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Off-Script Ohio: Transfer turbulence, playoff chaos, and a pivotal stretch for Buckeye hoops
Even without taking the field, Ohio State’s season moved in multiple directions this week. While the College Football Playoff delivered blowouts and revelations, the Buckeyes continued reshaping their roster through the transfer portal. Meanwhile, Ohio State basketball lived another week on the razor’s edge, flashing both tournament potential and familiar late-game frustration. Portal season: additions, […]
BOOM!!! Ohio State lands multiple transfer portal commitments
Ohio State is in the thick of College Football Transfer Portal season. Ohio State has been heavily involved in transfer portal recruiting this offseason, both by addition and subtraction. The Buckeyes have currently lost nearly 30 players to the portal following the loss to Miami in the Cotton Bowl, ending Ohio State’s 2025-6 season early. […]
Jaloni Cambridge, Kylee Kitts sweep Big Ten Player of the Week awards
Over the season and a half that Jaloni Cambridge has played for the No. 14 Ohio State women’s basketball team, she has shown why she was the No. 1 point guard prospect in the 2025 recruiting class. Last season, Cambridge won four Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards, which put her alongside Kelsey Mitchell […]
Three lessons from No. 19 Ohio State women’s win over No. 8 Maryland
Rewind to Nov. 16, 2025, back when No. 19 Ohio State women’s basketball played its first top 10-ranked team of the 2025-26 season. The Buckeyes hung around with the No. 1 UConn Huskies for the better part of the first quarter, but played 30 forgettable minutes to end the game in a 32-point defeat. The […]
Ohio State women’s basketball moves up to No. 14 in AP Poll
In the preseason, Associated Press voters left Ohio State women’s basketball off the preseason top 25. The Buckeyes were a team full of questions and a team with a massive roster overhaul. Now, in Week 10 of the 2025-26 season, the Scarlet and Gray continued to climb up the rankings and now sit at No. […]
It’s too early for Ohio State portal panic
Each year, it seems like more and more Ohio State players enter the transfer portal, and this year it has seemed particularly bad. It feels like a new graphic pops up on social media every hour on the hour with a new name from Ohio State’s roster entering the transfer portal. Social media is not […]
Beyond the Box Score: The two teams that set the blueprint to beat Ohio State are now playing for a national championship
The two teams Ohio State lost to this season are now playing in the national championship next Monday night. On one hand, it shows that Indiana and Miami are both really good teams. But on the other hand, it shows how far, at least right now, the Buckeyes are away from winning a national championship […]
Ohio State women pick up top-10 victory, football gets a veteran BOOM!
We know that your life is busy, but that doesn’t mean you want to miss any news about your favorite team. So, we are rounding up all of the most important news, analysis, and commentary from LGHL and the rest of the Buckeye beat. For your Earholes… Land-Grant Podcast Network rolls out exciting new lineup […]
Horseshoe Hangover: CFP Semifinals recap and what it shows Ohio State, Big Ten Basketball look-in
The latest episode of Land Grant Holy Land’s Horseshoe Hangover is here! Join Alex Frank and Ryan Weckstein as they help you get through any lingering feelings you may have from the weekend while recapping Ohio State’s latest game and looking ahead to the next game. Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio The College Football Playoff Semifinals delivered two […]
Moments that mattered in Ohio State men’s 81-74 loss at Washington
The Ohio State Buckeyes (11-5, 3-3) ended its West Coast road trip 1-1 with an 81-74 loss to the Washington Huskies (10-6, 2-3) on Sunday night. The Buckeyes were coming off a 72-62 win at Oregon, while Washington was coming off an 81-73 loss at Purdue. Washington freshman center Hannes Steinbach came into the contest […]
No. 19 Ohio State women flip 15-point deficit to upset No. 8 Maryland 89-76
On the final day of the 2024-25 season, March 2, 2025, Ohio State women’s basketball traveled to College Park, Maryland, to face the Maryland Terrapins. It was a classic game full of drama on the way to a 93-90 Terps victory. On Sunday, No. 19 Ohio State was back in Maryland to face the No. […]
It’s time for Ohio State to get some actual adults in the room on offense
Ohio State failed to achieve two of its three ultimate goals this season, defeating Michigan but losing the Big Ten Championship Game to Indiana and falling in the first round of the College Football Playoff to Miami. In both of the Buckeyes’ losses to the Hoosiers and Hurricanes, a large portion of the blame fell […]
Ohio State women’s basketball vs. No. 8 Maryland: Preview and prediction
Every game day in the Big Ten brings its own challenges. Each team near the top of the conference has their own strengths and on Sunday, No. 19 Ohio State women’s basketball gets its first chance at one of the most unique. The No. 8 Maryland Terrapins welcome the Buckeyes to College Park, Maryland for […]
The Ohio State and Maryland women’s basketball rivalry and its future
Love it or hate it, the Big Ten moved to 18 teams before the 2024-25 academic year, and with that came a new schedule for women’s basketball. Every team plays all 17 of the other teams and, with an 18-game conference schedule, there is one home-and-home matchup. These are rivalry matchups that go back decades […]
Good Hoops Morning: Can Ohio State get greedy, sweep Pacific Northwest road trip?
