Oden's Imprint All Over Buckeyes' Win
619249
By CLIFF BRUNT  WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Greg Oden didn't dominate the stat sheet, but his imprint was all over Ohio State's sixth straight win.  The 7-foot center had just nine points, six rebounds and two blocks in No.
426145
Ohio State center Greg Oden scores 17 points, pulls down 19 rebounds and swats four shots to lead the Buckeyes past Purdue, 63-52, in the conference semifinals.
717730
Greg Oden and No. 2 Ohio State hardly broke a sweat in beating Minnesota 85-67 Sunday, putting the Buckeyes in position for their first No. 1 ranking in 45 years. Oden had 19 points nine rebounds and two blocks and Ron Lewis added 16 points. Mike Conley Jr. finished with 10 assists and five steals for Ohio State.
514107
By Bob Baptist, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Dec. 10--It didn't take the Ohio State men's basketball team long to learn to play with its new Big Boy toy.   The challenge for the fifth-ranked Buckeyes yesterday was remembering how to play without Greg Oden.
242715
Ted Ginn Jr. pulls in a touchdown pass from Troy Smith to give Ohio State a 14-7 lead right before the half and the No. 1 Buckeyes never look back as they clobber No. 2 Texas, 24-7.
148620
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State quarterback Troy Smith threw for two touchdowns, Antonio Pittman rushed for one touchdown and kicker Mike Nugent converted three field goal tries to lead the Buckeyes to a 30-7 victory over Indiana Saturday in front of 104,538
710543
MINNEAPOLIS - The last time Ohio State was No. 1 in the AP men's basketball poll, John Havlicek, Jerry Lucas and a sub named Bob Knight were leading the Buckeyes to the NCAA championship game.  That was 45 years ago, but after Greg Oden and No.
254431
ANN ARBOR, Mich. _ Tommy Amaker has seen Greg Oden's type .  Though that might seem unusual for a once-in-a-generation player like the Ohio State freshman center, Amaker had a close look at a number of Oden's big-man predecessors.
461604
By Associated Press  MINNEAPOLIS -- The last time Ohio State was No. 1 in the AP men's basketball poll, John Havlicek, Jerry Lucas and a sub named Bob Knight were leading the Buckeyes to the NCAA championship game.  That was 45 years ago, but after Greg Oden and No.
600361
Seven-footer Greg Oden gets all the attention for No. 3 Ohio State. Maybe the shortest Buckeye deserves some of the focus.
677554
The Buckeyes were able to get things back on the right track against Indiana. Ex-OSU captain Jerry Rudzinski takes a look at what the Buckeyes were able to get right against the Hoosiers.
68770
Ohio State took awhile to get untracked before Troy Smith and Ted Ginn Jr. hooked up on two touchdown passes and the top-ranked Buckeyes rolled to a 37-7 victory over Cincinnati on Saturday.
517611
By RUSTY MILLER  COLUMBUS, Ohio - Seven-footer Greg Oden gets all the attention for No. 3 Ohio State. Maybe the shortest Buckeye deserves some of the focus.  Mike Conley Jr.
263614
DALLAS -- These are the kind of games Ohio State has to enjoy, because the Buckeyes will have no postseason. Tony Stockman had 23 points, with three five-pointers in a stretch in which the Buckeyes regained
612636
Greg Oden heard the chants for one more year from the Ohio State fans and did his best to ignore them. Time will tell if the 7-foot freshman grants their wish or answers the call of the NBA, but his mind was on other things Sunday.
618315
By Bob Hunter, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 4--EAST LANSING, Mich. -- One hour and 20 minutes before the game, Greg Oden was on the floor by himself, shooting free throws. The students in the Iz-zone were already out there, doing their thing.
539041
By MICHAEL MAROT  INDIANAPOLIS - Greg Oden dominated the middle in his hometown Saturday, finishing with 14 points, 11 rebounds and five blocks in 27 minutes as No. 4 Ohio State routed Cincinnati 72-50 on Saturday.