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What Ohio State Basketball Must Do to Beat No. 2 Michigan on Sunday
Ohio State hosts No. 2 Michigan on Sunday, just weeks after a 74–62 road loss that slipped away in the final eight minutes.
The teams were tied nine times in that matchup before Michigan pulled away down the stretch. Looking back, head coach Jake Diebler pointed to late-game execution as the difference.
Why the Buckeyes couldn’t close their last game against Michigan
Ohio State largely executed its game plan for most of the game, but turnovers proved costly in the final eight minutes.
“We drove into traffic a couple times during that stretch,” Diebler said. “We gave up some transition buckets because of our turnovers.”
Michigan then capitalized on Ohio State’s mistakes on both ends of the court to pull away.
Ohio State’s leading scorer Bruce Thornton was also limited to 10 points in the loss, an uncharacteristic outing—setting the stage for a bounce-back performance.
“He’s gonna continue to operate at a high level, his approach never wavers,” Diebler said. “Doesn’t matter what we have going on or who we’re playing. He always brings his best every single game, every single opponent. I just want him to go out and be aggressive and be himself.”
What has changed since the last matchup
Although only a couple of weeks separate the two meetings, Ohio State has seen increased production from its bench—particularly from Taison Chatman.
“When you go back and reference the first time we played them, the bench production was really lopsided,” Diebler said. “And I think we’ve been searching and giving guys different opportunities to step up and provide some production for us off the bench, and Taison has really seized that as of late and the efficiency he’s played with has been really impressive.”
Chatman had not recorded a double-digit scoring game in his career before finishing with 11 points against Penn State. He followed that with a career-high 14 points against Wisconsin and added 10 in Ohio State’s most recent win over Maryland.
Aside from Chatman, the bench has raised its level of play collectively—something that will again be crucial against Michigan.
What Ohio State must do to beat Michigan
Against one of the biggest and deepest teams in the country, Ohio State will need to match Michigan’s physicality. That could mean extended stretches with both Christoph Tilly and Ivan Njegovan on the floor together.
Tilly, in particular, will need to execute at a high level offensively in the paint. He has become a weapon not only as a scorer, but as a playmaker capable of creating opportunities for others.
Diebler acknowledged that fatigue played a role in the first matchup, but said his team has trained to better handle those moments.
“There’s things I can do from timeouts and substitution patterns to help if that comes into play,” he said.
Limiting turnovers will again be a point of emphasis, though Ohio State has shown improvement in that area. The Buckeyes have committed fewer than 10 turnovers in each of their last three games.
“Moving off the ball, cutting, communicating, finding windows, and helping your teammate out when they are in a compromised position are all points of emphasis for us,” Diebler said.
What this game means for Ohio State
Ohio State understands the magnitude of the rivalry and what this win would mean as they look ahead to the NCAA Tournament.
“When guys join our program, they know that this game feels different,” Diebler said. “It is the best rivalry in all of college athletics. I’m biased, but arguably one of the best rivalries in all of sports. Once you’re in the trenches of it, you pick it up real quick.”
Ohio State and Michigan will tip off at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Schottenstein Center.
CINCINNATI (WKRC) — Sixty percent of children in Ohio are not ready for kindergarten when they start school.
Now, a national nonprofit is working to change that by expanding access to books and promoting early literacy across the state.
Sixty percent of children in Ohio are not ready for kindergarten when they start school. (WKRC file)
Nedra Smith has seen the difference firsthand. Her two young daughters receive books through the program at their pediatrician visits at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
“They love to read now,” Smith said. “We’ll randomly be out and they’ll see a book and want to read a book.”
Reach Out and Read partners with pediatricians to give children books during regular checkups and encourage parents to read aloud with them. The program has been part of Cincinnati Children’s for more than a decade.
“They typically come in and tell us they got new books,” Smith said. “They typically ask me to read the book right then and there.”
Program leaders say early literacy is increasingly being recognized as an important part of a child’s overall health and development.
“Initially, literacy may not have been in the forefront or seen as a health benefit,” said Kristy High, program manager for Reach Out and Read. “Well-child checks focus on shots, nutrition, and those things; but now we want to focus on those main benefits for the development and milestones when it comes to learning.”
The organization is now working to expand its reach statewide, with a goal of serving children in all 88 Ohio counties.
“We know that those first five years of life are the most critical for brain development,” said Steven Lake, executive director of Reach Out and Read Ohio. “If we can intervene as early as possible, essentially, we reach out at birth; we know we can have the greatest impact.”
Smith encourages other parents to participate in the program and read to their children.
“It’s fun,” Smith said. “It’s actually fun to see them light up, and I think they’ll pass that on to their own kids as well.”
Reach Out and Read also partners with providers in Kentucky and Indiana. You can find a participating provider near you on the organization’s website.
If you are a doctor looking to participate in the program, click here.
The Ohio Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big.
Here’s a look at May 10, 2026, results for each game:
Pick 3
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 8-6-2
Evening: 7-0-5
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 4
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 9-4-7-0
Evening: 0-6-1-8
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Pick 5
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at 12:29 p.m. and 7:29 p.m., except Saturday evening.
Midday: 1-7-3-7-4
Evening: 9-0-8-8-0
Check Pick 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Rolling Cash 5
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 7:05 p.m.
16-19-33-36-38
Check Rolling Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Millionaire for Life
Drawings are held daily, seven days a week, at approximately 11:15 p.m.
01-03-20-35-46, Bonus: 05
Check Millionaire for Life payouts and previous drawings here.
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Ryan Day will have some very familiar competition in the Big 10 soon.
The son of the Ohio State football coach, R.J. Day, announced his commitment to Northwestern for the Class of 2027 on Sunday.
Northwestern plays in the same conference as Ohio State and the schools will face each other.
R.J. Day, a 6-foot-1, 205-pound quarterback from — not surprisingly — Columbus, Ohio, has started for three years at St. Francis DeSales HS as he heads towards his senior season.
According to reports, the younger Day had other offers from Purdue, Syracuse, Cincinnati and South Florida, as well as others.
Northwestern has eight quarterbacks on head coach David Braun’s roster.
And the offensive coordinator for the Wildcats is Chip Kelly, who served in the same role for Ryan Day at Ohio State when the Buckeyes won the title in 2024.
Kelly, the former head coach at UCLA and Oregon, was also the offensive coordinator at New Hampshire when Ryan Day was the team captain from 1998-2001.
Most recently, Kelly was the OC with the Las Vegas Raiders before he took the job with Northwestern.
“It’s really surreal when you think about the relationships that we’ve had with those two as a family over the years,” R.J. Day told ESPN earlier this month. “Coach Kelly coached my dad in college, so that adds another layer to it.”
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