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The Ohio State men's basketball team's Academic Progress Report multi-year rate dropped for a fourth straight year, but the Buckeyes remained above the NCAA threshold to participate in the postseason. In data released today for the 2016-17 academic ...
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THE HURRY UP: QUARTERBACK RYAN HILINSKI DISCUSSES OHIO STATE OFFER, SOUTH CAROLINA COMMITMENT AND LATE BROTHER'S IMPACT
The Hurry Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.
ADDING ANOTHER NAME TO THE MIX
Ohio State’s search for a quarterback this recruiting cycle has been something to witness, hasn’t it?
After preaching about the overall lack of depth at the position in the current class, head coach Urban Meyer and offensive coordinator Ryan Day had seemingly zeroed in on Houston St. Pius X four-star quarterback Grant Gunnell. The Buckeyes were widely considered the team to beat in his recruitment following his official visit in late April, but things took an abrupt — and surprising — turn when the staff offered a scholarship to Michigan State four-star commit Dwan Mathis just a few days later.
Fast forward nearly a month, and Ohio State has since hosted Wisconsin four-star pledge Graham Mertz for an unofficial visit and extended an offer to Orange, California, Lutheran four-star quarterback Ryan Hilinski, who has been committed to South Carolina since April.
“It’s a big offer for me, especially coming from coach [Urban] Meyer,” Hilinski told Eleven Warriors. “He recognizes great talent and he’s coached a lot of it. Getting an offer from them solidifies all of the hard work I’ve been putting in this offseason. It’s a big honor for me, for sure.”
Day visited the 6-foot-4, 222-pound Hilinski — considered the sixth-best pro-style quarterback and No. 168 prospect overall in the Class of 2019 — earlier this month as part of the Spring Evaluation Period. He taped his practice and showed it to Meyer, who offered over the phone just a few days later.
“They have a long list of what it takes to be a great quarterback, but I think the biggest thing for them is my leadership skills,” Hilinski said, noting how he gave a devotional speech to his teammates ahead of practice that afternoon. “I think that’s the biggest thing they see in me, that I can lead a team if they’re off track. That’s a big thing I pride myself in, as well, and just what I think is a bigger part of being a quarterback. It’s not always the arm or the legs, a lot of it is mental.”
The coaches have already made a strong impression on Hilinski in a short period of time.
“They’re great guys. They’re very interested in my personal life, and I’ve talked with them about my personal stories. They’ve been great about it,” Hilinski said, noting the conversation rarely revolves around the game of football. “They’re more interested in how I’m doing personally, and that’s a big deal to me.”
Even so, Hilinski is without a doubt one of the nation’s top signal callers. He threw for 3,749 yards and 33 touchdowns — compared to just six interceptions — to lead the Lancers to the second round of the state playoffs last fall, and that’s a big reason he’s near the top of the staff’s priority chart.
“The biggest thing when talking to them [is that] they can see you need a quarterback who can throw to win the game,” Hilinski said, recalling last year’s national championship game between Alabama and Georgia. “That’s what they preached to me. I can throw the ball, but I can move around if I need to move around. They’re just trying to move into that kind of offense with the drop-back, pro-style quarterback.”
The next step, of course, is for Hilinski to visit campus for the first time. He’s still 100 percent committed to the Gamecocks, though, and that makes it a little bit tricky.
“I’m still trying to see if I should,” Hilinski said, noting he and his family have a very strong bond with South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp, offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon and quarterbacks coach Dan Werner. “I want to talk to the coaches and see where we’re at. Based off those [conversations], we’ll see if I can visit Ohio State or not.”
Hilinski wants to make a final decision before the season starts in order to focus on his senior year without distractions. But if he takes an official visit to Columbus in the coming months, there’s no doubt the Buckeyes will make things interesting.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...a-commitment-tyler-brother-impact-recruitment
The Hurry Up is your nightly dose of updates from the Ohio State football recruiting trail, keeping tabs on the latest from commits and targets from around the country.
ADDING ANOTHER NAME TO THE MIX
Ohio State’s search for a quarterback this recruiting cycle has been something to witness, hasn’t it?
After preaching about the overall lack of depth at the position in the current class, head coach Urban Meyer and offensive coordinator Ryan Day had seemingly zeroed in on Houston St. Pius X four-star quarterback Grant Gunnell. The Buckeyes were widely considered the team to beat in his recruitment following his official visit in late April, but things took an abrupt — and surprising — turn when the staff offered a scholarship to Michigan State four-star commit Dwan Mathis just a few days later.
Fast forward nearly a month, and Ohio State has since hosted Wisconsin four-star pledge Graham Mertz for an unofficial visit and extended an offer to Orange, California, Lutheran four-star quarterback Ryan Hilinski, who has been committed to South Carolina since April.
“It’s a big offer for me, especially coming from coach [Urban] Meyer,” Hilinski told Eleven Warriors. “He recognizes great talent and he’s coached a lot of it. Getting an offer from them solidifies all of the hard work I’ve been putting in this offseason. It’s a big honor for me, for sure.”
