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2025-2026 Ohio State Men's Basketball



FWIW St Mary's should be MOUNT St Mary's, quite a difference lol.

@ Pitt is a "must win" type game, Pitt likely is not getting close to being a tourney team (picked 14th preseason in the ACC and are 80th in Kenpom currently) and a OOC loss to them would look bad on our resume at the end of the year
 
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FWIW St Mary's should be MOUNT St Mary's, quite a difference lol.

@ Pitt is a "must win" type game, Pitt likely is not getting close to being a tourney team (picked 14th preseason in the ACC and are 80th in Kenpom currently) and a OOC loss to them would look bad on our resume at the end of the year

ok i was gonna say i didnt realize we were playing that St Marys. Thatd be a pretty solid non conf matchup
 
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Blackcoffee 10 hours ago
Per Adam Jardy
Statistically, this was the kind of game the Buckeyes would almost certainly have lost last season. Ohio State finished with an adjusted offensive efficiency of 95.9 points per 100 possessions according to KenPom.com.

That would have been the eighth-worst offensive showing of the 2024-25 season, when Ohio State lost all nine games it played with an adjusted offensive efficiency rating lower than 101 points per 100 possessions. When Ohio State was below 110 per 100 possessions, it was 1-13 during a season when the Buckeyes finished 17-15.
 
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Blackcoffee 10 hours ago
Per Adam Jardy
Statistically, this was the kind of game the Buckeyes would almost certainly have lost last season. Ohio State finished with an adjusted offensive efficiency of 95.9 points per 100 possessions according to KenPom.com.

That would have been the eighth-worst offensive showing of the 2024-25 season, when Ohio State lost all nine games it played with an adjusted offensive efficiency rating lower than 101 points per 100 possessions. When Ohio State was below 110 per 100 possessions, it was 1-13 during a season when the Buckeyes finished 17-15.
Yeah, OSU struggled as a team offensively vs ND, although Bruce and Tilly did pretty well. If they don't get Ojianwuna playing this year, Mobley in particular needs to step up for this team to be a tournament team. Mobley did not play very well vs. ND, and OSU needs him to take on more of a professional mindset and approach. I feel like there's another level to his game he could get to if he were to polish his shots more and be a little more careful with the ball.
 
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There was a saying Diebler had going into the Pitt game, in reference to last season's loss where Pitt had 16 offensive rebounds & outscored OSU in the paint. Diebler said you're either the hammer or the nail. After giving up 16 offensive rebounds again and being outscored 38-30 in the paint, I guess the Buckeyes are the nail. Certainly the way the team came out in the first half was uninspired and does not bode well. Cannot come out and let other teams outhustle and outwork you.
 
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I'd like to know how much NIL is being spread around this team. Some of these guys aren't really worth giving any NIL funds of significance to. I know this past offseason OSU was unable to get some higher profile transfers that could have really helped this team and I blame NIL - Kennard Davis Jr for example was obviously basing his decision on NIL. I also wonder what the strategy is, because obviously OSU hasn't figured it out with regard to men's hoops.
 
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