http://buckeyebanter.com/blog An Ohio State Sports Blog. Sat, 17 May 2008 01:32:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This weekend, head coach Bob Todd and his baseball Buckeyes travel to Duane Banks Field on the campus of the University of Iowa for a four-game series, the last on Ohio State's Big Ten schedule. The first game of the series is Thursday night, with first pitch scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/05/14/buckeye-baseball-report/ Right: Wide receiver James Jackson, a native of Michigan seen here at UM's football camp, opted to go out-of-state to play for the Buckeyes. Rivals.com Photo So far, there's a grand total of 14 soon-to-be high school seniors from the class of 2009 who have verbally committed to head coach Jim ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/05/14/class-of-2009-looking-fine/ Right: Billy Bob Thornton as Morris Buttermaker, head coach of the Bad News Bears. Time Inc. Photo It has been exactly 24 days since my last post, but fear not fellow readers, for I have been busy working behind-the-scenes here at the worldwide headquarters of BuckeyeBanter.com. Finally, the conversion of switching ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/05/12/back-to-blogging/ Right: Now the most hated man in the state of Michigan, Justin Boren. Lon Horwedel/Ann Arbor News Well, it's official. Sophomore offensive lineman Justin Boren is a Buckeye. Boren, who hails from Pickerington, Ohio, a suburb southeast of Columbus and attended North High School, left the Michigan football team in March, citing ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/04/23/cant-beat-em-join-em/ Right: Koufos is entering the NBA draft, but will not hire an agent. AP Photo/Terry Gilliam The fine publication in northeastern Ohio known as the Canton Repository is reporting that 7-foot freshman center Kosta Koufos is declaring for June's NBA Draft. Huh? Koufos averaged 14.4 points and 6.7 rebounds for the Buckeyes this ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/04/22/koufos-going-pro/ Right: Wide receiver Brian Hartline had a productive day in the rain, catching six passes for 82 yards. Getty Images/Matt Sullivan More than 76,000 fans were fed a steady diet of light rain showers as the Scarlet squad topped the Gray team, 20-7, in this year's Spring Game at Ohio Stadium. Nothing ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/04/20/scarlet-rain-prevail-in-spring-game/ Right: Ohio State head coach Jim Tressel gathers up his troops during a spring football practice at the Woody Hayes Athletic Facility, last Friday. AP Photo/Terry Gilliam After a relaxing two-week vacation following the conclusion of the men's basketball season, let's recap what has transpired this spring for the Ohio State ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/04/18/spring-football-recap/ Right: Seniors Jamar Butler, Othello Hunter, and Matt Terwilliger pose with the NIT trophy. AP Photo/Julie Jacobson The last time Ohio State played in Madison Square Garden for a title, the outcome was not nearly as favorable as it was last night. Back on November 23, the Buckeyes advanced to the finals ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/04/04/new-york-state-of-mine/ Right: Kosta Koufos puts a nice spin move on Mississippi's Dwayne Curtis in the second half for a deuce. AP Photo/Julie Jacobson For the second straight year, Ohio State finds themselves playing in April for a tournament title, though this season's postseason run and tonight's outcome won't result in a national ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/04/03/playing-for-a-title/ Above: The four coaches that still have their teams playing in the NIT, are from left to right, Ohio State's Thad Matta, Mississippi's Andy Kennedy, Massachusetts' Travis Ford, and Florida's Billy Donovan. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews Ohio State (22-13) vs. Mississippi (24-10) Date: Tuesday, April 1 Time: 9:00 p.m. ET Place: Madison Square Garden - ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/04/01/game-preview-mississippi/ Right: As predicted, Dayton had no answer for Kosta Koufos inside. AP Photo/Terry Gilliam Last night, the atmosphere almost resembled high school tournament games that are played at Value City Arena. While the majority of the fans were pro-Ohio State, a good number of Dayton fans made the trip over on I-70. ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/03/27/with-turner-and-diebler/ Ohio State Buckeyes21-13, 10-8 Big Ten vs.Dayton Flyers23-10, 8-8 Atlantic-10 Date: Wednesday, March 26 Time: 9:00 p.m. ET Place: Value City Arena - capacity 19,049 TV: ESPN2 with John Saunders and Bob Valvano. Radio: WBNS-AM 1460/WBNS-FM 97.1 in Columbus, plus WING-AM 1410 in Dayton, and 57 more stations across Buckeyeland with Paul Keels and ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/03/26/game-preview-dayton/ Right: "Twig" Matt Terwilliger throws down two of his half-dozen points in Ohio State's 73-56 win over California in the second round of the National Invitational Tournament at St. John Arena, Monday night. AP Photo/Terry Gilliam It was only appropriate that Bruce Springsteen was belting out his hits like, "Glory Days," ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/03/25/buckeyes-rock-cal/ Above: Cal's 6-foot-10, 240-pound sophomore forward, Ryan Anderson, averages 21.4 points and 9.9 rebounds per game while shooting 41.7 percent from three-point range. AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian Ohio State (20-13, 10-8 Big Ten) vs. California (17-15, 6-12 Pac-10) Date: Monday, March 24 Time: 7:00 p.m. ET Place: St. John Arena - capacity 13,276 TV: ESPN with ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/03/24/game-preview-california/ Right: Former Michigan quarterback Jim Harbaugh, seen here in a publicity photo when he played himself in an episode of "Happy Days." ABC Entertainment Photo Jim Harbaugh, a former quarterback at the University of Michigan, took over as Stanford's head coach when he was hired in December of 2006. One of the problems ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/03/21/maybe-harbaugh-was-right/ Right: Paul Brown Stadium, aka "PBS" in Cincinnati. File Photo In the title, I am not referring to the Public Broadcasting System, which is commonly known as "PBS," or the Columbus' affiliate for public television owned by The Ohio State University. The "PBS" that I am referring to is Paul Brown Stadium, the ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/03/20/osu-says-no-to-pbs/ Above: Terrelle Pryor (center), flanked by his grandmother (left) and his father, sign his National Letter of Intent. Photo by Charles LeClaire/Getty Images After delaying his decision six weeks, Terrelle Pryor is officially a Buckeye. He arrived at Jeannette High School one hour prior to the 12:00 noon news conference, though he ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/03/20/pryor-picks-university-of-ohio-state/ Right: The Big "O," Othello Hunter, slams home two of his 16 points during OSU's first round NIT match-up against UNC-Asheville. AP Photo/Terry Gilliam Ohio State, led by Jamar Butler's 21 points and 10 assists, advanced to the second round of the 2008 MasterCard National Invitational Tournament by defeating the North Carolina-Asheville ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/03/19/butler-bucks-smoke-asheville/ Right: UNC-Asheville's 7-foot-7, 360-pound center Kenny George gets into position for a rebound against North Carolina earlier this season. InsideCarolina.com Photo Thad Matta's Ohio State men's basketball squad was not one of the 65 teams to have their name called on CBS Sports "Selection Sunday" show, which meant  the Buckeyes had to wait until 9:00 p.m ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/03/16/no-ncaas-for-osu/ No, I'm not psychic. I am not talking about Terrelle Pryor and what he might accomplish once he arrives in Columbus. So if you read the headline and you were thinking that I was writing about the two-sport star from Jeannette, Pa., I guess you can call it my April Fools ... http://buckeyebanter.com/blog/2008/03/16/pryor-leads-bucks-to-national-title/