Chris Holtmann received texts from coaches and friends before Friday’s game against Robert Morris telling him to enjoy the moment of his first game as head coach of Ohio State. He ignored those texts. Rather than feeling excited for the moment, he said he felt ...

The stakes are high for the No. 5 Ohio State women’s basketball team. If the Buckeyes fulfill their potential and advance further in the tournament than they have since 1993, they could play host to the Final Four. But if things go wrong, Ohio State ...

The whirlwind offseason for Ohio State men’s basketball comes to a close Friday. For the first time, head coach Chris Holtmann will lead the Ohio State men’s basketball team onto the court as the team opens its 2017-18 season at 7 p.m. Friday with a ...

Pages of predictions for Ohio State’s season line the walls of assistant coach Ryan Pedon’s office. Those pages outline another rough campaign looming for the Buckeyes in Chris Holtmann’s first season at the helm despite the new coaching staff and trio of talented freshmen — ...

Chris Holtmann watched his four commits in the 2018 recruiting class officially sign their letters of intent Wednesday, marking the passing of his first signing day as Ohio State’s head coach. The class features two four-stars — shooting guard Luther Muhammad and small forward Jaedon ...

For the third season in a row, Ohio State guard Kelsey Mitchell has been named an Associated Press preseason All-American. The high expectations are warranted for the senior who was a first-team All-American in 2016 and second-team All-American in 2015 and 2014. She has been ...

Freshman forward Kaleb Wesson crouched on the sideline, waiting for his chance to enter Ohio State’s exhibition game against Wooster. Even haunched over, the 6-foot-9, 270-pound big man was nearly as tall as the officials sitting at the table behind him. Finally, with 14:15 left ...

Ohio State’s men’s basketball team defeated Wooster 88-63 in an exhibition game in head coach Chris Holtmann’s inaugural game as the Buckeyes’ head coach Sunday at the Schottenstein Center. Redshirt junior forward Keita Bates-Diop led the Buckeyes in both points and rebounds, 17 and nine, ...

In its final exhibition game before the regular season begins Friday, the Ohio State women’s basketball team decimated Urbana, an overmatched Division II team, winning 135-54 Saturday afternoon at the Schottenstein Center. The No. 5 Buckeyes dominated in all facets of the game. Led by ...

Chris Holtmann had his first humbling experience as Ohio State men’s basketball head coach last Sunday. In a closed-door scrimmage against Xavier, Holtmann knew his team was going to be challenged physically and mentally. After examining the evidence, Holtmann’s verdict was his team’s resolve from ...