2009-10 Schedule Released
September 15, 2009 9:00 am EST
The schedule for the 2009-10 Bucks is now available. We still do not have a time for the first Exhibition game, but that should be announced later this week. The quick look at the last the schedule
Wed, Nov 04 Walsh (Exh.) Columbus, Ohio TBA
Mon, Nov 09 Alcorn State Columbus, Ohio 7:00 pm BTN (2K Sports Classic Coaches vs. Cancer)
Thu, Nov 12 James Madison Columbus, Ohio 7:00 pm BTN
Thu, Nov 19 North Carolina at New York, NY 9:30 pm ESPN2
Fri, Nov 20 California/Syracuse at New York, NY TBA ESPN2
Tue, Nov 24 Lipscomb Columbus, Ohio 7:00 pm BTN
Sat, Nov 28 St. Francis Columbus, Ohio 1:30 pm BTN
Wed, Dec 02 Florida State Columbus, Ohio 9:30 pm ESPN2 (Big Ten/ACC Challenge)
Sat, Dec 05 Eastern Michigan Columbus, Ohio 12:00 pm ESPNU
Sat, Dec 12 Butler at Indianapolis, Ind. 12:00 pm ESPN
Wed, Dec 16 Presbyterian Columbus, Ohio 7:00 pm BTN
Sat, Dec 19 Delaware State Columbus, Ohio 4:00 pm ESPNU
Tue, Dec 22 Cleveland State Columbus, Ohio 8:30 pm BTN
Thu, Dec 31 Wisconsin at Madison, Wisc. 2:00 pm ESPN 2
Sun, Jan 03 Michigan at Ann Arbor, Mich. 4:30 pm BTN
Wed, Jan 06 Indiana Columbus, Ohio 8:30 pm BTN
Sat, Jan 09 Minnesota at Minneapolis, Minn. 3:30 pm BTN
Tue, Jan 12 Purdue at West Lafayette, Ind. 7:00 pm ESPN
Sat, Jan 16 Wisconsin Columbus, Ohio 8:00 pm BTN
Tue, Jan 19 Northwestern Columbus, Ohio 7:00 pm BTN
Sat, Jan 23 West Virginia at Morgantown, WV 2:00 pm CBS
Wed, Jan 27 Iowa at Iowa City, Iowa 8:30 pm BTN
Sun, Jan 31 Minnesota Columbus, Ohio 1:00 pm CBS
Wed, Feb 03 Penn State Columbus, Ohio 6:30 pm BTN
Sun, Feb 07 Iowa Columbus, Ohio 12:00 pm BTN
Wed, Feb 10 Indiana at Bloomington, Ind. 6:30 pm BTN
Sun, Feb 14 Illinois at Champaign, Ill. 1:00 pm CBS
Wed, Feb 17 Purdue Columbus, Ohio 6:30 pm BTN
Sat, Feb 20 Michigan State at East Lansing, Mich. TBA OR Feb. 21 ESPN, BTN/CBS
Wed, Feb 24 Penn State at University Park, Penn. 6:30 pm BTN
Sat, Feb 27 Michigan Columbus, Ohio TBA OR Feb. 28 ESPN, BTN/CBS
Wed, Mar 03 Illinois Columbus, Ohio TBA BTN
Thu, Mar 11 - Sun, Mar 14 Big Ten Tournament * at Big Ten Tournament TBA TBA
Canadian Trip Starts With Big Win
August 29, 2009 7:00 am EST
The last time the Buckeyes were on the court, they were on the short end of an NCAA first round game against Siena. Last night, they started there recovery. Playing three games in four nights, OSU started their Canadian tour with a 90-39 victory over the University of Windsor.
PJ Hill led the way with 18 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds and two steals. David Lighty, playing his first game since suffering a broken foot had 16 points. Evan Turner added 13 points along with 8 rebounds and 6 assists. The two teams will play again Saturday night.
Buckeyes Set to Play Exhibition Games in Canada
August 15, 2009 8:30 am EST
Ohio State's Basketball team will get some extra practice time as they have been scheduled for 3 games in Canada. The trip to Ontario will include games August 28th and 29th against the University of Windsor and August 31st against the University of Western Ontario. All games will be in the St. Denis Centre on the Windsor campus, just across the border from Detroit.
The additional practice time will be especially nice for the two players coming off injuries, David Lightly and Nikola Kecman. Unfortunately it does not appear the medical staff will clear Kecman in time to play in the exhibition games. Kecman played only one game last season before suffering a torn ACL in his left knee. He is expected to be ready for the start of preseason practice October 16th.
Mullens Sets Out to Prove us Wrong
July 24, 2009 10:00 pm EST
B.J. Mullens acknowledged after a recent pre-draft workout that a lot of people don't think he's ready for the NBA and that he'll have to prove them wrong. Count me in as one of those people.
We are talking about a player who started only two games his freshman year, and I can't honestly look back on last season and pinpoint a game and say 'This was a real breakout performance for BJ".
