This Week in Twitter is our weekly look at some of the week's best and most entertaining tweets from current and former Ohio State players and other Ohio State accounts.
Some current and former Buckeyes shared which current or former Ohio State football players would make their basketball starting five:
PG: Garrett Wilson
— Dawand Jones (@dawandj79) March 8, 2021
SG: CJ Stroud
SF: Josh Proctor
PF: Cade Stover
C. Dawand Jones https://t.co/p5TEH62JTX
Idk why you put @_gconley8 at point, my dawg not passing https://t.co/weE1UCiiPU
— Jt Barrett (@JT_theQB4th) March 9, 2021
Dawand Jones also had thoughts on the NBA dunk contest:
This was the worst dunk contest since they did the sprite one
— Dawand Jones (@dawandj79) March 8, 2021
And on his unsuccessful effort to avoid COVID-19, which kept him out of the national championship game:
I did all of this and still got Covid https://t.co/zdQ22UoMXx
— Dawand Jones (@dawandj79) March 7, 2021
You must've forgot I'm Thanos https://t.co/kIwl9f5Hd7 pic.twitter.com/vR2a2lGeps
— Dawand Jones (@dawandj79) March 8, 2021
Javontae Jean-Baptiste decided to try Chad Johnson’s McDonald’s-based diet, drawing disapproval from teammate Teradja Mitchell:
Absolute poison https://t.co/Uzi40EqnCz
— Teradja Mitchell (@teeraaw__) March 9, 2021
Mitchell did give a nod of approval to the weather warming up in Columbus:
Been a long time coming .. i just seen a fly outside . Warm weather me please
— Teradja Mitchell (@teeraaw__) March 12, 2021
Noah Potter (whose brother Micah formerly played for Ohio State and now plays for Wisconsin) had thoughts about college basketball officiating:
Why do college basketball refs like to ruin everything
— Noah Potter (@noah_potter10) March 7, 2021
Former Ohio State defensive end Jonathon Cooper shared a highlight tape from his senior season:
Made me a boss now I hold my own weight #justgettingstarted @zswartz pic.twitter.com/NUrofQxBMc
— Jonathon Cooper (@JonathonCooper7) March 11, 2021
Justin Fields and Wyatt Davis shared pictures from a pre-draft photo shoot:
Built For It. pic.twitter.com/G6frQ4wvFg
— Justin Fields (@justnfields) March 9, 2021
Draft day coming soon! Thank you God pic.twitter.com/WlOcfATepL
— Wyatt Davis (@wyattdavis53) March 10, 2021
Executive director for football relations Tim Hinton made a rare appearance on Twitter to share a photo of Miyan Williams from winter workouts:
The Grind now is what allows you to excel in the fall! pic.twitter.com/wxo9Lzu9hy
— Tim Hinton (@OSUCoachHinton) March 10, 2021
Meechie Johnson called his shot before Ohio State’s Big Ten Tournament win over Purdue, and again before the Big Ten Tournament semifinal against Michigan:
Revenge Day... #OH
— Meechie Johnson (@MeechieJohnson0) March 12, 2021
Another day of REVENGE... but We really want this one #OH
— Meechie Johnson (@MeechieJohnson0) March 13, 2021
Mark Titus liked what he saw as the Buckeyes raced out to a 49-31 first-half lead over the Boilermakers:
I have officially opted back in to the Ohio State basketball season
— Mark Titus (@clubtrillion) March 12, 2021
Aaron Craft was hyped about fellow former Ohio State point guard Mike Conley’s performance in the NBA All-Star Game’s 3-point contest:
I see you @MCONLEY10 !!!
— Aaron Craft (@ACraft4) March 8, 2021
Adam Griffin wondered aloud why more people weren't talking about comments by high school football coach Rush Propst that suggested Alabama and Georgia committed recruiting violations:
Interesting allegations on UGA and Bama, also interesting as to how no major media outlet is reporting it. If this was North of the Mason Dixon line ESPN would have a full fledge TV crew outside of Ohio State or Notre Dame
— Adam Griffin (@yunggriffsays) March 8, 2021
Ohio State’s social team discovered its players don’t know much about ’90s pop culture:
...
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) March 10, 2021
How'd our guys do? #GoBuckeyes pic.twitter.com/7i9uOSBhSe
And Ohio State got into the NFT craze by posting its football account’s first-ever tweet for sale:
https://t.co/zPAlh3fH26 pic.twitter.com/jZH1AaO3mA
— Ohio State Football (@OhioStateFB) March 13, 2021
