downs, Captain (All B1G, B1G DB of year, B1G DPOY, 2X Unanimous All American, LOTT Trophy, Thorpe Award, National Champion, Dallas Cowboys)

Mike80
BuckBackHome said:
I've seen a few mock drafts list him outside the top ten. What am I missing? If he is available for the Clowns they need to grab him no matter who they currently have at his position.
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I don't want any Buckeyes to go to the Clowns until Fuckhead 1 and Fuckhead 2 are gone....
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Ohio State Women's Ice Hockey (2022, 2026 WCHA Champions, 2022, 2024 National Champions)

ORD_Buckeye
Thump said:
Does scUM have a women’s hockey team?
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No, and I'm surprised they didn't add one and pour money into it after we became a national power. That's what they did with men's lacrosse. Never had a team, but as soon as Ohio State became nationally relevant and made some good tournament runs, they added one.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

Oh8ch
buckeyemania11 said:
I feel bad for a guy like Brown because he's a Columbus local and Ohio State is probably his dream school; he likely is coming in for very little if anything to be a far end depth piece but if that's the first transfer we get people are going to be shitting all over it. We are filling a lot of slots so everyone should chill until the dust settles and the roster is complete.
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I have been chilling till the dust settles for two years.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

buckeyemania11
DZ83CK said:
Some of the reports last year about Cupps were crazy - I know Dan Dakich said he was getting $600K from OSU. Who knows what the truth is, but I think every single guy OSU has seen enter the portal aside from Royal weren't really good candidates for OSU to give NIL to, and I think some or all of them are entering the portal because they wanted more money from OSU. Without unlimited funds, you have to make some tough choices, if that means cutting the NIL that a player like Cupps was getting in order to help replace Bruce Thornton with a premier guard, you have to do it. If a player like Cupps stays for the scholarship plus COA, great, if he leaves, well that frees up money for someone else who might contribute more. I am OK with all of those guys in the portal transferring aside from Royal, who has significant value & you have to add a good player in the portal to replace his production.

The truth is even the best teams generally only play 7-8 really good players at the end of the year, and no one is playing the guys that are 10-15 on the depth chart. Right now they have 4 guys that figure in the regular playing group - Mobley (assuming he comes back), Thompson, Bynum, Ojianwuna. As I said, I think you want to have 8 really good players, so with 6-7 open spots on the roster not every guy OSU is going to add via the portal now is going to be someone that fans should be expecting production from.
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I feel bad for a guy like Brown because he's a Columbus local and Ohio State is probably his dream school; he likely is coming in for very little if anything to be a far end depth piece but if that's the first transfer we get people are going to be shitting all over it. We are filling a lot of slots so everyone should chill until the dust settles and the roster is complete.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

DZ83CK
buckeyemania11 said:
I'm not sure how true it is but people were claiming that Cupps and White were getting way more NIL money than they had any business getting. If true replacing those guys with essentially free depth pieces (Brown falls into this category) is completely fine and then you focus that money on bigger fish.
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Some of the reports last year about Cupps were crazy - I know Dan Dakich said he was getting $600K from OSU. Who knows what the truth is, but I think every single guy OSU has seen enter the portal aside from Royal weren't really good candidates for OSU to give NIL to, and I think some or all of them are entering the portal because they wanted more money from OSU. Without unlimited funds, you have to make some tough choices, if that means cutting the NIL that a player like Cupps was getting in order to help replace Bruce Thornton with a premier guard, you have to do it. If a player like Cupps stays for the scholarship plus COA, great, if he leaves, well that frees up money for someone else who might contribute more. I am OK with all of those guys in the portal transferring aside from Royal, who has significant value & you have to add a good player in the portal to replace his production.

The truth is even the best teams generally only play 7-8 really good players at the end of the year, and no one is playing the guys that are 10-15 on the depth chart. Right now they have 4 guys that figure in the regular playing group - Mobley (assuming he comes back), Thompson, Bynum, Ojianwuna. As I said, I think you want to have 8 really good players, so with 6-7 open spots on the roster not every guy OSU is going to add via the portal now is going to be someone that fans should be expecting production from.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

buckeyemania11
DZ83CK said:
I think you will see a two-tiered approach to the portal for OSU. They need 4 guys to be major contributors, that's the playing tier, and they should have money to invest for those 4. But they could have 6-7 transfers they add because they have lost so many depth pieces, so they'll probably need 3 more for the bench tier. So in other words, let them add 3 guys who arent very accomplished for the depth tier. If they add 6-7 players that haven't scored around 10 ppg, then I would be worried. They should get at least two double figure scorers.
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I'm not sure how true it is but people were claiming that Cupps and White were getting way more NIL money than they had any business getting. If true replacing those guys with essentially free depth pieces (Brown falls into this category) is completely fine and then you focus that money on bigger fish.
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Look Who's Transferring Now (The Basketball Portal)

DZ83CK
OHSportsFan said:
Ohio State, even back to Holtmann, treats transfers like it’s 15-20 years ago. Just looking for backups and eventual grad assistants to fill out the bench.

Diebler is clearly a good relationship/recruiting guy and I’d say an average coach. But this is where the entire program and Athletic Department have to make a shift in mindset and resources.

I don’t have much hope.
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I think you will see a two-tiered approach to the portal for OSU. They need 4 guys to be major contributors, that's the playing tier, and they should have money to invest for those 4. But they could have 6-7 transfers they add because they have lost so many depth pieces, so they'll probably need 3 more for the bench tier. So in other words, let them add 3 guys who arent very accomplished for the depth tier. If they add 6-7 players that haven't scored around 10 ppg, then I would be worried. They should get at least two double figure scorers.
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