Following Ohio State’s 82-74 overtime win over Minnesota, talk continued about a player who has yet to make his Buckeyes debut. However, it seems coach Jake Diebler and his team are playing it cool and taking their time before they unleash their multi-positioned star.
Coming off perhaps its best win of the season, an 86-74 thumping of UCLA in Columbus on Saturday, Ohio State tries to keep the momentum going in a positive direction on Tuesday night when it hosts Minnesota.
Why not? At this point in the season, the Ohio State Buckeyes could use all the help they could get underneath the basket. The team's bigs aren't having a bad year.
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After winning a temporary restraining order from Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Ohio on Friday, guard Puff Johnson is set to join the Ohio State team immediately for his sixth season of college basketball.
Penn State opens the 2025-26 men's basketball season Monday night at the Bryce Jordan Center, where the Nittany Lions will introduce a completely transformed roster.
Even after landing star wing transfer Andrej Stojakovic from Cal, coach Brad Underwood and Illinois haven’t finished their business with the portal. Although
Puff Johnson, the former Penn State basketball player who has played four seasons in college, reportedly will enter the NCAA Transfer Portal potentially to seek another year.
Penn State senior Ace Baldwin Jr. defended his Big Ten defensive player-of-the-year award this season, as he led the conference in steals and was considered one of its toughest on defense.
Penn State basketball will be without Puff Johnson in the regular season finale Saturday against No. 12 Wisconsin (1 p.m. EST, Peacock). Head coach Mike Rhoades unofficially ruled Johnson out for the rest of the season on Feb.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State basketball will be without Puff Johnson for the 12th straight game as it celebrates Senior Day against No. 16 Maryland (Noon EST, BTN).
Penn State will be without Puff Johnson for the 10th straight game as it travels to Bloomington, Indiana, to take on the Hoosiers (8:30 p.m. EST, BTN).
Penn State will be without fifth-year senior Puff Johnson for the ninth straight game as he recovers from a right-hand injury. Johnson sustained the injury on Jan.
Penn State basketball coach Mike Rhoades confirmed Monday that fifth-year senior starter Puff Johnson, who sustained a hand injury at Michigan State on Jan.
Penn State fifth-year senior Puff Johnson will miss his sixth game this season against Minnesota (7 p.m. EST, BTN), per the Big Ten Availability Report.
Fifth-year senior Puff Johnson will miss his fifth game this season against Ohio State (6:30 p.m. EST, FS1), per Penn State Athletics Strategic Communications.
Penn State senior forward Puff Johnson is listed as out ahead of Monday’s game against Michigan (6:30 p.m. ET, BTN), per the Big Ten availability report.
Penn State senior forward Puff Johnson is listed as out while freshman forward Hudson Ward is listed as questionable ahead of Friday’s game against Iowa (9 p.m.
Penn State fifth-year senior Puff Johnson and freshman Hudson Ward are listed as out ahead of Monday’s game against Rutgers, per the Big Ten Availability Report.
During Friday’s media availability, Penn State basketball head coach Mike Rhoades announced that fifth-year senior Puff Johnson would be “out for a bit” with a right-hand injury.
Penn State Nittany Lions forward Puff Johnson left Wednesday’s game against the No. 12 Michigan State Spartans with a right hand injury. Johnson left at the 8:16 mark of the first half and went to the locker room to be evaluated.
Ahead of Sunday’s matchup with No. 15 Oregon, Ace Baldwin Jr.’s and Puff Johnson’s availability is questionable, per the Big Ten Availability Report. Freshman Hudson Ward is listed as out and has appeared in six games this year.
Penn State will take on No. 13 Illinois on Wednesday night but will be without a key frontcourt player: Puff Johnson. Johnson has started all 15 games for the Nittany Lions, averaging 10.3 points and 4.5 rebounds.
Puff Johnson scored a game-high 20 points Tuesday night and Penn State held Saint Francis (Pa.) to three points for more than 10 1/2 minutes of the second half while cruising to a 92-62 win in University Park, Pa.
With the Penn State basketball season now at a close, many players will need to make decisions about their future. Some might test the waters of heading to the NBA, while others could dip into the transfer portal.