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Ohio State's William Buford, seen scrapping with Butler's Willie Veasley for a loose ball, recovered from a late-week injury in time to play Saturday.

Somebody asked Ohio State center Dallas Lauderdale if he was happy with his performance in Friday's win over California, a game in which the junior blocked seven shots.

Fresh off of a dominating performance by Evan Turner, the Buckeyes will face the James Madison Dukes in the second round of the 2K Sports Classic tonight.

Ohio State started its season off right Monday night in Value City Arena, beating Alcorn State 100-60. Alcorn state didna TMt have an answer for much of anything against the Buckeyes, who had four players in double figures.A John Diebler had 22 points for the Bucks, and his counterpart, Alcorn State's Jonathan Boyd, had 20 points.

Turner's role this season, however, will be much different. Coach Thad Matta moved Turner to point guard in the offseason, and the No.

Dispatch OSU men's basketball beat writer Bob Baptist answers your questions Monday at noon about the Buckeyes, Big Ten and college basketball in general.

For the first time since 2005, the hype surrounding the Ohio State men's basketball team has nothing to do with incoming freshmen.

With Dallas Lauderdale expected to miss few if any regular-season games, coach Thad Matta said he is changing little if any of his plan for the Ohio State men's basketball team.

At the time, it seemed like nothing more than a harmless basketball play. But as P.J. Hill's attempted steal broke Dallas Lauderdale's hand, the Ohio State men's basketball team was left without its starting center for the next four to six weeks.

COLUMBUS: Dallas Lauderdale, the starting center on the Ohio State men's basketball team, will miss four to six weeks after breaking a bone in his right hand during a workout on Monday.

Ohio State's basketball team returns several standouts, including guard Evan Turner, here driving to the basket against Illinois' Chester Frazier.

Late Saturday and Sunday night, Thad Matta heard his players running through the Canadian woods playing "capture the flag" near Kingsville, Ontario.

Ten days of practice with a roster that includes no clueless freshmen and the return of injured David Lighty, the glue of Ohio State's basketball team? "It's almost like we're cheating," Lighty said Thursday.

One of the drawbacks to a college basketball team playing summer exhibition games outside the United States is that the NCAA prohibits incoming freshmen from making the trip.

I love it when a plan comes together. David Hein, he of heinnews.com , FIBAEurope.com and probably 10,000 other outlets, has wrapped coverage of the just-completed FIBA U20 European Championship Men.

I love it when a plan comes together. David Hein, he of heinnews.com , FIBAEurope.com and probably 10,000 other outlets, has wrapped coverage of the just-completed FIBA U20 European Championship Men.

Kosta Koufos. B.J. Mullens. Three in a row... Ohio State's men's basketball team has quite a history of 7-foot, impact centers going to the NBA after playing one season for the Buckeyes.

Ohio State sophomore Zisis Sarikopoulos doesn't expect to get a big offer from the European pros while playing for Greece, as Kosta Koufos did.