Day visited the 6-foot-4, 222-pound Hilinski — considered the sixth-best pro-style quarterback and No. 168 prospect overall in the Class of 2019 — earlier this month as part of the Spring Evaluation Period. He taped his practice and showed it to Meyer, who offered over the phone just a few days later.
“They have a long list of what it takes to be a great quarterback, but I think the biggest thing for them is my leadership skills,” Hilinski said, noting how he gave a devotional speech to his teammates ahead of practice that afternoon. “I think that’s the biggest thing they see in me, that I can lead a team if they’re off track. That’s a big thing I pride myself in, as well, and just what I think is a bigger part of being a quarterback. It’s not always the arm or the legs, a lot of it is mental.”
The coaches have already made a strong impression on Hilinski in a short period of time.
“They’re great guys. They’re very interested in my personal life, and I’ve talked with them about my personal stories. They’ve been great about it,” Hilinski said, noting the conversation rarely revolves around the game of football. “They’re more interested in how I’m doing personally, and that’s a big deal to me.”
Even so, Hilinski is without a doubt one of the nation’s top signal callers. He threw for 3,749 yards and 33 touchdowns — compared to just six interceptions — to lead the Lancers to the second round of the state playoffs last fall, and that’s a big reason he’s near the top of the staff’s priority chart.
“The biggest thing when talking to them [is that] they can see you need a quarterback who can throw to win the game,” Hilinski said, recalling last year’s national championship game between Alabama and Georgia. “That’s what they preached to me. I can throw the ball, but I can move around if I need to move around. They’re just trying to move into that kind of offense with the drop-back, pro-style quarterback.”
The next step, of course, is for Hilinski to visit campus for the first time. He’s still 100 percent committed to the Gamecocks, though, and that makes it a little bit tricky.
“I’m still trying to see if I should,” Hilinski said, noting he and his family have a very strong bond with South Carolina head coach Will Muschamp, offensive coordinator Bryan McClendon and quarterbacks coach Dan Werner. “I want to talk to the coaches and see where we’re at. Based off those [conversations], we’ll see if I can visit Ohio State or not.”
Hilinski wants to make a final decision before the season starts in order to focus on his senior year without distractions. But if he takes an official visit to Columbus in the coming months, there’s no doubt the Buckeyes will make things interesting.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...a-commitment-tyler-brother-impact-recruitment
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The Buckeyes struck early, but then went cold, falling 8-2 to Purdue.
Ohio State baseball’s road to another triumphant run in the Big Ten tournament at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha hit a bit of a dead end on Wednesday afternoon after an 8-2 defeat at the hands of Purdue. The seventh-seeded Buckeyes will now have to navigate the losers bracket if they hope to make some noise, and will take on No. 6 seed Iowa on Thursday morning.
The second seed Boilermakers, who entered play with a 34-18 record, 17-6 in conference play, used timely hitting to overcome an early deficit. They will take on third-seeded Michigan, who took down the Hawkeyes 2-1 in extra innings, on Thursday evening.
Purdue came in to the tournament as one of the hottest teams in all of college baseball, riding a four-game winning streak, and having gone 18-2 since April 20. Those two losses came at the hands of Ohio State, so this was something of an exorcism of demons for the Boilermakers.
Purdue starter Tanner Andrews, a third-team All-Big Ten selection on Tuesday, righted himself after a rocky start to claim the victory. Andrews allowed two runs on three hits in the first inning, then just three hits the rest of the way, as he threw a complete game.
Shortstop Harry Shipley powered the offense, driving in five of the Boilers’ runs, including a three-run double in his club’s five-run sixth inning that blew the game open.
Connor Curlis was on the bump to start for the scarlet and gray, and took the loss. The junior lefty went 5-plus innings, allowing five runs, four earned, on eight hits. Curlis struck out five and walked a pair in a game in which the Boilers put up tough at-bats throughout.
Tyler Cowles was the lone bright spot for Ohio State. The senior left fielder went 2-for-4 with the bat, including a two-run double, and also threw a runner out at the plate.
Ohio State got the scoring started in the top of the first against Andrews. Kobie Foppe singled through the hole between third and short with one away, then advanced to second on an errant pickoff attempt. After Noah McGowan lined out, moving Foppe to third, and Connor Pohl walked, Cowles stepped up and shot a 1-1 pitch to the right-center gap, bringing both runners around.
Cowles was thrown out at the plate one batter later, though, when he tried to come all the way around to score on an infield single up the middle by Dillon Dingler. It was the last time the Buckeyes would really threaten.
Andrews settled in after the rocky start, thanks in part to second baseman Tyler Powers. The freshman made several sterling plays with the glove, showing off excellent range and stealing at least two hits from Buckeye batters.
The diminutive infielder played a part with the bat as well in helping the Boilers get on the board in the top of the third. After Evan Warden led things off with a double over the head of Cowles in left, Powers slapped a single to right to put men on the corners with nobody out.
