After Michigan’s Feb. 8 matchup against Ohio State, Yaxel Lendeborg was blunt with his evaluation of the two teams. “They’re a good team, but they don’t belong in the same conversation as us.” At the time, he had a point. The two teams were in completely different places. Michigan had just run the Buckeyes off […]
Victory looked certain for Ohio State. The Buckeyes led Iowa by 15 with 10 minutes remaining and appeared headed comfortably to the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. Then the lead began to shrink. Nine points. Five points. Suddenly, the Hawkeyes trailed by three with three seconds left and Alvaro Folgueiras at the free-throw line. Iowa needed […]
Ohio State’s NCAA Tournament hopes were clouded in uncertainty. The Buckeyes had just dropped a crucial game at Iowa by 17 points, which moved them from one of the last teams in the Big Dance to one of the first teams out in ESPN bracket projections. That was 12 days ago. Now, after ripping off […]
Ohio State’s starting backcourt has earned Big Ten honors before postseason play begins. Senior guard Bruce Thornton was named second-team All-Big Ten by both coaches and media, and sophomore guard John Mobley Jr. received honorable mention All-Big Ten by the media. Thornton earned All-Big Ten honors in his previous two seasons, second team as a […]
All 18,000 fans inside Value City Arena rose to their feet, ready to explode. Bruce Thornton dribbled up the floor and drove toward the left baseline in front of the Indiana bench. With the ball in his left hand, Thornton sized up Connor Enright. One dribble between his legs. A quick step back. He rose […]
It was a historic evening at the Schottenstein Center. On Senior Day, Bruce Thornton’s 3-pointer with 44 seconds left in the first half pushed him atop Ohio State’s all-time scoring list. But beyond the milestone moment, the stakes were just as significant. With NCAA Tournament implications looming for both teams, a balanced Ohio State performance […]
It’s difficult to win a game when leading for zero seconds. That reality defined Ohio State’s afternoon at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Saturday. Despite competing defensively and holding its own on the glass, the 5-seed Buckeyes struggled to generate offense against UCLA’s size and length, falling 72-62 to the 1-seed Bruins in the Big Ten Tournament […]
Bruce Thornton learned the Golden Rule in elementary school. His mother, Tiaunna Briggans, taught him a simple lesson growing up in Fairburn, Georgia: treat people the way you want to be treated. It’s a motto Briggans tries to live by. That lesson followed Thornton everywhere, including the basketball court. In the summer of 2019, before […]
As practice stretches into its second hour, fatigue shows across the court – shoulders slump, jump shots fall short and heart rates climb. But on the sideline, a small group isn’t watching the scoreboard or the clock. They’re watching the data. Behind Ohio State men’s basketball’s practices is a sports science team that tracks sleep, […]
Ohio State’s season had reached a tipping point. Fresh off a 17-point blowout loss at Iowa and watching its NCAA Tournament hopes begin to fade, the Buckeyes entered Sunday in desperate need of a statement win. They delivered one. Behind 41 combined points from Bruce Thornton and John Mobley Jr., Ohio State upset No. 8 […]
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