Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA Basketball News

The talk of this summer's NBA free agent frenzy has been all about LeBron James coming back to Ohio to play for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Surely a name or two or 10 will outrage you, but USA TODAY Sports' Jason McIntyre ranks the 50 best players in college basketball for 2014-15.

The Ohio State basketball program is in a rare position as it enters the 2014-15 season - it is an under-the-radar threat in the Big Ten.

If only Evan Turner had stuck around for one more season in Columbus. He could have played with Jared Sullinger and they both might be wearing national championship rings.

The Aaron Craft/ Nemanja Nedovic decision is certainly not as important or noteworthy as the Kevin Love / Klay Thompson decision, but that does not mean that it won't affect the Warriors.

Just in case you wanted to see Boston Celtics big man Jared Sullinger against some less-than-NBA competition, the following highlight video of his work in the Columbus Pro-Am was released earlier this week : According to SB Nation-affiliated blogger Zach Fleer, Sullinger -- playing alongside his brothers, J.J. and Julian -- notched 24 points, 11 ... (more)

After a rather quiet summer league performance, Nemanja Nedovic's chances to prove himself with the Golden State Warriors could be running out.

The former Ohio State point guard was the first the first men's basketball player to make three Big Ten All-Academic teams and the only one to ever repeat as the men's basketball academic All-American Team Member of the Year.

Mar 20, 2014; Buffalo, NY, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes head coach Thad Matta works from the sidelines against Dayton Flyers in the second half of a men Just as the football team, the Ohio State Basketball program has been one of the more consistent in the nation over the past few years, especially since Thad Matta has shown up to take over the reins.

The Warriors Summer League team, while consisting of only one first round draft pick , does sport a few big-name college studs hoping to impress NBA GM's in their first game of the summer on Friday.

Ohio State's season wasn't as much of a head-scratcher as Iowa's seemed to be, as long as you ignore the polls--the Buckeyes rose to No.

Jul 22, 2013; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Cameron Jones takes a three-point shot against the Phoenix Suns during the NBA Summer League Championship game at the Thomas and Mack Center Golden State won the game 91-77 to remain undefeated during the Summer League games..

Center Daniel Giddens, middle, committed to the Buckeyes' 2015 class on Friday out of Marietta, Ga.

NBA Summer League , where 23 teams will partake in summer contests that parlay into an elimination tournament before crowning a champ.

Thad Matta's basketball program set off its own fireworks over the July 4th holiday weekend.

Mar 19, 2014; Buffalo, NY, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes guard Aaron Craft speaks during a news conference at First Niagara Center.

Having narrowed his list of choices to six schools in February , 2015 four-star center Daniel Giddens is seen by scouts as a player capable of helping his new team immediately on the defensive end of the floor.

Sixers fans are about to get the treat they have been waiting for for over a year now.

The Buckeyes saw a player drafted seven consecutive years - dating back to 2007 - which was the top current streak in the nation, before the teams of the NBA elected to look elsewhere this year.

Orlando Johnson will play for the Warriors' NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas, the free agent's brother, Jamell Damon, confirmed Friday.