With the departure of D.J. Cooper, perhaps the best Ohio player since Gary Trent in the mid-1990s, as well as six other players, one would think that the Bobcats have anywhere to go but down in 2013-14 season.
For most students at Ohio, the summer means enjoying time at home with family and friends, new job experiences and vacations, but for Bobcat athletes, it is a new routine.
With more than 400 student-athletes at Ohio, it can be complicated to remember every name and match them with the right sport. To not be completely thrown off in conversations about Bobcat sports, however, you should know about these 10 Bobcats:
When the National Hockey League went into a lockout in early October, some fans thought the break of play would be the end of the league as we know it, but little did they know that a shortened season might be exactly what was needed to jumpstart popularity.
OU President Roderick McDavis was appointed to serve on the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Board of Directors and the Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Committee.
This year was supposed to be the year of Rory McIlroy, the year we would look back on as when he entered the hall of fame, but instead he has become a global superstar, which has messed up his mental game.
The fourth day of the Mid-American Conference Tournament was a soggy one, as rain rolled through Avon causing delay after delay.
It wasn’t exactly the way coach Rob Smith and Ohio wanted to end the season, but it had to suffice.
Ohio’s seniors were given the opportunity to put on a square cap, turn their tassels and become college graduates on Sunday.
With runners on first and second and one out in the bottom of the tenth, junior Chandler Geller came up to the plate with a chance to break a 3-3 tie and win the game against Bowling Green.
After enduring a five hour, 31 minute rain delay, Ohio needed just 20 minutes to play the sixth and seventh innings, before eliminating Kent State to remain alive in the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
Facing being swept in the Mid-American Conference for the second consecutive season, No. 6 Ohio remains alive after defeating No. 4 Miami 3-2 Thursday.
Though Ohio's offensive statistics rank among the best in the NCAA, the Bobcat offense remained dormant Wednesday in a pitcher’s duel to begin the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
Ohio fell to Bowling Green 2-0 in the first round of the Mid-American Conference Tournament Wednesday, but the Bobcats will remain alive in consollation bracket the double-elimination tourney.
Coach Rob Smith has said all season that the end goal of the season is to crack 12 conference wins and find a way into the Mid-American Conference Tournament.
Rome wasn’t built in one day, and after a year of setbacks and constant groundbreaking rescheduling, the multipurpose center hasn’t been either.
After moving its overall record above the .500-mark last weekend, Ohio will also attempt to achieve a winning conference record with just two weekends of play remaining.
When Ohio State’s Michelle Thomas passed Ohio’s Juli Accurso in the 10,000-meter race at the All-Ohio Championships, Accurso looked at her for a second before deciding to turn the attention back on her watch. It wasn’t time yet to run faster.
Solutions by The State News