Curlis, who sat 85-88 with his fastball but had some troubles with command, got Shipley to ground out weakly to second, but Warden scored and, more importantly, Powers made it to second safely. He would come around to tie things up at 2 on a single by Nick Dalesandro.
Dalesandro advanced all the way to third on the play thanks to a fielding error by Dingler in center, and tagged up on a liner to left off the bat of Skyler Hunter on the next pitch. That’s when Cowles made his second impact on the game, throwing a seed to the plate to cut Dalesandro down.
Curlis would not be so fortunate in the fifth, though, when Purdue took the lead. A single by Alec Olund and a base hit and stolen base from Powers put two runners in scoring position with one out. Shipley followed with a knock to center to bring Olund around and give the Boilermakers their first advantage of the game.
The day would end for Curlis the next inning after Hunter and Jacson McGowan reached base on a single and a walk, respectively, to start things off. Kyle Michalik relieved, and after a sacrifice bunt and intentional walk, was staring a bases loaded, one out situation in the face.
The sidewinding right-hander couldn’t escape it unscathed. Olund hit into a fielder’s choice to score Hunter, and McGowan came around on a Warden single. Michalik would then walk Powers to reload the bases, and watch as Shipley plugged the gap in right-center to clear them with a three-run double. When the dust settled, Ohio State found itself down 8-2.
For a team on the NCAA tournament bubble, it was not the sort of performance that inspires confidence. If the Buckeyes are unable to bounce back on Thursday, it could be the beginning of a long offseason.
Ohio State will face Iowa in an elimination game on Thursday morning. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET, and the game will be televised live on Big Ten Network, with streaming on BTN2Go.
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The Buckeyes struck early, but then went cold, falling 8-2 to Purdue.
Ohio State baseball’s road to another triumphant run in the Big Ten tournament at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha hit a bit of a dead end on Wednesday afternoon after an 8-2 defeat at the hands of Purdue. The seventh-seeded Buckeyes will now have to navigate the losers bracket if they hope to make some noise, and will take on No. 6 seed Iowa on Thursday morning.
The second seed Boilermakers, who entered play with a 34-18 record, 17-6 in conference play, used timely hitting to overcome an early deficit. They will take on third-seeded Michigan, who took down the Hawkeyes 2-1 in extra innings, on Thursday evening.
Purdue came in to the tournament as one of the hottest teams in all of college baseball, riding a four-game winning streak, and having gone 18-2 since April 20. Those two losses came at the hands of Ohio State, so this was something of an exorcism of demons for the Boilermakers.
Purdue starter Tanner Andrews, a third-team All-Big Ten selection on Tuesday, righted himself after a rocky start to claim the victory. Andrews allowed two runs on three hits in the first inning, then just three hits the rest of the way, as he threw a complete game.
Shortstop Harry Shipley powered the offense, driving in five of the Boilers’ runs, including a three-run double in his club’s five-run sixth inning that blew the game open.
Connor Curlis was on the bump to start for the scarlet and gray, and took the loss. The junior lefty went 5-plus innings, allowing five runs, four earned, on eight hits. Curlis struck out five and walked a pair in a game in which the Boilers put up tough at-bats throughout.
Tyler Cowles was the lone bright spot for Ohio State. The senior left fielder went 2-for-4 with the bat, including a two-run double, and also threw a runner out at the plate.
Ohio State got the scoring started in the top of the first against Andrews. Kobie Foppe singled through the hole between third and short with one away, then advanced to second on an errant pickoff attempt. After Noah McGowan lined out, moving Foppe to third, and Connor Pohl walked, Cowles stepped up and shot a 1-1 pitch to the right-center gap, bringing both runners around.
Cowles was thrown out at the plate one batter later, though, when he tried to come all the way around to score on an infield single up the middle by Dillon Dingler. It was the last time the Buckeyes would really threaten.
Andrews settled in after the rocky start, thanks in part to second baseman Tyler Powers. The freshman made several sterling plays with the glove, showing off excellent range and stealing at least two hits from Buckeye batters.
The diminutive infielder played a part with the bat as well in helping the Boilers get on the board in the top of the third. After Evan Warden led things off with a double over the head of Cowles in left, Powers slapped a single to right to put men on the corners with nobody out.
Curlis, who sat 85-88 with his fastball but had some troubles with command, got Shipley to ground out weakly to second, but Warden scored and, more importantly, Powers made it to second safely. He would come around to tie things up at 2 on a single by Nick Dalesandro.
Dalesandro advanced all the way to third on the play thanks to a fielding error by Dingler in center, and tagged up on a liner to left off the bat of Skyler Hunter on the next pitch. That’s when Cowles made his second impact on the game, throwing a seed to the plate to cut Dalesandro down.
Curlis would not be so fortunate in the fifth, though, when Purdue took the lead. A single by Alec Olund and a base hit and stolen base from Powers put two runners in scoring position with one out. Shipley followed with a knock to center to bring Olund around and give the Boilermakers their first advantage of the game.
