Close the books and throw it away. Officially on to next year…
Let’s start on the roster turnover now.
If all 3 or even 2 of our best 3 players are hitting the portal, then I’d say we need to move on from Jake. He can’t reasonably turn it around next year if our talent isn’t better than it was this Year. And by turning the Crown Tourney down I’d say Jake knows that a critical mass of our current starters aren’t going to be here in 2 weeks.
Hopefully they stay and we can give Jake another year to figure it out and win next year.
From the players perspective I can see why they wouldn't want to stay. The lack of care for the program from the Athletic Department surely trickles down to them.
I'd say Thornton and Mobley are walking for sure. I could see Royal sticking around but would not be shocked if he left as well.
Just sayin': Well, for starters Micah Parrish (Senior), Ques Glover (Senior), and Meechie Johnson (quit team) definitely won't be back. I'll also say Kalen Etzler (who has been here 4 years; but redshirted one) won't be back either.
Can Ohio State return the "core players", i.e. Bruce Thornton, Devin Royal, Evan Mahaffey, and John Mobley? I'll say that they also want to keep Ivan Njegovan, Colin White, Taison Chatman, and Austin Parks all who have potential to develop and be significant contributors.
Just the fact that they finished 2024/2025 2-5 and declined the Las Vegas tournament leads me to believe that there was some unhappiness/disenstion on the team. Does Bruce thornton go pro? Do any of the above transfer out?
The other big questions are:
1) What about Aaron Bradshaw and Sean Stewart. They were major disappointments considering the amount of NIL money they probably received, etc. I'm guessing that they just hit the transfer portial again this year.
2) Can Diebler get some impact players for 2025/2026 out of the portial?
Ohio State Buckeyes Roster 2024-25
Team Roster
 |
Colby Baumann |
G |
6' 3" |
185 lbs |
JR |
Houston, TX |
 |
Aaron Bradshaw |
F |
7' 1" |
215 lbs |
SO |
Rahway, NJ |
 |
Taison Chatman |
G |
6' 4" |
175 lbs |
SO |
Minneapolis, MN |
 |
Kalen Etzler |
F |
6' 8" |
185 lbs |
JR |
Van Wert, OH |
 |
Ques Glover |
G |
6' 0" |
185 lbs |
SR |
Knoxville, TN |
 |
Meechie Johnson Jr. |
G |
6' 2" |
185 lbs |
SR |
Cleveland, OH |
 |
Evan Mahaffey |
G |
6' 6" |
200 lbs |
JR |
Cincinnati, OH |
 |
John Mobley Jr. |
G |
6' 1" |
175 lbs |
FR |
Reynoldsburg, OH |
 |
Braylen Nash |
G |
6' 4" |
180 lbs |
FR |
New Albany, OH |
 |
Ivan Njegovan |
C |
7' 1" |
250 lbs |
FR |
Otocac, Croatia |
 |
Austin Parks |
C |
6' 10" |
260 lbs |
SO |
Saint Marys, OH |
 |
Micah Parrish |
G |
6' 6" |
205 lbs |
SR |
Detroit, MI |
 |
Devin Royal |
F |
6' 6" |
220 lbs |
SO |
Pickerington, OH |
 |
Sean Stewart |
F |
6' 9" |
220 lbs |
SO |
Windermere, FL |
 |
Bruce Thornton |
G |
6' 2" |
215 lbs |
JR |
Fairburn, GA |
 |
Colin White |
F |
6' 6" |
205 lbs |
FR |
Ottawa, OH |
Update: Austin Parks transferring.
Update: Evan Mahaffey transferring.
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