Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA Basketball News

Shavon Coleman scored 15 points on five 3-pointers and Louisiana State preserved its slim NCAA hopes by beating Alabama 68-56 on Thursday in the second round of the SEC tournament.

Villanova didn't do much with its No. 1 seed this week, and the Wildcats might not get another one.

No. 5 seed Ohio State beat No. 12 Purdue 63-61 in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday.

Purdue guard Basil Smotherman was helped off the court during the second half of Thursday's game after injuring his right leg.

How can Purdue men's basketball shock the Big Ten tournament with a big early upset? Here are three paths to victory: 1) DEFENSE: The Buckeyes average about 70 points a game, which puts them in the bottom fourth of the Big Ten Conference .

After what has been an unpredictable and thrilling season for the Big Ten in college basketball, the conference tournament is sure to be more of the same.

Purdue coach Matt Painter will lead his 12th-seeded Boilermakers against fifth-seeded Ohio State in the first round of the Big Ten tournament today in Indianapolis.

Junior forward Sam Thompson scans the court during a game against Minnesota Feb. 22 at the Schottenstein Center.

The six numbers you need to know before Ohio State starts its postseason trek in the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday.

Iowa forward Jarrod Uthoff , Iowa center Adam Woodbury and Iowa forward Zach McCabe watch the closing moments of their NCAA Big Ten Conference men's basketball loss to Ohio State at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014, in Iowa City, Iowa.

The 17th annual Big Ten Conference Tournament returns to Indianapolis with action beginning on Thursday, March 13, and culminating with the championship game on Sunday, March 16. The Ohio State Buckeyes are the defending Big Ten Tournament champs, as they defeated Wisconsin, 50-43, in last year's title tilt.

It has been a roller coaster of a 2013-14 season for the Ohio State men's basketball team, but with the Big Ten tournament upon us, the slate is officially wiped clean.

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- University of Michigan men's basketball coach John Beilein was honored today as the 2014 USBWA's District V Coach of the Year, while sophomore Nik Stauskas was named the District V Player of the Year as well as a member of the All-District V team along with team and fellow sophomore Caris LeVert .

A couple of Buckeyes received post-season recognition from the Big Ten, including Aaron Craft, who was voted Defensive Player of the Year.

The final Top 25 rankings of college basketball's regular season have arrived, and not everyone is heading in the right direction as conference tournament action begins.

Michigan State sophomore guard Gary Harris was named All-Big Ten first team by coaches and media Monday - making him the only preseason All-Big Ten pick to follow up with postseason honors.

After one last round of surprises on Sunday, the bracket is set for the 2014 Big Ten tournament.

The Big Ten will announce its All-Big Ten teams and award winners on the Big Ten Network at 6 p.m. Monday.

If it wasn't for the three conference tournament final games, Nebraska would have had the biggest win on Sunday.

Surrounded by South Florida defenders, Louisville's Shoni Schimmel shot the go-ahead basket in the final seconds of the American Athletic Conference semifinals.