my all-time ohio hs bb team:

jerry lucas, lebron james, jim jackson, clark kellogg and maybe gus johnson or o.j. mayo.

I grew up in L.A. and it was all basketball when I was there. Honestly, I didn’t really get into football until I moved to Columbus.

Steve, I’ve heard many times a state considered “basketball” or “football”; New York “the mecca of basketball” for example. And I’m sure if you went around the country and polled people, the majority would agree that Ohio is not a “basketball state” and there’s nothing wrong with that. This also has nothing to do with Ohio State’s basketball tradition, but simply just basketball tradition in general. It’s only because of the impact of LeBron James are people now starting to notice Ohio basketball (primarily the Cavs though). We’ve had some great players before him that came out of this state, but you can’t say any of them put Ohio on the map like he did. And for the record I hate Prince James so there’s no bias here on my part.

Even if you throw in some of the prestigious college basketball programs of Ohio like UC, it’s still no where the likes of UCLA, UNC or Duke. Also, if you look back at some of the best basketball prospects that went on to star in college then the NBA, most aren’t even from the state of Ohio with the exception of a few.

Now do I wish basketball was more relevant here in Ohio? YES, because I’m a huge basketball junkie. But I also don’t mind that we’re known more for our football than anything.

All-time, UC kicks Ohio State’s ass on the hardwood. Just taking off the scarlet-tinted classes for a while. The last few years have been rough for UC, but they were consistently great-to-dominant for the better part of the 20th century.

The disparity is even greater in football, though.

And Ohio State all time would not kill all-time Cincinnati. You’d have to provide proof, of which there is none. It’d be a speculative debate at best, but general sentiment nationwide is not in line with what you’re saying.