According to various internet reports, Ohio Basketball has received a verbal commitment from Cincinnati Walnut Hills High School small forward/shooting guard D.J. Wingfield. He chose Ohio over offers from St. Bonaventure, Akron, Kent St., Ball St., BG and others. The 6-5 Wingfield played at Lockland High School last year where he averaged 17.8 points, 8.7 rebounds and 3.5 assists. At Walnut Hills, Wingfield will team with Akron commit Isaiah Johnson. The son of former UC star and NBA player Don...

ATHENS, Ohio – Jim Christian is back in the MAC.

The former Kent State coach, who most recently coached at TCU, was announced Tuesday as the 17th coach of the Ohio men’s basketball team.

He replaces John Groce, who resigned after leading the Bobcats to the Sweet 16 in his fourth season to take the head coaching job at Illinois.

“With John Groce, this team, their staff, had a special, special season and put the program on the map,” Christian said. “The only promise I can make is that I’m...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois introduced Ohio’s John Groce as its new head coach in a press conference today.

In four seasons with the Bobcats, Groce, 40, was 85-56, with two NCAA tournament appearances following championships in the Mid-American Conference Tournament. Ohio reached the Sweet 16 this year for the first time in 48 years, losing in overtime to North Carolina.

He replaces Bruce Weber, who was fired after nine seasons with the Illini. Illinois was just 17-15 this past season with...

ST. LOUIS – Ohio exhibited the toughness its coach John Groce always preaches, but the Bobcats were struck down with a little bit of tough luck.

The 13th-seeded Bobcats had No. 1 seed North Carolina on the ropes, knocking down eight 3-pointers in the second half. The shooting touch they lacked in the first half also disappeared in overtime and they fell to the Tar Heels, 73-65, in the Sweet 16 at the Edward Jones Dome in St. Louis on Friday night.

Walter Offutt had a career-high 26 points...

ST. LOUIS – As a No. 13 seed, Ohio was not expected to win even its first game, but now in the Sweet 16, the Bobcats still do not feel like a Cinderella as they prepare to take on No. 1 seed North Carolina. They feel like they belong.

“Nobody in our locker room feels like we're a Cinderella team,” Ohio guard D.J. Cooper said. “We feel like we can compete with anybody on the national stage.”

The Tar Heels have five players who could project to be NBA lottery picks this summer if all enter t...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – One of the stingiest defenses in the nation was no match for D.J. Cooper, Walter Offutt and an Ohio basketball team determined to reach the school’s second-ever Sweet 16.

Offutt and Cooper combined for 40 points to lead the Bobcats past South Florida, 62-56, at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., on Sunday night.

Against the nation’s second-best field goal percentage defense team, Ohio (29-7) recovered from a slow start to shoot 50 percent in the second half, coming b...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Two of the top defenses in the nation will square off with the winner carrying the title of Cinderella into the Sweet 16.

No. 13 Ohio (28-7) facing No. 12 South Florida (20-13) guarantees a double-digit seed will make it out of the first week of play in the NCAA Tournament, and both teams have gotten where they are through defense. Both rank in the top 50 nationally in defensive efficiency.

South Florida does it by putting a long team on the court across the board with i...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Cinderallas again, but this time Ohio did it with defense.

The Bobcats held Michigan scoreless the final four minutes and finally got steal and two Walter Offutt free throws with six seconds left to clinch its second NCAA Tournament upset victory in the last three years, with the No. 13 Bobcats knocking off the No. 4 Wolverines, 65-60, on Friday night at Bridgestone Arena.

Two years ago, a huge shooting night helped Ohio shock Georgetown, 97-83.

Michigan (24-10) misse...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Ohio’s defense has risen to the occasion throughout most of the season, but it faces one of its toughest challenges of the year in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Michigan.

The Wolverines rank as the most efficient offense the Bobcats have played against this season.

“They've got great personnel,” Ohio coach John Groce said. “They space the floor, as you just said. They really spread you out. They've got guys who play off ball screens very well and make g...

Ohio was seeded No. 13 in the Midwest region, drawing a second-round NCAA Tournament match-up against No. 4 seed Michigan on Friday in Nashville.

The Mid-American Conference champion Bobcats (27-7) and the Big Ten regular season tri-champion Wolverines (24-9) will battle at 7:20 p.m.

Also playing in the same session will be No. 5 seed Temple (24-7) against the winner of a first-round game between California (24-9) and South Florida (20-13).

Other games at the same site are from the East...