bold. starting a part 4. not offseason. not preseason. Otherwise consider this a potpourri of innuendo, gossip, insinuation and rumors as the season gets underway. Go Bucks! The 14 players on scholly this year as follows:

• Juni Mobley, jr. 6'2" 185

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 6'2" 215

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,  6'6" 230, Pick Central

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

• Taison Chatmen, junior 6"4" 190

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 7'2" 260

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, soph, 6"6" 220, Ottawa-Glandorf

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

• Braylen Nash, 6'4" 190, from New Albany, 2024-25 (Freshman)

Saw action in nine games
Has a career shooting percentage of 1.000
Made his lone shot attempt on his first career attempt, a three-pointer, in the win over Youngstown State (11/11)
Played a season-high 2:25 in the win over Green Bay (11/25)
Made both free throws attempts against Indiana State (12/29)
Was a valuable member of the scout team

Buckeye New Comers 25 HS Recruits:

• A’mare Bynum, 6'8" 240 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, 6'3" 165 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, 6'7" 210,  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, 6'10" 270, 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, 7' 240   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, 6'2" 180,  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, 6'8"240,  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

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