Offensive line factory Ohio State could sign another 4-star standout soon
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The Buckeyes dominate up front year in and year out. Could a Florida 4-star be the next great O-lineman in Columbus?

The Buckeyes have the top class of 2017 at the moment, and are in good shape to soon add to the impressive list of elite prospects. Already on the leader list of many recruits, Ohio State finds themselves in the mix for another highly sought-after high school talent.

Friday, on Twitter, class of 2017 offensive lineman Robert Hainsey announced the 10 final schools fighting for his pledge. Having picked up over 20 scholarship offers throughout the process, the four-star prospect is (in no specific order) now down to Ohio State, North Carolina, Penn State, Miami, Michigan, Michigan State, Ole Miss, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, and Florida.

Hainsey, the third offensive guard and 69th overall prospect in the class of 2017, per the 247Sports Composite Rankings, didn't just put Ohio State among his final leaders, he also visited Columbus over the weekend to once again get a better feel for the program as a whole and to watch the Buckeyes go through spring drills.

A Pittsburgh native, the 6'4, 275-pound standout suits up for IMG Academy. If IMG doesn't sound familiar, it should. The prep power located in Badenton, Florida was the one-time home of Buckeyes Tyler Gerald and Malik Barrow and currently has Ohio State commits Marcus Williamson and Isaiah Pryor on the roster.

The Buckeyes once again signed a stellar group of offensive linemen in 2016, and are well on their way to repeating what is becoming a yearly event. With nearly a year until they sign their national letters of intent with a school, Ohio State holds verbal commitments from 2017 tackles Josh Myers and Jake Moretti. Since they're looking for an interior lineman to add to the haul, could Hainsey end up in Columbus? We'll have to wait and see.

Buckeyes host Lindsey


After playing host to Haskell Garrett, Tate Martell, and other Bishop Gorman standouts last week, another West Coast prospect made the trek to Columbus. Over the weekend, class of 2017 five-star wide receiver Tyjon Lindsey visited Ohio State.

Having the chance to see Ohio State for the first time in person, Lindsey, of Centennial High School in Corona, California, took the chance to share his trip with the world via his Twitter page.

He might not line up on the college level for another year or so, but the 5'9 speedster showed fans what he would look like in the Scarlet and Gray.


While on his trip, Lindsey -- who holds scholarship offers from not just OSU, but also program such as Oregon, Texas A&M, and USC -- had the chance to check out the facilities around campus and mingle with current Ohio State players. From these pics, it looks like the trip was a success.



Although it seems like Ohio State knocked his visit out of the park, all signs point towards Lindsey waiting to announce his college commitment. Having built a strong bond with Zach Smith, and with family living in Ohio, the Buckeyes could be in the mix until the end for Lindsey.

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Ohio State diving | Colin Zeng wins national championship
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He was able to stay in this country after getting a student visa, and Sochor recruited him to Ohio State. Zeng is the 59th Buckeye to win a diving national championship and the third to win the platform title. Zeng returned to Columbus from Atlanta ...
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Ohio State men’s lacrosse drops a close contest vs. No. 2 Notre Dame
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The Buckeyes dropped their fourth-straight game against one of the top teams in the country.

The Big Ten season could not begin soon enough for the Ohio State Buckeyes men’s lacrosse team, which closed out its 2016 non-conference schedule with four-straight losses against ranked opponents, including the top two teams in the NCAA. The most recent defeat came at the hands of the No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Saturday in a 9-8 loss at Ohio Stadium. Despite leading at the half, the Buckeyes were unable to overcome a strong second half comeback by the Irish, who scored four goals to Ohio State’s zero in the third quarter to gain control of the game.

Notre Dame scored the first goal of the day less than four minutes into the game. Attackman Austin Shanks would respond with the Buckeyes’ first goal midway through the first quarter, and midfielder Tyler Pfister would tack on another goal less than a minute later to take a 2-1 lead. Notre Dame would score shortly thereafter, tying the game with five minutes remaining in the first quarter. After trading a goal apiece, midfielder Johnny Pearson scored his second goal of the game to give the Buckeyes a 4-3 lead heading into halftime.