The day would end for Curlis the next inning after Hunter and Jacson McGowan reached base on a single and a walk, respectively, to start things off. Kyle Michalik relieved, and after a sacrifice bunt and intentional walk, was staring a bases loaded, one out situation in the face.
The sidewinding right-hander couldn’t escape it unscathed. Olund hit into a fielder’s choice to score Hunter, and McGowan came around on a Warden single. Michalik would then walk Powers to reload the bases, and watch as Shipley plugged the gap in right-center to clear them with a three-run double. When the dust settled, Ohio State found itself down 8-2.
For a team on the NCAA tournament bubble, it was not the sort of performance that inspires confidence. If the Buckeyes are unable to bounce back on Thursday, it could be the beginning of a long offseason.
Ohio State will face Iowa in an elimination game on Thursday morning. First pitch is scheduled for 10 a.m. ET, and the game will be televised live on Big Ten Network, with streaming on BTN2Go.
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Ohio State's 2018-19 men's basketball schedule isn't complete yet, but based on what we know already, it won't be an easy one. The Buckeyes will open the season on Nov. 7 at Cincinnati before another tough road game against Creighton as part of the ...
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“Returning production, though, is where things get interesting. Oh, Ohio State has 20 starters coming back? That sounds like an awfully high number. It is on paper, but returning production gives you a much better gauge of what the Buckeyes have coming back.”
-Bill Landis, cleveland.com
In this article, Landis breaks down what production the Buckeyes have coming back this fall, and — via the brilliant analytics from SBNation’s Bill Connelly— what that actually means for the future success of the team.
The most obviously concerning number for OSU is that they are going to return just 15.3 percent of their passing yards from last season. With J.T. Barrett and Joe Burrow taking their individual shares of last year’s totals to Louisiana, the Buckeyes’ only returning passing yards belong to Dwayne Haskins. He also has the sole returning completions (40, 13.9%) and attempts (57, 12.9%).
Now obviously these stats aren’t going to be a surprise to anyone who is paying attention to OSU football. When a quarterback as successful as Barrett departs a team, very rarely does anyone else have substantial stats to fall back on, since only one QB (theoretically) plays at a time. But, for as much as we preach that the quarterback is the most important position in sports, according to Connelly’s S&P+ formula, returning QB production is not the most accurate indicator of a team’s success the following season.
Instead— believe it or not— that distinction goes to returning receiving yards. That’s very good news for the Buckeyes, because even though none of their pass-catchers last season made nearly the impact of Barrett or J.K. Dobbins, having 90.5 percent of last year’s receiving yards coming back sure seems like it’s a good thing according to Connelly.
Tight end Marcus Baugh is the only one of OSU’s top six receivers from last year who is not back this season, as he signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent last month. In fact, only three players that caught a pass for Ohio State last year are no longer with the team (Baugh and transfers Antonio Williams and Trevon Grimes).
In part because of how vital that fact is to his system, Connelly currently has the Buckeyes on top of his 2018 S&P+ rankings, tied with Alabama.
The question will be if any of the returning receivers can make a substantive enough impact beyond simply compiling receptions. With Urban Meyer and company breaking in a new quarterback, it is likely that we will see a heaping helping of Dobbins and Mike Weber early in the season. However, as the pass-catchers gain more in-game experience with the new pass-thrower, if they can develop into more consistent offensive weapons, it should go a long way to reaching Connelly’s lofty expectations for the team.
“Staff members from the Ohio State football program spent time on Tuesday evening paying forward to youth coaches by inviting them to a free safe tackling clinic inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.”
-Ohio State Athletics
On the eve of the NFL announcing new rules designed to make kickoffs safer, and a little more than a month since the NCAA did something similar, the Ohio State football program held a clinic last night to help youth coaches better teach safe tackling technique.
The Buckeyes’ new co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Alex Grinch ran the clinic, which was attended by about 170 coaches. The goal of the evening was to reinforce proper tackling technique via demonstrations and videos, as well as highlighting the safest equipment for players of all ages. In addition to Grinch, Executive Director for Football Relations Tim Hinton, and athletic equipment manager Kevin Ries were on hand to provide insight as well.
According to 105.7 The Zone’s Lori Schmidt, this clinic was very important to head coach Urban Meyer. So much so that he told Grinch that it would be one of his new responsibilities when he was hired in January.
Hi, everyone! @LoriSchmidt here. @1057TheZone sent me to Ohio State's safe-tackling clinic tonight, and I thought you might like a very brief thread on what I observed...
— 105.7 The Zone (@1057TheZone) May 23, 2018
Grinch, who’s 8-year-old son is beginning to take an interest in playing football, wants to allow his son to play the game with a “good conscience.” He also reportedly made it a point to correct one of the coaches in attendance that mothers are not the only ones concerned with player safety.
Much has been made about the future of football, as concerns about safety and head trauma become more and more pronounced, so it is great to see the Buckeye coaching staff proactively taking some steps to keep up-and-coming players as safe as possible.
