It’s been a rollercoaster of a first offseason for Ohio State basketball’s new head coach Jake Diebler. After seeing three of five starters leave the program either via the transfer portal or eligibility, the Buckeyes responded with replacements that have been potentially better than the players that moved on.
Former Duke forward Sean Stewart has found his new collegiate home with the Ohio State Buckeyes. After a season with the Blue Devils, Stewart has announced his commitment to Ohio State, joining forces with new head coach Jake Diebler.
Duke transfer forward Sean Stewart committed to Ohio State on Friday. He announced on April 19 that he was entering the transfer portal after one season with the Blue Devils.
The Ohio State basketball team fired head coach Chris Holtmann halfway through last season, and assistant Jake Diebler took over as head coach for the remainder of the year.
It is safe to say Jake Diebler is loving life as head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes. The former Buckeyes interim helmsman was offered the full-time gig back in March, which he accepted.
The Big Ten revealed Wednesday the conference foes for each team ahead of the 2024-25 college basketball season. Fans will still have to get used to seeing West Coast teams like Oregon, Washington, UCLA and USC in the mix.
As we near the end of the 2024 college basketball coaching carousel, let's highlight the best and worst hires.
Jake Diebler has had a busy first offseason as the new head coach of Ohio State basketball. trey-townsendThe Buckeyes have already landed three players in the transfer portal and are currently looking to add one of the top players available.
The transfer portal era certainly has changed college athletics and Ohio State basketball is feeling the impact today. Less than a week ago, Kentucky center transfer, Aaron Bradshaw, committed to the Buckeyes, giving new head coach Jake Diebler’s team more much size and skill in the front court.
Jake Diebler continues to stack talent, but will the roster turn out to be as flexible as he is hoping it will be? The Ohio State men’s basketball team still has two available scholarships, but nearly all of the 2024-2025 roster — Jake Diebler’s first as head coach — is together.
We are not attorneys, nor do we claim to be. It’s week three of the offseason, but the college basketball offseason barely even feels like it these days with the transfer portal, NIL moves and coaching changes.
Jon Diebler, who played for Ohio State and is the program’s all-time leading three-point shooter, will not be joining the Buckeyes coaching staff.
When Jake Diebler became the head coach of the Ohio State basketball program, it was expected that he would hire his brother. Jon Diebler is a big part of Ohio State.
All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print. Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis.
The Ohio State basketball team has done a really good job this offseason. In his first season as a head coach, Jake Diebler has navigated both recruiting and the transfer portal well.
The rising sophomore averaged 4.9 points and 3.3 rebounds per game for Kentucky last season. Let Jake Diebler cook. On Monday afternoon, Ohio State landed a commitment from Aaron Bradshaw, a 7-foot-1, 225-pound center who is a rising sophomore and played sparingly at Kentucky during his freshman season.
Jake Diebler has added yet another piece to his coaching staff. Diebler announced the hiring of assistant coach Luke Simons as the newest member of his team.
All the Buckeye news thats fit to re-print. Look, we get it. Your days are busy and you don’t have time to read all of the stories and tweets from the three dozen websites dedicated to covering Ohio State athletics, or the 237 Buckeye beat writers churning out hot takes and #content on a daily basis.
It’s safe to say at this moment that Ohio State basketball made the right decision to keep head coach Jake Diebler — at least so far. For the past few recruiting cycles, the top Ohioans have mostly left the Buckeyes at the altar, with the exception of Devin Royal and Malaki Branham.
Johnson is the fifth-highest rated recruit in Ohio State men’s basketball program history. When Jake Diebler was hired as the head coach of the Ohio State men’s basketball team last month, one of the concerns some people had was if the first-time head coach would be able to recruit at the same level as the CEO as he did when he was an assistant.
The Ohio State basketball program has already had an eventful offseason. They have had players come and go from the transfer portal. They also decided to hire Jake Diebler at the expense of John Calipari.
Jake Diebler said that his top priority heading into the offseason was roster retention. Now that he is running the Ohio State basketball program, he wants to keep as many of his players from getting into the portal as possible.
Ohio State removed the interim tag from Jake Diebler's title on Sunday and named him as the 15th head coach of its basketball program. Diebler received a five-year contract from the school.
After guiding Ohio State to a 6-2 record when he took over the program in February, interim head coach Jake Diebler is expected to be named the Buckeyes' head coach, per an ESPN report Saturday night.
The Ohio State Buckeyes' search for a new head basketball coach may soon be at an end. According to reports from the Columbus Dispatch, current interim
Ohio State will look to win its second straight game under interim coach Jake Diebler when it tips off against Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup on Thursday night in Minneapolis.
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