Unfortunately, that’s when things fell apart for Ohio State. Notre Dame held the Buckeyes scoreless for almost the first 20 minutes of the second half, going on a 4-0 run through the third quarter to go up 7-4 heading into the final 15 minutes of play. Attackman Carter Brown snapped the scoring drought early in the fourth quarter to come within two. Both teams would trade goals, but the Buckeyes could come no closer than their two-point deficit until Brown scored his second goal of the day with 2:27 remaining in the game to bring the score to 9-8. Despite losing the ensuing faceoff, Ohio State capitalized on a turnover to get the ball back on attack for the team’s final possession of the game with two minutes left in the quarter. Brown managed a shot with 46-seconds remaining, but missed wide, sealing the victory for the Irish.

Ohio State’s defense played a solid game against Notre Dame, with goalie Tom Carey recording a dozen saves on the day. Pearson led the Buckeyes with a career-high four goals, while attackman Carter Brown added two more to the team’s total. Midfielder Jake Withers went 13-8 on faceoffs on the day.

With the loss, the Buckeyes have fallen to 5-5 on the season heading into conference play. Ohio State is scheduled to play Penn State at home next weekend before traveling to Baltimore to face Johns Hopkins in another test by a top-ten opponent.

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Ohio State baseball beats Northwestern, 5-4, on Bosiokovic's walk-off bomb
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Down to their final out, the Buckeyes' right fielder supplied a dramatic come-from-behind victory.

Welcome back Jacob Bosiokovic. The Ohio State right fielder, who had missed nine games coming into the weekend with a hamstring injury, hit a two-out, two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Buckeyes to a 5-4 win over Northwestern on Sunday in Columbus. It was Bosiokovic's team-leading sixth homer of the season, and his second walk-off winner.



Winning two of three on the weekend, Ohio State improved its record to 14-7-1 on the year, and 2-1 in the conference. Each Big Ten team plays four series at home and four away in a conference where wins will be at a premium. With roadtrips to play Maryland, Illinois, Purdue, and Minnesota, protecting the home turf is especially important.

Bosiokovic was 2-for-5 on the day with two RBIs and two runs scored. He was one of three Buckeyes to go deep in the game, joined by senior third baseman Nick Sergakis and junior center fielder Troy Montgomery.

Sophomore right-hander Seth Kinker, who threw three innings of relief, got the win, improving to 3-1. Kinker allowed a run on three hits, striking out five.

John Havird started on the bump for Ohio State, finishing with three runs allowed, two earned, on eight hits with two walks and six strikeouts in his six innings of work.

Northwestern starter Dan Kubiuk, who is also a backup quarterback on the Wildcats' football team, silenced the Ohio State bats through the early part of the game, tossing 5.2 innings of two-run, four-hit ball. Reliever Pete Hofman gave up Bosiokovic's blast and took the loss.

Left fielder RJ Watters did his part for the Cats as well, going 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a couple of highlight reel catches to rob extra bases.

As had been the case in the previous two games of the series, Northwestern drew first blood. In the top of the second, Havird issued a four-pitch walk to Connor Lind and a first-pitch single to Willie Bourbon. A sacrifice bunt by Grant Peikert moved the runners into scoring position and was followed by an RBI single from Watters.

After a walk to Jack Dunn loaded the bases, Havird induced a groundball to first baseman Troy Kuhn off the bat of Zach Jones. Instead of going home with the ball to cut down the run, though, Kuhn elected to step on first and throw to second. The ball got away, allowing Bourbon and Watters to push the early lead out to 3-0.

Ohio State got a run back in the bottom of the third on Montgomery's fifth home run of the season. The Buckeye leadoff man hit a shot over the wall in dead center field off Kubiuk to make it a 3-1 game.



The score remained the same for the next few innings, until Sergakis hits his homer. In the bottom of the sixth, the second longball in as many days for the senior co-captain trimmed the lead to 3-2.



After Kuhn followed with a base hit, Kubiuk's day was done. Reliever Tommy Bordignon finished the sixth with no more damage.

An insurance run for the Wildcats in the eighth inning off of Kinker made it a 4-2 game. Peikert singled back up the middle with two outs, then stole second. Watters followed that with a single back through the box to score the run.

