Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA Basketball News

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.

The Big Ten is either the best or second-best college basketball conference in the entire country, and every team in the league will be at the Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis for the conference tournament from March 13-16.

Aaron Craft dove to the Value City Arena floor for one last time with 29 seconds remaining Sunday.

Ohio State's Aaron Craft, left, steals the ball from Michigan State's Keith Appling during the first half March 9, 2014.

Cincinnati Police said its investigation into the Greenpeace high-wire, stunt protest at Procter and Gamble headquarters is closed, police said Friday.

Both the 23-7 Michigan State Spartans and 22-8 Ohio State Buckeyes are safely in the NCAA tournament.

The Michigan State Spartans travel to Columbus to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the regular season finale before the Big Ten Tournament gets underway next Thursday.

While it's certain these players will have a huge impact on their team's success in the Big Ten tournament and beyond, the role players on many teams will be almost as important.

Remember when some of us thought this game might decide the Big Ten a few months ago? That's definitely not the case anymore, but MSU can still get the #2 seed in the Big Ten Tourney with a win and Wisconsin loss.

The Canton Charge acquired former Ohio State guard William Buford in a trade and released former Cavalier Kevin Jones on Saturday.

Here's a look at the big matchups and top storylines from around the nation as we begin another busy weekend of college basketball action: Amidst all the NCAA tournament and conference championship hullabaloo, the last batch of regular season games can sometimes be overlooked.

Two weeks ago, a 7-year-old from Orlando, Fla., and his Ohio-born parents who have raised him to love the Buckeyes flew into town to see the Ohio State men's basketball team play Minnesota.