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Lenzelle Smith scored a season-high 24 points, Deshaun Thomas added 19 and No. 16 Ohio State used a late run to beat Northwestern 63-53 on Thursday night.

In the buildup to Midnight Madness, Insider and our college hoops team are collaborating on a preview of one high-profile college hoops team per day -- based on Joe Lunardi's top 20 teams in his offseason Bracketology. We're calling it "Countdown To ...

How OSU, Kansas get it done in recruiting.

Story | Conversation | March 29, 2012

NEW ORLEANS -- Ohio State needed this Final Four. Thad Matta did not. Matta has never been about self-promotion. The Buckeyes' coach is a fierce competitor but never talks about his need to collect rings, according to his good friend and former ass...

Deshaun Thomas has always had a scorer's mentality. That hasn't changed, but his willingness to look for his teammates and become a complete player has helped Ohio State reach the next level.

It makes sense. The Big Man in the Big Easy. That's the theme of what to expect in the Final Four.

Ohio State's path to New Orleans was supposed to be easy. Instead, the Buckeyes took a long, detoured route to the Big Easy.

Myron Medcalf goes to the Hype Machine to let us know what's to be believed and what's not.

Jay Bilas offers improvement plans for the nation's top teams, creating guidelines for how title contenders like UNC, Kentucky and Ohio State can go from being very good to being great.

Blog | Conversation | December 20, 2011

As ESPN.com reveals its top five teams for the 2011-12 season, our writers answer a few questions about these prime national-title contenders.

Fran Fraschilla writes about what could go wrong for each of the top five teams in the preseason college hoops poll and keep them from achieving elite success this season.

Blog | Conversation | November 03, 2011

Blue Ribbon Yearbook previews the 2011-12 college basketball season, exclusively on Insider.

Story | Conversation | October 28, 2011

Ohio State lost three games last season. One to Wisconsin on the road. One to Purdue on the road. One to Kentucky on the final possession in the Sweet 16. "We won 34 games, were the No. 1 overall seed, and we had the No. 51 player drafted in the NB...

For the next month or so, our friends at The Mag are previewing one high-profile school per day for their Summer Buzz series. For the sake of all that is synergistic, yours truly will be attempting the same, complementing each comprehensive Insider p...

The Summer Buzz series stops in Columbus, Ohio, as Eric Angevine previews a Buckeyes team excited about its returning talent. Plus, expert analysis from Jay Bilas, Fran Fraschilla and Joe Lunardi.

Story | Conversation | August 04, 2011

The two missed free throws stick with Jared Sullinger. In a two-point loss to Kentucky in this past season's Sweet 16, the Ohio State freshman finished with 21 points and 16 rebounds and made all but two of his nine free throws. But those two misse...