That insurance run proved to be huge for Northwestern, as Ohio State put another one on the board in the bottom of the frame. Bosiokovic and Ronnie Dawson singled to lead things off, and an error on right fielder Matt Hopfner allowed both to advance into scoring position. Sergakis then sent a long fly to the track in right, and Bosiokovic trotted home. Dawson would be stranded at third, though, and the Buckeyes were still a run short.

Then Bosiokovic brought the house down.

The Buckeyes will have little time to enjoy the series win, though, as they will play a pair of midweek games against in-state opponents. Ohio State travels to Athens on Tuesday to take on Ohio University and hosts Toledo in Columbus on Wednesday.

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#BTNStandout: Watch Jacob Bosiokovic’s walk-off home run
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Down to its last out, Ohio State needed some kind of heroics to stay alive. [ MORE: BigTen.org: View the latest Big Ten baseball standings ] Two-hole hitter Jacob Bosiokovic had some heroics up his sleeve, all right, drilling a mammoth two-run walk-off home run to send Ohio State to a 5-4 victory over Northwestern on Sunday afternoon. The home run was Ohio State’s third long ball of the day, the first two of the solo variety, and it helped the Buckeyes clinch the Big Ten-opening series. Watch Bosiokovic’s long blast and the Ohio State celebration in the video above.

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Ohio State football | Lattimore heads cornerback audition list - Columbus Dispatch
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Ohio State football | Lattimore heads cornerback audition list
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Enough, in fact, that when asked who would replace NFL-bound Eli Apple if a Buckeyes game were imminent, Coombs didn't pause. “If we played tomorrow it would be Marshon,” Coombs said. At the moment, though, Ohio State is in the midst of spring ...

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Eli Apple is poised for a potentially great NFL career
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With prototypical NFL size and speed, the ceiling on Apple's NFL career couldn't be higher.

It's not often that a potential first round draft pick manages to fly under the radar for the entirety of his college career, but that just might be the case with Eli Apple.

The second ranked prospect in all of New Jersey, Apple showed up to Ohio State as a highly touted four-star corner who was expected to come in and make an immediate impact in a secondary that was badly searching for play-makers. But, the road to glory (#BringBackNCAAFootball) wouldn't be so easy for Apple.

What started as a perception that Apple was lazy turned into an actual illness. It took Apple a year to get his black stripe removed (these are given to freshman and they are typically removed before the season starts if the freshman earn it) and this was due to his lack of energy both on the football field and in the classroom. As it turned out, Apple was suffering from an iron deficiency that didn't allow him to go all out all the time. With this problem fixed, Apple was able to enter the 2014 season healthy, and ready to make an impact.

And make an impact he did. Apple started from game one as a red-shirt freshman and proved invaluable to the Buckeyes' secondary. This was most evident during the Buckeyes late season trip up to East Lancing.

A revenge game from the previous years' Big Ten Championship, Apple was hurt and despite dressing, wasn't expected to play. That was before a younger Gareon Conley got roasted for two big catches and a touchdown on the Spartans first drive, and Apple was quickly ready to sub himself back in the game to calm the fire. This gutsy performance was highlighted by four tackles, two pass deflections, and a crucial fourth down tackle for a loss that showed just how good Apple can be.


The success continued for Apple, as despite being the number two corner behind Doran Grant, Apple regularly shut down his side of the field and did a great job containing Alabama stud wide receiver Amari Cooper in the College Football Playoff semifinal as well.

Apple's storybook red-shirt freshman season concluded in the most perfect way possible: an interception off of Heisman winner Marcus Mariota as the clock expired during Ohio State's 2014 national championship victory. Apple had far surpassed any and all expectations going into 2014, now it was time to see what he could do as the number one corner of the silver bullets.

While the term lock-down corner is overused, watching Apple function in as a press man corner is a site to behold. The speed and length to match up with any receiver in America, Apple made life difficult for anyone trying to take on the top corner of the country's number six ranked pass defense.

Apple's shining moment came against Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl. Facing off against speedster Will Fuller, Apple was named game MVP as he held Fuller to 32 yards on five catches (Gareon Conley allowed Fuller to get loose for an 81 yard touchdown before the Buckeyes' permanently switched Apple to cover Fuller).

