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calibuck said:
Do especially like it as he seems to have sewn up the 4. Allows Noel and Tilly to rotate at the 5, and keep each other fresh. Also lets Devin (at the 3), sometimes crash into the crumb area for rebounds. Devin has the hops to elevate and snatch balls. Unfortunately, don't see much of this happening, as shot goes up, and everyone drops back for D.
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You do realize that Noel hasn't played in a few weeks, and there hasn't really been discussion of a timeline for his return, don't you?
 
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Amare Bynum Knew “All Along” He’d Remain at Ohio State Despite Transfer Portal Interest from Other Teams

There were “plenty of teams” trying to push Amare Bynum into the transfer portal, but the sophomore forward said it was an easy decision to stay at Ohio State.
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Amare Bynum Knew “All Along” He’d Remain at Ohio State Despite Transfer Portal Interest from Other Teams​

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In the modern age of college sports – especially in college basketball – it can never be fully assumed that an athlete will remain at one school from one year to the next.

That’s certainly been true for Ohio State basketball, as the Buckeyes have experienced significant roster turnover on an annual basis since the dawn of the transfer portal era. Ohio State’s 2026-27 roster includes only six of the 15 players who were on the team last season.

For sophomore forward Amare Bynum, however, staying at Ohio State for his second year of college basketball was never in question.
“All along I knew I was coming back. This is the school that believed in me at first, so I believe in them,” Bynum said last week.



Bynum’s easy decision to return to Ohio State wasn’t due to a lack of options. In his first press conference of the summer, Ohio State coach Jake Diebler said other teams tried to convince Bynum to enter the portal, but Bynum and Ohio State’s other returning star, John Mobley Jr., rebuffed those efforts. As such, Bynum remains with Ohio State as one of the Buckeyes’ foundational players for the 2026-27 season.

“If John Mobley or Amare Bynum would have been in the transfer portal, like maybe some of the best players in the country, right? And there were plenty of teams that tried to push them into the transfer portal,” Diebler said on June 1. “And so them really right away saying, ‘Hey, this is where I want to be and we're building something and we want to take it to the next level,’ was awesome for us as a staff. That allowed us early on to go out and say, OK, how do we build around these two guys?”

The first player from last year’s roster to publicly announce he would remain at Ohio State for the 2026-27 season, Bynum said he had brief conversations with people close to him about “seeing what the best is out there for me,” but quickly determined after talking with Diebler that “the best for me is right here.”

“Just because of the development here, and I have such a close relationship with everybody on the team,” Bynum said of why he felt Ohio State was the best place for him.
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