Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA Basketball News

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.

People kept asking if I was going to the FIU- North Carolina opener. They'd ask why.

Evan Turner recorded only the second triple-double ever for Ohio State with 14 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists in the 16th-ranked Buckeyes' 100-60 victory over Alcorn State on Monday night in the 2K Sports Classic.

The 16th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes open the 2009-10 season against the Alcorn State Braves as part of the Coaches vs.

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

Michigan State's Kalin Lucas goes for a lay up at the Illinois home game at Assembly Hall in Champaign on Sunday, March 1, 2009.

UCLA embraces youth movement With nine underclassmen on the roster, the UCLA basketball team is in the midst of a youth movement.

"Coach was going nuts," he said. "He got so mad, he fell in the locker room trying to kick a chair and hit the ground." Ohio State men's basketball coach Thad Matta, in turn, had Turner and his teammates hit the ground, running, at 6 a.m. the next day.

This article has been read 50 times. Having its third head coach in as many seasons doesn't change the expectations for the California University women's basketball program.

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.

Illinois coach Bruce Weber didn't dismiss Michigan State's or Purdue's chances to win the Big Ten title or compete for a Final Four.

Evan Turner discovered last spring what's involved in the voting for Big Ten player of the year.

Given his druthers, what young man would not choose to play instead of work, even if the play is really work in disguise? So when class scheduling conflicts forced the Ohio State men's basketball team to practice in the morning this season, there was no dissent among the players.

It's no secret that the Ohio State men's basketball team wants to run its offense through Evan Turner.

Sometimes the greatest realities begin with a simple dream. Jantel Lavender and her teammates have the opportunity to make her dream a reality with a little effort.

Coach: Thad Matta . Last season's record: 22-11 overall, 10-8 in Big Ten . Postseason: Lost in first round of NCAA tournament to Siena.

I decided to leave Terrico White off the "point guards and combo guards" list and include him on the "shooting guards and wings" list.

On the sun-soaked campus of Florida International University, Isiah Thomas is a world away from the troubles of his past.

William Buford is not sure he even knows that guy who walked into Value City Arena a year ago, filled with an internal tug-of-war pitting energy and exuberance against anxiety and nervousness.

SCOUTING THE NEWCOMERS: With an unholy six-man recruiting class preparing to sign letters of intent in early November -- a class regarded as the nation's No.