While Apple showed plenty of skill at Ohio State, he only helped his NFL draft prospects with a blistering 4.4 forty time at the NFL Combine, and Apple showed off his skills as well.


Taking a look at Apple's overall numbers, you see what he is as a corner: not afraid to make a tackle, and always around the football.



So what is it about Apple that has some projecting him as high as a mid-first round pick? Let's find out.

Strengths: length, press technique, aggressiveness


You will hear a lot of draft analysts talk about how Apple has ideal size and length for a corner. At 6'1 with arms that never seem to stop, Apple has the size to match up with the new age wide receivers who can pick on smaller corners with ease.

While at Ohio State, Apple was asked to do different things in coverage, but it was his ability to play press man better than almost anyone else that has scouts salivating. One such example is this play against Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.



Apple is matched up against Fighting Irish wide receiver Chris Brown, Apple is locked into man coverage with no safety help over the top. A scary proposition for any corner, and to have to face off against Brown in the slot is something that Apple wasn't asked to do with regularity, adding to the degree of difficulty.



Apple gets away with not even jamming Brown, as Apple trusts his speed and ability enough to know he can run with Brown. Importantly, Apple stays in ideal position at the receiver's hip and on the inside. Job number one for any defender in coverage is to take away the inside, and Apple accomplishes this while also staying on top of Brown enough to create tight coverage.



Apple has essentially taken away Brown's breathing rights by the time the ball arrives, and it's a wonder that quarterback DeShone Kizer even attempted to make this pass.



When the ball arrives Apple doesn't look back. This habit has led to Apple not having as many interceptions as some might expect a top corner to have, but it is far from pass interference. Apple does not initiate contact until the ball arrives, and with his incredible timing Apple is able to shoot his hand straight through the ball and Brown's arms, forcing the incompletion.

Weaknesses: Grabby/one trick pony?


Apple was known to get a bit grabby with wide receivers and this will need to be fixed through more attention to his technique. Aggressiveness out of a corner is a good thing, but not when it causes zebras to throw their flag.

Additionally, there are concerns that Apple is a fairly regular corner outside of his ability to play great press man. It's important to remember Apple is just 20 years old and there's no reason to believe he can't develop the ability to play better off-man and zone coverage. Luckily for Apple, the ability to play press man is what NFL scouts are really looking for out of corners these days, as in the ever evolving NFL pass offenses, having a corner who can simply eliminate his man for an entire game is invaluable.

Best case NFL comp: Davon House


Davon House was drafted in the fourth round (which Apple will not last till), but his career success is still at a level that Apple should strive for. At 6'0, 196 lbs, House possesses similar size to Apple, and has used this size to make himself a productive member of the Green Bay Packers and now Jacksonville Jaguars secondary. With only six interceptions in four years, House doesn't give you great upside in terms of forcing turnovers, but what you have in House is a solid corner who is more than capable at battling some of the better receivers in football.

Apple (probably) isn't going to turn into DarrelleRevis or Richard Sherman. That's fine, not many corners ever find that type of success. It's not hard to see Apple as a very high upside second or third corner on a great defense however, similar to the job former Buckeye Bradley Roby has done in Denver.

Worst Case NFL comp: Morris Claiborne


The worst case scenario for Apple is that he comes into a situation where he is immediately viewed as the number one corner on the team and he is forced to match up with each team's number one. At corner, confidence is key, and watching former number six overall pick Morris Claiborne become a shell of his college self as he repeatedly got beat and failed to make impact plays is a view that Apple must do his best to not replicate.

NFL draft projection: Late first, early second round


I've seen Apple go as high as Oakland at pick 14, but in all likelihood Apple will hear his name called at the end of the first round or towards the beginning of the second. Corners who can play press man are hard to find, and Apple's strong combine have given him a very healthy floor in terms of how far he could potentially fall.

Most Eli Apple Play: Oregon shove


One of the biggest plays of the national championship. Third down inside the Ohio State 10 yard line. The Ducks were looking to take the lead for the first time since it was 7-0. Not on Apple's watch.