I have good news: I've been told that Keita Bates-Diop is perfectly fine after today's workout in Utah. Just a little back tightness, and he's already back to normal. Good to hear about the #Buckeyes grad.
— Adam Jardy (@AdamJardy) May 23, 2018
Apparently things took an unexpected turn following Keita Bates-Diop’s pre-NBA Draft workout for the Utah Jazz today. According to Andy Larsen of KSL.com, as KBD was giving interviews following his on-court session, he had to stop mid-answer and lie down on the floor in fairly substantial pain.
The Jazz’s trainers helped the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year up off of the floor and attended to him in the training room. Reports are that it was some leg cramping and back spasms, but that shortly thereafter the forward is fine.
SBNation’s Ricky O’Donnell currently has KBD going 22nd to the Bulls in his latest mock draft, however, that was done before last week’s Draft Lottery. We wish Bates-Diop a speedy recovery, but, KBD, remember to hydrate. These are the biggest interviews of your life. Can’t be cramping up all the time!
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Also, KBD goes down during media availability in Utah.
“Returning production, though, is where things get interesting. Oh, Ohio State has 20 starters coming back? That sounds like an awfully high number. It is on paper, but returning production gives you a much better gauge of what the Buckeyes have coming back.”
-Bill Landis, cleveland.com
In this article, Landis breaks down what production the Buckeyes have coming back this fall, and — via the brilliant analytics from SBNation’s Bill Connelly— what that actually means for the future success of the team.
The most obviously concerning number for OSU is that they are going to return just 15.3 percent of their passing yards from last season. With J.T. Barrett and Joe Burrow taking their individual shares of last year’s totals to Louisiana, the Buckeyes’ only returning passing yards belong to Dwayne Haskins. He also has the sole returning completions (40, 13.9%) and attempts (57, 12.9%).
Now obviously these stats aren’t going to be a surprise to anyone who is paying attention to OSU football. When a quarterback as successful as Barrett departs a team, very rarely does anyone else have substantial stats to fall back on, since only one QB (theoretically) plays at a time. But, for as much as we preach that the quarterback is the most important position in sports, according to Connelly’s S&P+ formula, returning QB production is not the most accurate indicator of a team’s success the following season.
Instead— believe it or not— that distinction goes to returning receiving yards. That’s very good news for the Buckeyes, because even though none of their pass-catchers last season made nearly the impact of Barrett or J.K. Dobbins, having 90.5 percent of last year’s receiving yards coming back sure seems like it’s a good thing according to Connelly.
Tight end Marcus Baugh is the only one of OSU’s top six receivers from last year who is not back this season, as he signed with the Oakland Raiders as an undrafted free agent last month. In fact, only three players that caught a pass for Ohio State last year are no longer with the team (Baugh and transfers Antonio Williams and Trevon Grimes).
In part because of how vital that fact is to his system, Connelly currently has the Buckeyes on top of his 2018 S&P+ rankings, tied with Alabama.
The question will be if any of the returning receivers can make a substantive enough impact beyond simply compiling receptions. With Urban Meyer and company breaking in a new quarterback, it is likely that we will see a heaping helping of Dobbins and Mike Weber early in the season. However, as the pass-catchers gain more in-game experience with the new pass-thrower, if they can develop into more consistent offensive weapons, it should go a long way to reaching Connelly’s lofty expectations for the team.
“Staff members from the Ohio State football program spent time on Tuesday evening paying forward to youth coaches by inviting them to a free safe tackling clinic inside the Woody Hayes Athletic Center.”
-Ohio State Athletics
On the eve of the NFL announcing new rules designed to make kickoffs safer, and a little more than a month since the NCAA did something similar, the Ohio State football program held a clinic last night to help youth coaches better teach safe tackling technique.
The Buckeyes’ new co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Alex Grinch ran the clinic, which was attended by about 170 coaches. The goal of the evening was to reinforce proper tackling technique via demonstrations and videos, as well as highlighting the safest equipment for players of all ages. In addition to Grinch, Executive Director for Football Relations Tim Hinton, and athletic equipment manager Kevin Ries were on hand to provide insight as well.
According to 105.7 The Zone’s Lori Schmidt, this clinic was very important to head coach Urban Meyer. So much so that he told Grinch that it would be one of his new responsibilities when he was hired in January.
Hi, everyone! @LoriSchmidt here. @1057TheZone sent me to Ohio State's safe-tackling clinic tonight, and I thought you might like a very brief thread on what I observed...
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Grinch, who’s 8-year-old son is beginning to take an interest in playing football, wants to allow his son to play the game with a “good conscience.” He also reportedly made it a point to correct one of the coaches in attendance that mothers are not the only ones concerned with player safety.
Much has been made about the future of football, as concerns about safety and head trauma become more and more pronounced, so it is great to see the Buckeye coaching staff proactively taking some steps to keep up-and-coming players as safe as possible.