I must not be alone because the experts who draft NBA players only picked him 24th, where he had been projected as high as top 15. To add to the drop, he was then traded for the 25th pick. If it was his goal to get drafted, he succeeded. If he wants to be a star, I don't think this is the route he should have taken. OSU had a team with no seniors so everyone would have been back. If BJ can not compete with Dallas Lauderdale for more playing time, how can he complete for time in the NBA.
Mullens, a Columbus native, is the fifth player in the past three years to leave Ohio State after one season and be drafted in the first round. Greg Oden went first, Mike Conley Jr. fourth and Daequan Cook 21st in 2007, and Kosta Koufos 23rd last year. But while Oden, Conley Jr. and Cook have been regulars, if not always starters, in their two years in the league, the prevailing opinion of Mullens, as it was with Koufos, is that he is a couple of years away from helping a team.
Had he stayed around another year or two, he may have improved his draft position, meaning more money. As the 24th pick, he will be guaranteed a contract worth $933,500 next season, $1,003,500 his second year and $1,073,500 his third. In comparison, the top pick in the draft, Blake Griffin of Oklahoma, will make $4.15 million as a rookie. Griffin played two seasons in college.
The bottom line is this. Mullens never really made the transition from high school to college. It will be even harder for him to jump to the NBA. I can wish him the best at his new life stage but it will be interesting to see if he every gets any significant playing time as a professional. - Gregg
12 former Athletes Announced into the 2009 Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame
June 24, 2009 8:15 pm EST
An Olympic gold medalist, Michael Redd, heads the class of 2009 inductees. Redd. a three-time men's basketball MVP and NBA standout with the Milwaukee Bucks who was a member of the gold-medal winning Team USA at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A Columbus native, a graduate of West High School, was the Big Ten freshman of the year in 1998 and helped lead OSU to the Final Four in 1999 before leaving for the 2000 NBA draft.
"He's ecstatic, it's a great honor," said Wes Redd, Michael's father.
Point Guard Makes Verbal Commitment to the Bucks
June 11, 2009 9:00 pm EST
Finally good news for the basketball team. Instead of losing a point guard to the draft or transfer, they may have stolen one right out of the SEC.
Aaron Craft, a 6-foot-2, 187-pound point guard, was not a highly rated prospect when Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl saw enough to offer him a scholarship. Then a couple of things happened. Freshman point guard Anthony Crater left Ohio State in December, putting the Buckeyes back in the hunt for a guard. Then Craft, a lockdown defender, raised his stock on the AAU circuit this spring by improving his offense.
Ohio State became interested. Craft became aware of the interest through Jared Sullinger, his teammate on the All-Ohio Red AAU team who committed to OSU. That set in motion behind-the-scenes maneuvering that ended with Craft rescinding his commitment to Tennessee on May 26 and making one to OSU coach Thad Matta during a visit to campus last Thursday.
Craft is the fifth recruit to commit to the class of 2010, joining Sullinger, of Northland; forward DeShaun Thomas of Fort Wayne, IN., and guards Jordan Sibert of Cincinnati Princeton and Lenzelle Smith of Zion, Ill. It is rated the best class in the country by Rivals.com and ESPN.com.
Craft was Division V offensive player of the year in football last year and quarterbacked Liberty-Benton to the state championship game. But he might not play football this season to spend more time getting ready to play as a freshman at Ohio State. He will be the only point guard on the roster in 2010-11.
OSU to Lose Two Scholarships
May 7, 2009 6:00 pm EST
The Ohio State men's basketball team will lose two scholarships because of a deficient Academic Progress Rate score as per the NCAA announcement. The penalty takes effect immediately, meaning Ohio State will have no additional scholarships available for next season. This is not good.
Teams must have an APR over a four-year period of 925 -- which translates roughly to a 50 percent graduation rate -- to avert penalties. Ohio State's APR for the past four years is 911. How bad is that? Over 70% of the schools in Division I have a better rating than Ohio State. This is not good.
Ohio State's APR took a hit because of the departures of several players to the NBA after their freshman seasons. The losses of Greg Oden and Kosta Koufos were particularly damaging because they withdrew from classes in the spring quarter -- after the cutoff date that would have mitigated the consequences of their departures. This was not good.
Ohio State could have appealed the two-scholarship penalty, but decided not to.
B.J. Mullens is the latest freshman to leave for the NBA, but sources said he left after winter quarter in good academic standing. For now, OSU is subject to taking an APR hit because of his early departure, but that can be appealed because he turned professional. Ohio State will lose a so-called retention point because of the transfer of freshman Anthony Crater.
In contrast, the football program has an APR of 968, which ranks in the 80th-90th percentile nationally. The football score is 26 points higher than last year.
Buckeye50 Basketball Page Returns for a 4th Season
April 15, 2009 10:00 pm EST
We know this is a football web site but we continue to effort to bring you more variety in our Buckeye coverage. For the 4th year, we start our seasonal Buckeye50 Basketball page. Welcome to the 2009-2010 page. If we actually had players that hung around for their entire scholarship, we would recognizing individuals that have been around as long as our basketball pages. Unfortunately, Coach Matta has lost 4 players to the first round of the draft in the past two seasons and BJ Mullens has presented his name to the NBA and will find out in June where he plays next. We had 2,900 visitors to our BBall page in 2008-09 page and hope to exceed that mark this coming season.
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