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Women's basketball | Buckeyes end season with 78-62 loss to Tennessee in NCAA Tournament
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Traditional power Tennessee shut down and buried the Buckeyes 78-62 in the Sweet 16 of the Sioux Falls regional to advance to the championship game against Syracuse on Sunday. Syracuse upset South Carolina, the top seed in the region, on Friday ...


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Women's basketball | NCAA loss hurts, but Buckeyes see progress
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The Buckeyes (26-8) struggled in the dark, searching for the fast pace and long-range shooting touch that helped them contend for a Big Ten title and earn the third seed in the Sioux Falls Regional. The taller, deeper and equally athletic Lady Vols (22 ...

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Buckeyes look good to Ohio State WR target Jaylen Harris
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Ohio State C Trevor Thompson declaring for 2016 NBA Draft, but can return to Buckeyes under new rule - cleveland.com
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Ohio State C Trevor Thompson declaring for 2016 NBA Draft, but can return to Buckeyes under new rule
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Ohio State baseball reaches milestone with 5-2 win over Northwestern
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The Buckeyes are just the fourth Big Ten program to reach 2,500 wins.

Ohio State baseball reached a milestone in beating Northwestern, 5-2, on Saturday afternoon in Columbus. The win was No. 2,500 in program history, making the Buckeyes one of just four Big Ten clubs and 22 nationwide to reach that mark.

The victory also gave Ohio State its first in conference play this season and squared the series with the Wildcats. The Buckeyes are now 13-7-1 in 2016.

Starter Adam Niemeyer put in his third straight solid start for Ohio State. The redshirt sophomore right-hander scattered nine hits in his seven innings of work, allowing just two runs, striking out a career-high eight, and not issuing a walk. Niemeyer has allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of his last three outings and has walked just one in his last four.

Junior leadoff man Troy Montgomery had a pair of doubles and a run batted in on the afternoon, raising his batting average to .317. Senior first baseman Troy Kuhn added three hits of his own in the winning effort.

As in Friday's lid lifter, Northwestern scored in its first at-bat. After a one-out double by Zach Jones, starting pitcher Matt Hopfner helped his cause with an RBI single off Niemeyer for a 1-0 lead.

The Buckeyes got that run back in the bottom half of the inning thanks to a miscue by Jones. Jacob Bosiokovic walked and Nick Sergakis singled after an 11-pitch at-bat to put runners on the corners. Sergakis then got caught in a rundown on a pickoff attempt, and Jones, seeing Bosiokovic edging away from third, fired the ball away passed Connor Lind at the hot corner, allowing the run to score.

Ohio State claimed its first lead of the series in the bottom of the second. Troy Kuhn led off with a single and advanced to second on a bunt base hit by Jalen Washington. After a fielder's choice grounder by L. Grant Davis moved Kuhn to third, Craig Nennig delivered an RBI single to the opposite field for a 2-1 lead.

Montgomery followed Nennig with a double into the right field corner that plated Davis for a 3-1 advantage.

The Wildcats cut the lead in half in the top of the third after Jack Dunn smacked a leadoff single and came around to score on a two-out single up the middle off the bat of Lind. It was the last bit of damage the Cats would do to Niemeyer.

Hopfner's day on the bump would end after 2.2 innings thanks to a hustle double by Kuhn. The Northwestern lefty allowed three runs, two earned, on six hits, and stayed in the game as designated hitter. Josh Davis finished off the inning out of the Northwestern bullpen.

Davis gave up a run in the bottom of the fourth after a leadoff walk to Craig Nennig came back to bite him. Montgomery moved Nennig to second on a groundball, and the Buckeye shortstop then stole third. Bosiokovic delivered a single to left on the very next pitch to bring Nennig home, extending the lead to 4-2.

Ohio State picked up an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh against lefty reliever Jake Stolley. Sergakis, who extended his reached base streak to all 21 games on Saturday, walked to lead off. He scored to make it a 5-2 ballgame three batters later when fellow co-captain Washington laced a single to center.

Senior lefty Daulton Mosbarger threw two scoreless innings in relief of Niemeyer to close things out.

The rubber match of the series will take place on Sunday afternoon at 12:00 p.m. ET at Bill Davis Stadium in Columbus, and will be televised live on Big Ten Network. Lefty John Havird is scheduled to pitch for the Buckeyes against Northwestern righty Dan Kubiuk.