Before every Ohio State men’s basketball game, Connor Lemons gets you ready for that day’s action with key stats, players to know, and prevalent storylines for that day’s game on the “Good Hoops Morning” podcast. Listen to the episode and subscribe: Subscribe: RSS | Apple | Spotify | iHeart Radio Washington Huskies (-2.5) vs. Ohio […]
Streaming expert on the best ways to watch No. 19 Ohio State women vs. No. 8 Maryland for free
The Ohio State women’s basketball team is back on the road to face another ranked opponent on Sunday afternoon as they will head to College Park, Maryland, to face the No. 8 Terrapins. While, fortunately, the game is not on the Big Ten+ streaming service — which practically no one has — this ranked-vs.-ranked matchup […]
With Ohio State searching for bench help, Gabe Cupps came up big in Oregon
After a 72-69 loss to the No. 10 Nebraska Cornhuskers, Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler knew something had to change in regard to the bench production. In the three-point loss, the bench combined for 22 minutes, zero points, zero assists and three rebounds on 0-for-2 shooting, two missed layups by Brandon Noel. “Passing up […]
The former Ohio State players who will be involved in the NFL Playoffs
The NFL Playoffs kick off on Saturday, with 14 teams looking to earn a spot in Super Bowl LX next month. For fans of those teams who have already seen their favorite team eliminated, like the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals, a way to make the playoffs interesting is to root for former Buckeyes to […]
Visiting Locker Room: Testudo Times talks Maryland women’s basketball
Each season, there are certain games that get special attention. For No. 19 Ohio State women’s basketball, the No. 8 Maryland Terrapins are one of those games, and the Buckeyes get to do it twice in the regular season. Head coach Brenda Frese’s Terps and head coach Kevin McGuff’s Buckeyes have historic matchups over the […]
Without Brandon Noel, Ohio State faces a season defining test of its depth
Ohio State basketball’s margin for error was already thin. Brandon Noel’s injury makes it even thinner. Noel had become one of the Buckeyes’ most reliable bench pieces, providing physicality, rebounding, and interior scoring in a rotation that has struggled to generate consistent production outside the starting five. With him sidelined, Ohio State now faces a […]
You’re Nuts: Which Buckeye backup will take advantage of a bigger role with Brandon Noel out?
The Ohio State men’s basketball team was already not utilizing its bench much heading into Monday night’s game against Nebraska — they ranked 284th in the nation in bench minutes. Then, on Monday, Brandon Noel, who started the first 10 games of the season but has been replaced by A’mare Bynum in the starting lineup […]
The Buckeyes weren’t battle-tested this season; that will thankfully change in 2026
The Buckeyes weren’t ready to face either Indiana or Miami in the postseason this year. For as dominant as the Buckeyes were in the regular season, they weren’t battle-tested enough for the Big Ten Championship and College Football Playoff. It showed in those two games. Ryan Day said before the season started that this was […]
Ohio State women strive to play scrappy Big Ten basketball
All of the praise around the play of point guard Jaloni Cambridge and her 41-point performance against the Illinois Fighting Illini is warranted. In front of a personal hero, WNBA star A’ja Wilson, Cambridge had a career-best performance for No. 19 Ohio State women’s basketball in its 78-69 victory. However, for all of the beauty […]
Six draft-eligible Buckeyes still weighing the NFL, and what to expect
Every offseason at Ohio State brings roster churn, but few moments are as pivotal as the draft decisions made by key draft-eligible players. With eligibility remaining and NFL projections rising, these choices shape not only individual careers but also the Buckeyes’ roster math for the following season. This year, six draft eligible Buckeyes still sit […]
Ohio State men get a late-night road win, football gets a transfer linebacker
We know that your life is busy, but that doesn’t mean you want to miss any news about your favorite team. So, we are rounding up all of the most important news, analysis, and commentary from LGHL and the rest of the Buckeye beat. For your Earholes… Land-Grant Podcast Network rolls out exciting new lineup […]