calibuck said:

Believe that Diebs will be looking for a seasoned PG, and a C in the portal. After watching the Buckeyes this season, and seeing how much Thornton did, cannot really project Mobley, Chatman, or Cupps replacing him. Losing Tilly and Noel hurts, as am more of a Tilly supporter than most. Maybe Noel gets a medical redshirt? Not certain what entails, but think he'd be support, but not a primetime player. Anyway, see things most the same way as others above, Bynum is going to be tested with the NIL portal, and all the 'tampering' that is going to go on.

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No one thinks Noel is going to get another year. Both G and C they have major needs. I think they do have flexibility to put Mobley at the 1 as long as they get a guard who can pair well with him by being strong in the areas Mobley isn't particularly strong (defense, size, length, strength, ability to get to the foul line). Ideally they get a tough, athletic, strong big man who can pass the ball and can hit the 3, although Ojianwuna may be able to do most of those things.

Just take a chill pill or step away from the keyboard. The whims of a 17 year old and the reporting us such really have no bearing on my life.

Believe that Diebs will be looking for a seasoned PG, and a C in the portal. After watching the Buckeyes this season, and seeing how much Thornton did, cannot really project Mobley, Chatman, or Cupps replacing him. Losing Tilly and Noel hurts, as am more of a Tilly supporter than most. Maybe Noel gets a medical redshirt? Not certain what entails, but think he'd be support, but not a primetime player. Anyway, see things most the same way as others above, Bynum is going to be tested with the NIL portal, and all the 'tampering' that is going to go on.

I like the fact that we cruised while Wiscy had a real soap battle on their hands.

4th straight Ohio State v. Wisconsin final. We're 1-2 in the last three.

Our 5th straight appearance in the championship game; we're 2-2 in the last four.

There might be some swimming or track teams that did something similar before or after the war, but this might be the greatest run by any Ohio State team in history.

Guess what am talking about are the public media, of "Ohio State 5* going to visit Texas" type of stuff. If fake news, my bad, wife laughs at me when I take the written word seriously. Hey, hope he's solid to tOSU. But if I were in demand, I'd take these trips, just to see what else is out there. And as Yogi used to say, "it's not over until it's over".

buckeyemania11 said:

31 points and 27 rebounds for Taris Reed against Furman. Basically carried the team. Uconn isn't going very far if the rest of the team plays this bad again. They were terrible shooting the ball against St Johns in the Big East tourney game too.

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That’s the first 30 pt/25 rebound game in the tournament since Elvin Hayes in 1968.

BuckBackHome said:

Oh good. More public money going to pay for Temu Jerry's vanity project. Always important for our tax dollars to support billionaires.

ODOT staff recommending $35 million in state funding for roads near new Browns stadium

Public records show ODOT staffers are suggesting a $35 million award for Brook Park. That’s nearly a quarter of the $150 million that the TRAC, a state council, is expected to award this spring.

www.news5cleveland.com

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Can you feel the trickle….

Oh good. More public money going to pay for Temu Jerry's vanity project. Always important for our tax dollars to support billionaires.

Interesting article on Mendez's mental approach.

My DVR glitched or something, I had it on record and it just didn't record. So pissed off to have missed both of Davino and Mendez matches. Really glad they could pull off wins in dramatic fashion, hopefully they can both bring it home tomorrow...really tough opponents in both weights.

As far as the team overall...not a great showing. Looking like 4th is the best we can do. Some of it is health it seems with injuries on the guys already mentioned, so its hard to be too upset. We weren't placing in the top two anyways, so the team race is kind of an afterthought this year. Just hoping for the best individual outcomes. Glad to have 2 in the finals.

My main thing when people say Diebler can't win with the financial commitment the progrum currently has is Diebler is not the kind of coach who anyone wants to invest in

BMF

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31 points and 27 rebounds for Taris Reed against Furman. Basically carried the team. Uconn isn't going very far if the rest of the team plays this bad again. They were terrible shooting the ball against St Johns in the Big East tourney game too.

OHIO STATE FENCER NATALIA BOTELLO BECOMES WOMEN’S PROGRAM’S FOURTH INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPION​

Natalia Botello is a national champion.

Botello captured the 2026 NCAA saber title on Friday at the NCAA Championships at Notre Dame, becoming just the fourth individual national champion in Ohio State women’s fencing history. She joins Yelena Kalkina (epee, 1997), Katarzyna Dabrowa (epee, 2012) and Eleanor Harvey (foil, 2016) in that distinction.

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Pretty clear is the Big 2, then the rest. I like it.

Ohio State’s Jesse Mendez, Ben Davino Will Wrestle for National Titles at 2026 NCAA Championships​

Two Buckeyes will wrestle for national championships on Saturday night.

Jesse Mendez will wrestle for his third straight national championship at 141 pounds. He’ll battle Oklahoma State’s Sergio Vega for the title after a dramatic victory in Friday night’s semifinals, where he took down Lehigh’s Luke Stanich for a 4-1 win in sudden victory.

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The No. 1 seed, Mendez looks to become the third wrestler in Ohio State history – joining Logan Stieber (a four-time champion) and Kyle Snyder – to win three NCAA championships. With a win on Saturday, Mendez would also complete an undefeated season; he’d become the fifth Buckeye to achieve that feat, joining Stieber (who did it twice), Snyder (who did it twice), Kollin Moore and Rex Holman.

Ben Davino, a redshirt freshman, looks to win his first national championship Saturday night when he will battle No. 1 seed Jax Forrest, also of Oklahoma State, for the 133-pound title. Davino, the No. 2 seed in the weight class, defeated No. 3 seed Marcus Blaze of Penn State – just as he did to win the Big Ten championship – in Friday’s semifinals.

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Collectively, Davino and Mendez look to become the first pair of Ohio State wrestlers to win national championships in the same season since Logan Stieber and Nathan Tomasello in 2015, when the Buckeyes also won their first and only team championship in program history. Penn State is a near-lock to win this year’s national championship, however, as the Nittany Lions held a decisive lead in the team standings as of Friday

Saturday night’s NCAA championship finals begin at 6:30 p.m. on ESPN.

In its 41st year celebrating the nation’s best high school athletes, Gatorade today
announced Anthony Thompson of Western Reserve Academy is the 2025-26 Gatorade Ohio Boys Basketball Player of
the Year.

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AKAK said:

Sundown was a handsome fella. RIP to him too.

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They telegraphed it in the opening song: "look behind you because that's where the ranger's gonna be."

Jason Singleton leads Columbus Academy into the state finals with a game high 26 points. Will be facing Lutheran East in the state finals again.

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