Otherwise consider this a potpourri of offseason innuendo gossip and rumors Go Bucks!

Buckeyes Roster & Returning 25-26:

• Juni Mobley 
  Played in all 32 games and started the final 22 games
  Averaged 13.0 points and 2.2 assists per game
  Was 77-of-120 (38.5 percent) from long range, which was second in the Big Ten for three-pointers made and three-pointers per game.
• Bruce Thornton 
  2024-25 (Junior)

  Averaged a career-best 17.7 ppg, becoming just the fourth Buckeye over the last 12 years to averaged 17 ppg for a season (Liddell, Bates-Diop, Russell)
  Had 148 assists and just 47 turnovers, leading the Big Ten and was Top 10 nationally with a 3.15 assist-to-turnover ratio.
  One of just three players in Ohio State history to have 100 or more assists and fewer than 50 turnovers for an entire season and the only to do it twice
  Shot over 50 percent from the floor and was a career-best 42.4 percent from long range
  Had 13 20-point games and four games of 20 or more points and nine or more assists

• Devin Royal 
  Appeared in 31 of the 32 games and made 27 starts
  Averaged 13.7 points and a team-best 6.9 rebounds per game
  Shot 52.5 percent from the floor and over 77 percent from the foul line
  Had six 20-point games, which was second-most on the team
  Finished with a team-best three double-doubles, the first three of his career
• Taison Chatmen 
  Prior to Ohio State

  36th prospect overall and 8th-best combo guard in the 247 composite national rankings
  Was the top-ranked player in the state of Minnesota
  Led Totino-Grace to back-to-back Minnesota 3A state titles in 2022 and 2023

• Ivan Njegovan 
  Played in 21 games, averaging 1.6 points and 1.5 rebounds per game
  Was exactly 50 percent (13-of-26) from the floor and made a pair of three-pointers
  Finished the year with eight blocked shots
• Colin White 2024-25 (Freshman)
  Appeared in 19 games and averaged 1.1 points and 1.1 rebounds per game
  Missed a portion of the season with an ankle injury
  Played in 13 Big Ten games as well as the Big Ten Tournament game against Iowa

 
Buckeye New Comers 25 HS Recruits:

• A’mare Bynum Prior to Ohio State
  Four-star prospect and ranked No. 47 in the class according to 247Sports.com
  Played his senior season at Link Academy in Branson, Mo.
  Helped lead Link Academy to the Chipotle Nationals as he averaged 10.4 points and 4.7 rebounds while missing a portion of the season with a wrist injury.
  Scored 22 points on 8-of-9 shooting in a win over then No. 1 Christopher Columbus HS. Also had 19 points and six rebounds in an early season game against La Lumiere School.
  During the 2024 EYBL summer season, he averaged 11.7 points, 6.1 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks while shooting over 34 percent from long range
• Myles Herro PG Prior to Ohio State
  Three-star prospect and a Top 10 player in the state of Wisconsin according to 247Sports.com
  Averaged 22 points, seven assists and five rebounds per game while being named first-team all-conference
  Dished-out over five assists per game in the Nike EYBL in the summer of 2024 for Team Herro
• Mathieu Grujicic Prior to Ohio State
  Was born in France and raised in of Berlin, Germany
  Played for FC Barcelona’s U18 team after growing up playing for ALBA Berlin
  In his final season with FC Barcelona, averaged 13.6 PPG, 2.7 RPG and 3.5 APG while shooting over 40 percent from three-point range.

 
Incoming Transfers:

• Josh Ojianwuna Prior to Ohio State
  Played 87 games over three seasons at Baylor, making 24 starts
  Averaged 5.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and shot over 70 percent from the floor at Baylor
  Had 17 games of 10 or more points with four career double-doubles
  As a junior in 2024-25, posted career-highs of 7.4 points, 6.4 rebounds while shooting better than 77 percent
• Christoph Tilley   Prior to Ohio State
  Played three seasons at Santa Clara, appearing in 86 games and making 59 starts for the Broncos
  Averaged 9.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists over his three seasons
  Shot over 55 percent from the floor in both his sophomore and junior seasons
  Scored in double digits 40 times with seven 20-point games
  Started 31 games and averaged 12.5 points and 4.9 rebounds as a junior in 2024-25
• Gabe Cupps Prior to Ohio State
  Played parts of two seasons at Indiana
  Only played in four games during his sophomore season and received a medical redshirt due to a lower body injury
  Appeared in 33 games and made 22 starts as a freshman in 2023-24
• Brandon Noel Prior to Ohio State
  Played three seasons at Wright State, averaging 15.5 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists over 97 games and 90 starts
  Earned All-Horizon League honors in each of his three seasons and was named the Freshman of the Year in 2022-23
  Recorded 29 double-doubles and scored 20 or more points 31 times