Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA Basketball News

The never-ending dog days of summer for the Ohio State basketball offseason are about to begin, but that doesn't mean there aren't some questions that need to be answered before the ball is tipped.

Around two years ago, Bruce Pearl was fired as the University of Tennessee's head coach stemming from lies that he told NCAA investigators that were looking into relatively minor infractions.

For the "Freshman Impact" series, Insider's college basketball and recruiting experts will be teaming up to examine how 15 of the nation's best recruiting classes will fit in with their teams in the 2013-14 season.

On one end of the spectrum, you have a school like New Mexico that lost its coach to UCLA a mere days after he signed a 10-year contract, while on the other end a school like Kentucky spent the spring months finalizing the commitments from approximately 300 5-star recruits.

Nearly six years after he was the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA draft, unrestricted free agent center Greg Oden continues to attempt a comeback from a series of knee injuries that led to his release by the Blazers in 2012.

The man whose 3-pointer against Iowa State in this season's NCAA Tournament secured the Ohio State men's basketball team's place in the Sweet 16 will be one of five current or former Buckeyes who will be hoping to leave a lasting impact in Mount Vernon.

Deshaun Thomas or no Deshaun Thomas, the goals of the Ohio State basketball team heading into the 2013-14 season remain the same - a Big Ten regular-season championship, a Big Ten tournament title and a run to the Final Four.

Michigan's Trey Burke, right, and teammate Tim Hardaway Jr. walk down the court during the second half of their NCAA Final Four semifinal game against Syracuse The Big Ten Conference might be losing a handful of high-profile players to early entry in the NBA draft and dozens more to graduation, but it shouldn't stop business as usual for the ... (more)

In today's what-have-you-done-for-me-lately age of college basketball, it has seemed like a lifetime since Ohio State brought in a top-notch recruiting class.

On Thursday, the NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee announced recommended changes meant to bring balance to the game following the lowest-scoring season since 1952, a campaign that's sparked "growing criticism." These implementations must be approved by the rules oversight panel on June 18 in order to become effective for the 2013-14 season.

The NBA Draft early entrant list was locked in last week and while most players expected to be surefire lottery picks threw their names into the mix, one notable omission, Marcus Smart of Oklahoma State, decided to return to school and in the process helped stir up the perennial debate around this time of year.

The Terrapins will travel to Columbus, Ohio, to face Ohio State on Dec. 4, the conferences announced Wednesday afternoon .

Given Maryland's acrimonious departure from the ACC, there was a general line of thought the conference probably wouldn't do them any favors when it came to scheduling, including perhaps lobbying for them to get an unglamorous Big Ten-ACC matchup.

With early NBA departures the rule rather than the exception, impact seniors have become a rare breed in college basketball.

There were some teams that had dramatic roster changes this offseason - we are looking at you Kentucky - and others that basically stayed intact, like as Michigan State; but most fell somewhere in the middle.

Early Tuesday afternoon, ESPN's NBA Draft Insider Chad Ford reported that UNLV freshman forward Anthony Bennett will be out four months after surgery on his rotator cuff in his left shoulder that is expected to go down today.

After cracking the starting lineup in the NCAA Tournament, Mitch McGary showed why he was one of the top recruits before his freshman season and why many experts had him a potential NBA lottery pick.

The college basketball offseason makes Bo Ryan's offense look fast. It is approximately seven months of a hoop-less void that tests the patience of the most ardent fans across the country.

The upcoming Draft continues to fluctuate seemingly every week, with prospects capable of playing multiple positions, depending on with whom you speak.

It didn't take long for the decisions of Adreian Payne and Gary Harris to return for another season of college basketball to translate into All-American talk.