Buckeye Nation will see Redd before Ohio State faces Minnesota this weekend.
Ohio State legend Michael Redd will be the Victory Bell Ringer when the Buckeyes and Gophers battle at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday. Redd is the second straight men's basketball standout to be the Victory Bell Ringer, as Clark Kellogg set the tone for the Ohio game on Sept. 13.
Back in The Shoe. New Bell Ringer
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Redd played three seasons for Ohio State (1997-2000), where he emerged as one of the Big Ten's top scorers in the late 90s. As a freshman, he averaged 21.9 points per game, the second-highest single-season mark for a first-year Buckeye at the time. Teaming up with another Ohio State great, Scoonie Penn, Redd helped lead the Buckeyes to the 1999 Final Four, the program's first appearance since 1968. By the end of his college career, Redd scored 1,879 points and added 593 rebounds, 238 assists and 149 steals.
The Milwaukee Bucks selected Redd with the No. 43 overall pick in the second round of the 2000 NBA draft. Though he began his career as a seldom-used bench player, Redd developed into one of the NBA's most prolific scorers, becoming an All-Star and earning third-team All-NBA honors in 2004. Redd sprang forward from that breakout season to become the face of the Bucks during the mid-2000s, averaging over 20 points per game for six consecutive seasons, peaking at 26.7 points per game in 2006-07.
The Columbus native also represented the United States on the international stage as part of the "Redeem Team" at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Coming off the bench as a 3-point specialist, Redd provided valuable perimeter scoring for stars like LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Dwayne Wade. The Americans went undefeated in the tournament and captured a gold medal, defeating Spain in the finals.
Redd is Ohio State's fourth Victory Bell Ringer this season, following Archie Griffin (Texas), John Cooper (Grambling State) and Kellogg. The tradition began in 2025 because athletic director Ross Bjork sought to "ignite the energy of the crowd" as the Buckeyes ran onto the field for the start of the game.