I have good news: I've been told that Keita Bates-Diop is perfectly fine after today's workout in Utah. Just a little back tightness, and he's already back to normal. Good to hear about the #Buckeyes grad.
— Adam Jardy (@AdamJardy) May 23, 2018
Apparently things took an unexpected turn following Keita Bates-Diop’s pre-NBA Draft workout for the Utah Jazz today. According to Andy Larsen of KSL.com, as KBD was giving interviews following his on-court session, he had to stop mid-answer and lie down on the floor in fairly substantial pain.
The Jazz’s trainers helped the reigning Big Ten Player of the Year up off of the floor and attended to him in the training room. Reports are that it was some leg cramping and back spasms, but that shortly thereafter the forward is fine.
SBNation’s Ricky O’Donnell currently has KBD going 22nd to the Bulls in his latest mock draft, however, that was done before last week’s Draft Lottery. We wish Bates-Diop a speedy recovery, but, KBD, remember to hydrate. These are the biggest interviews of your life. Can’t be cramping up all the time!
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Wake Forest got the best of the Buckeyes in the title match.
The Buckeye men’s tennis team lost a heartbreaker Tuesday night against Wake Forest in the NCAA Men’s Finals, 4-2. In only their second finals appearance, the Buckeyes couldn’t break past the top-ranked Demon Deacons top-heavy lineup.
From the start, the Buckeyes knew they needed to take the doubles point to have a chance to win the match—and they fell short after two extremely close matches. Mikhael Torpegaard/John McNally dropped 5-7 to Petros Chrysochos/Bar Botzer followed shortly thereafter by JJ Wolf/Martin Joyce dropping their doubles match 5-7 to Borna Gojo/Skander Mansouri. The narrow losses in the matches gave Wake Forest the doubles point and put the Buckeyes in a must-win situation in 4 of the 6 singles matches.
In the singles matches the depth of the Buckeyes shined with Kyle Seelig—who was undefeated all tournament—quickly dispatching Alan Gadjiev 6-2, 6-2. Right after Wolf fell 6-1, 6-3 in an incredibly difficult matchup against No. 4 (and former No. 1) Petros Chrysochos. Those matches made the score 2-1 in favor of Wake Forest but the Buckeyes weren’t done yet.
With four singles matches remaining at that point, the Buckeyes were up in two, down a set but winning the second set in one, and almost defeated in the third. They needed to take three to win the match but unfortunately fell just short.
McNally dropped his third singles match 6-2, 6-2, to No. 38 ranked Mansouri and left the Buckeyes needing to win every remaining match of the day. Joyce helped the cause winning 6-1, 6-3 over Christian Seraphim and only Torpegaard and Tim Seibert were remaining.
Torpegaard was up after winning the first set and going into the end of his second set into a tiebreaker, but Seibert couldn’t close out the second set while up 5-2. Botzer was able to break him twice, winning their match 6-4, 7-5—and winning the tournament for Wake Forest.
Despite the loss, the Buckeyes still had an incredible 34-3 season, had five players earn all-tournament designation, and have three players participating in the singles and doubles championships later this week.
Torpegaard, Joyce, Seelig, and the doubles team of Hunter Tubert/ Matt Mendez all were named to the all-tournament team at their respective positions. On top of that, Torpegaard and Wolf are competing in the singles tournament for Ohio State today, and Torpegaard and Joyce will be competing in doubles.
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Wake Forest got the best of the Buckeyes in the title match.
The Buckeye men’s tennis team lost a heartbreaker Tuesday night against Wake Forest in the NCAA Men’s Finals, 4-2. In only their second finals appearance, the Buckeyes couldn’t break past the top-ranked Demon Deacons top-heavy lineup.
From the start, the Buckeyes knew they needed to take the doubles point to have a chance to win the match—and they fell short after two extremely close matches. Mikhael Torpegaard/John McNally dropped 5-7 to Petros Chrysochos/Bar Botzer followed shortly thereafter by JJ Wolf/Martin Joyce dropping their doubles match 5-7 to Borna Gojo/Skander Mansouri. The narrow losses in the matches gave Wake Forest the doubles point and put the Buckeyes in a must-win situation in 4 of the 6 singles matches.
In the singles matches the depth of the Buckeyes shined with Kyle Seelig—who was undefeated all tournament—quickly dispatching Alan Gadjiev 6-2, 6-2. Right after Wolf fell 6-1, 6-3 in an incredibly difficult matchup against No. 4 (and former No. 1) Petros Chrysochos. Those matches made the score 2-1 in favor of Wake Forest but the Buckeyes weren’t done yet.
With four singles matches remaining at that point, the Buckeyes were up in two, down a set but winning the second set in one, and almost defeated in the third. They needed to take three to win the match but unfortunately fell just short.
McNally dropped his third singles match 6-2, 6-2, to No. 38 ranked Mansouri and left the Buckeyes needing to win every remaining match of the day. Joyce helped the cause winning 6-1, 6-3 over Christian Seraphim and only Torpegaard and Tim Seibert were remaining.