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2016 March Madness Live Stream: How to watch Saturday's Elite 8 games or listen to them on the radio
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The Elite Eight. Is. Here.

Yikes. So the Sweet 16 was a but of a dud, but that hardly means tonight's Elite Eight games are optional.

Saturday's first game, No. 1 Oregon taking on No. 2 Oklahoma in the West Region final in Anaheim, is a rematch of an NCAA Tournament game so throwback, it was literally in the very first NCAA Tournament. Now, in 2016, the Ducks will be angling for their first Final Four berth since then, with Oklahoma seeking its first since 2002.

In the nightcap, No. 1 Kansas takes on No. 2 Villanova in a matchup of two of the tournament's best and hottest teams. Both teams have beaten all three of their foes to date by double digits, and Kansas has the red-hot Perry Ellis to match against the Wildcats' white-hot perimeter shooting.

CBS is airing both games, meaning you should be able to catch the broadcasts on television with even just an antenna. But if you can't be by your couch, you can stream the games via the March Madness Live website or the March Madness Live app, which you can download from both the App Store and the Google Play store. You can also find where to listen to them just below.

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West Region Regional Final: (Honda Center, Anaheim, Calif.)
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No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 2 Villanova: 8:49 p.m., CBS

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Left-for-Dead Lady Vols Roll Buckeyes, 78-62
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Ohio State's Trevor Thompson will declare for the 2016 NBA Draft, not hire an agent
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The big man is one of hundreds who will see if they can impress an NBA team in a workout.

In a surprise to say the least, Ohio State center Trevor Thompson will take advantage of the new NBA Draft rules and make himself eligible for the 2016 NBA Draft, but not hire an agent in order to preserve his amateur status and allow him to return to OSU next season.

There are no mock drafts anywhere that project Thompson to even be a second round pick.

The NCAA announced a rule change this past January that allowed prospective underclassmen college basketball players to wade into the NBA Draft waters without outright losing their ability to return to school. Underclassmen are able to attend the NBA Combine and participate in one private workout with each of the 30 NBA teams. They have until May 25, or 10 days after the 2016 NBA Draft Combine, to withdraw from the draft and still be eligible to play college basketball.

Though Thompson has just about nothing to lose if he follows the NCAA's guidelines and restrictions, it would be the upset of the century were he to stay in this year's draft. Even if an NBA team fell in love with a workout, giving the hundreds, if not thousands, of players who will prematurely make themselves eligible under this year's new rules, workouts are going to be at an all time finite status. And given the sheer amount of players putting their names out there and traveling to workouts and the like, competition will be as stiff as ever too.

Thompson averaged just 6.5 points per game, 5.1 rebounds per game, and .2 assists per contest this past season for OSU. While he was unquestionably the Buckeyes' starter at center, he wasn't even honorable mention All-Big Ten. It'll be interesting to see if players like Thompson prematurely declaring for the draft will lead to the NBA changing the rules on their end when their collective bargaining agreement expires in a few years to try and more streamline the process.

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Robert Hainsey, No. 3 guard in 2017, includes Buckeyes in final top 10: Ohio State football recruiting
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COLUMBUS, Ohio- Outfielders Sarah Calta and Destiney Henderson tallied RBI knocks to score two but Maryland allowed twelve and dropped the Big Ten opener 12-2 in five innings. Ohio States scored in every offensive inning as the Buckeyes put up two in ...

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Buckeyes look good to Ohio State WR target Jaylen Harris
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Ohio State hosted a number of talented prospects this week, but maybe none more talented than 2017 WR Tyjon Lindsey. The speedy 5-star arrived on campus Friday morning and has been logging his visit via social media on Periscope, Twitter, and Snap ...

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Buckeyes look good to Ohio State WR target Jaylen Harris - 247Sports
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Buckeyes look good to Ohio State WR target Jaylen Harris
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What's next for the Buckeyes? Make sure you're in the loop -- take five seconds to sign up for our FREE Buckeyes newsletter now! Fortunately for Ohio State fans who don't use those platforms, YouTube user "OSU Overload" was able to save and compile ...

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