Future basketball Buckeye Jae'Sean Tate dominated an AAU game last night as part of Nike's EYBL summer league, racking up 40 points, 18 rebounds and eight steals in just 24 minutes of action in All-Ohio Red's win over the Georgia Stars.
Former Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel was in Youngstown Saturday to participate in Maurice Clarett's charity basketball event, The Comeback Project, thrilling fans with his ball-handling skills (and incredible white high tops).
Michigan athletic director David Brandon defended the school's 23% increase in the price of student tickets for football games but the highlight is noting 25% of student "fans" are no-shows and another 50% arrive late for kickoff.
Michigan has a problem with students arriving late for home games, leading to empty seats well after kickoffs. To combat this problem, the school announced general admission seating for students Tuesday. One day later, head coach Brady Hoke tried his hand at a solution. And it involves glazed donuts.
Ohio State named Steve Rohlik the ninth head coach in men's ice hockey history Wednesday. Rohlik (pronounced rah-lick) arrived in Columbus with former head coach Mark Osiecki three years ago and served under Osiecki as the associate head coach.
We're still 616 days away from the first College Football Playoff, but you can get in on the action early by going to the event's website at collegefootballplayof.com and voting for your choice for a new logo.
Here's a recent highlight reel from Ohio State class of 2014 commitment Keita Bates-Diop. A 6-foot-7 forward from Normal, Illinois, Bates-Diop committed to Ohio State way back in November of 2012 over offers from Indiana, Michigan and others and is considered one of the nation's top 20 players in his class.