Torpegaard was up after winning the first set and going into the end of his second set into a tiebreaker, but Seibert couldn’t close out the second set while up 5-2. Botzer was able to break him twice, winning their match 6-4, 7-5—and winning the tournament for Wake Forest.
Despite the loss, the Buckeyes still had an incredible 34-3 season, had five players earn all-tournament designation, and have three players participating in the singles and doubles championships later this week.
Torpegaard, Joyce, Seelig, and the doubles team of Hunter Tubert/ Matt Mendez all were named to the all-tournament team at their respective positions. On top of that, Torpegaard and Wolf are competing in the singles tournament for Ohio State today, and Torpegaard and Joyce will be competing in doubles.
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2017’s offense could look a lot like the 2014 version.
Now that Joe Burrow is off to LSU, we know for certain that Dwayne Haskins is Ohio State’s starting quarterback for the 2018 season. While we’ve already seen what Haskins can do in limited action —including a sweet comeback in The Game— it’s still a bit of a mystery as to how Co-Offensive Coordinators Kevin Wilson and Ryan Day will tailor the Buckeyes’ offense to Haskins’ unique skillset.
On this episode of The Hangout in the Holy Land, Colton Denning and Patrick Mayhorn try to envision what that might look like, wonder how Burrow will do at LSU, and more, including:
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2017’s offense could look a lot like the 2014 version.
Now that Joe Burrow is off to LSU, we know for certain that Dwayne Haskins is Ohio State’s starting quarterback for the 2018 season. While we’ve already seen what Haskins can do in limited action —including a sweet comeback in The Game— it’s still a bit of a mystery as to how Co-Offensive Coordinators Kevin Wilson and Ryan Day will tailor the Buckeyes’ offense to Haskins’ unique skillset.
On this episode of The Hangout in the Holy Land, Colton Denning and Patrick Mayhorn try to envision what that might look like, wonder how Burrow will do at LSU, and more, including:
- Haskins giving Ohio State its most diverse offensive attack since 2014. (And if you haven’t already, go check out Patrick’s excellent article about his strengths, and how they relate to the Buckeyes’ offensive concepts.
- Why J.K. Dobbins and Mike Weber stand to benefit the most from Haskins winning the job.
- Tate Martell getting use in sub-packages, and whether they’re comfortable with him as the backup.
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Corbin said he has enjoyed playing with the future Buckeye Gaffney, who joined All-Ohio Red this spring. Gaffney is averaging 12.0 points, 5.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists in EYBL play. “He is a great player with good stock,” Corbin said. “College coaches ...
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The Buckeyes placed five players on all-conference teams.
When the Big Ten announced its 2018 baseball individual award winners and All-Big Ten teams on Tuesday, a few things stuck out for the players, coaches, and fans of Ohio State. Chief among them was the omission of senior do-everything pitcher Seth Kinker from the all-conference first team.
Kinker, who a couple of weeks ago broke the program record for career appearances, has taken the mound in every conceivable role throughout his career, serving as setup man, closer, multi-inning fireman, and even spot starter. A strong argument can be made that the West Virginia native has been more valuable to his team than any pitcher in the Big Ten. Yet despite a season that saw him go 6-1 with 13 saves, a 1.62 earned run average, and a 0.90 WHIP, Kinker was passed over in favor of Minnesota freshman Max Meyer.
“The post-season honors went exactly the way I thought it would go outside of Kinker,” head coach Greg Beals told Press Pros Magazine. “I’m obviously disappointed that Kinker’s not first-team all-conference.”
The Buckeyes did have one player receive first-team All-Big Ten honors: senior Noah McGowan. After transferring from McLennan Community College in Texas last season, McGowan suffered through a poor first year in Columbus. The versatile infielder-outfielder slashed .214/.352/.405 with five home runs amd 19 runs batted in, and was suspended near the end of the schedule.
“I went off,” McGowan told Greg Hoard prior to the season. “I called-out a teammate and I did it in front of the whole team. I was wrong. I let it all get to me, the frustration. But, I was thinking about myself, not the team.”
A new season meant a fresh start for the Houston native, and he took advantage of that from Game 1. In the season opener against Wisconsin-Milwaukee, McGowan went 2-for-4 and drove in six runs. He followed that up in Game 2 with four more RBIs, and would go on to be named National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball following the opening weekend. Entering Big Ten tournament play, McGowan ranked in the top 10 in the conference in a host of offensive categories, slashing .368/.456/.603 with nine homers, 19 doubles, and 54 RBIs.
Also bouncing back after a tough transition from junior college to Division I was senior Tyler Cowles, who earned third-team all-conference distinction. Cowles has posted a .324/.398/.512 slash line, with seven home runs, 16 doubles, and 43 runs driven in. Those represent immense improvements over last season’s .190/.320/.314 performance.
“I’d never played baseball like that,” the Grove City product said. “I’d never been that bad before.”
Rounding out Ohio State’s All-Big Ten nods were sophomores Dominic Canzone and Connor Pohl, who received second-team and third-team honors, respectively. Both players had impressive freshman campaigns a season ago, and only built upon their success. Batting leadoff, Canzone tied for the conference lead with 79 hits, slashing .332/.397/.462, and more than doubling his extra-base hits from 2017.
For his part, Pohl saw a big jump in his power numbers, tying Cowles for second on the team with seven homers, driving in 48 runs, and seeing his on-base percentage climb above the .400 mark. Both players will be getting their first taste of the postseason, which will benefit the team beyond this season.
One final award for the Buckeyes was the inclusion of Dillon Dingler on the Big Ten’s All-Freshman team. Dingler, the team’s backup catcher and a prized recruit out of Massillon Jackson High School, actually took over the starting center field duties midway through the season. The rookie showed good pop in his bat, putting up a .240/.328/.351 slash line, with 10 extra-base hits and 15 RBIs in 47 games.
The recognition these players received reflects well on how Ohio State has rebounded from its disappointing 2017 season. But for the turnaround to be considered a full success, the Buckeyes still have work to do, starting today in Omaha.
No. 7 seed Ohio State takes on No. 2 seed Purdue in the Big Ten tournament at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday. The game will be televised on Big Ten Network and streaming on BTN2Go.
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The Buckeyes placed five players on all-conference teams.
When the Big Ten announced its 2018 baseball individual award winners and All-Big Ten teams on Tuesday, a few things stuck out for the players, coaches, and fans of Ohio State. Chief among them was the omission of senior do-everything pitcher Seth Kinker from the all-conference first team.
Kinker, who a couple of weeks ago broke the program record for career appearances, has taken the mound in every conceivable role throughout his career, serving as setup man, closer, multi-inning fireman, and even spot starter. A strong argument can be made that the West Virginia native has been more valuable to his team than any pitcher in the Big Ten. Yet despite a season that saw him go 6-1 with 13 saves, a 1.62 earned run average, and a 0.90 WHIP, Kinker was passed over in favor of Minnesota freshman Max Meyer.
“The post-season honors went exactly the way I thought it would go outside of Kinker,” head coach Greg Beals told Press Pros Magazine. “I’m obviously disappointed that Kinker’s not first-team all-conference.”
The Buckeyes did have one player receive first-team All-Big Ten honors: senior Noah McGowan. After transferring from McLennan Community College in Texas last season, McGowan suffered through a poor first year in Columbus. The versatile infielder-outfielder slashed .214/.352/.405 with five home runs amd 19 runs batted in, and was suspended near the end of the schedule.
“I went off,” McGowan told Greg Hoard prior to the season. “I called-out a teammate and I did it in front of the whole team. I was wrong. I let it all get to me, the frustration. But, I was thinking about myself, not the team.”
A new season meant a fresh start for the Houston native, and he took advantage of that from Game 1. In the season opener against Wisconsin-Milwaukee, McGowan went 2-for-4 and drove in six runs. He followed that up in Game 2 with four more RBIs, and would go on to be named National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball following the opening weekend. Entering Big Ten tournament play, McGowan ranked in the top 10 in the conference in a host of offensive categories, slashing .368/.456/.603 with nine homers, 19 doubles, and 54 RBIs.
Also bouncing back after a tough transition from junior college to Division I was senior Tyler Cowles, who earned third-team all-conference distinction. Cowles has posted a .324/.398/.512 slash line, with seven home runs, 16 doubles, and 43 runs driven in. Those represent immense improvements over last season’s .190/.320/.314 performance.
“I’d never played baseball like that,” the Grove City product said. “I’d never been that bad before.”
Rounding out Ohio State’s All-Big Ten nods were sophomores Dominic Canzone and Connor Pohl, who received second-team and third-team honors, respectively. Both players had impressive freshman campaigns a season ago, and only built upon their success. Batting leadoff, Canzone tied for the conference lead with 79 hits, slashing .332/.397/.462, and more than doubling his extra-base hits from 2017.
For his part, Pohl saw a big jump in his power numbers, tying Cowles for second on the team with seven homers, driving in 48 runs, and seeing his on-base percentage climb above the .400 mark. Both players will be getting their first taste of the postseason, which will benefit the team beyond this season.
One final award for the Buckeyes was the inclusion of Dillon Dingler on the Big Ten’s All-Freshman team. Dingler, the team’s backup catcher and a prized recruit out of Massillon Jackson High School, actually took over the starting center field duties midway through the season. The rookie showed good pop in his bat, putting up a .240/.328/.351 slash line, with 10 extra-base hits and 15 RBIs in 47 games.
The recognition these players received reflects well on how Ohio State has rebounded from its disappointing 2017 season. But for the turnaround to be considered a full success, the Buckeyes still have work to do, starting today in Omaha.
No. 7 seed Ohio State takes on No. 2 seed Purdue in the Big Ten tournament at 2 p.m. ET Wednesday. The game will be televised on Big Ten Network and streaming on BTN2Go.
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