Ohioans in the tournament

• AcesinCalifornia

  Had a few spare minutes and decided to compile this list. These are from the rosters on ESPN, so they may not be complete, may not include players who spent part of their prep career in Ohio, and does not distinguish between scholarship/walk-on players, redshirts, etc.
  
  Ohio State Jared Sullinger Columbus
  Ohio State Jordan Sibert Cincinnati
  Ohio State Aaron Craft Findlay
  Ohio State Eddie Days Richmond Heights
  Ohio State David Lighty Cleveland
  Ohio State Jon Diebler Upper Sandusky
  Ohio State William Buford Toledo
  Ohio State Dallas Lauderdale Solon
  
  Akron Daryl Roberts Toledo
  Akron C.J. Oldham Solon
  Akron Brett McKnight Lancaster
  Akron Michael Green Dublin
  Akron Josh Egner Massillon
  Akron Mike Bardo Cincinnati
  
  Xavier Johnny Mazza Cincinnati
  Xavier Andrew Taylor Toledo
  Xavier Dante Jackson Greenfield
  Xavier Kenny Frease Massillon
  Xavier Griffin McKenzie Cincinnati
  
  Cincinnati Eddie Tyree Canal Winchester
  Cincinnati Alex Eppensteiner Cincinnati
  Cincinnati Anthony McBride Cincinnati
  Cincinnati Yancey Gates Cincinnati
  
  Michigan State Adreian Payne Dayton
  Michigan State Delvon Roe Euclid
  Michigan State Garrick Sherman Kenton
  
  Wofford Brad Loesing Cincinnati
  Wofford Terry Martin Cincinnati
  
  Belmont Brandon Baker Milford
  
  Morehead State Kevin Gray Reynoldsburg
  
  UNC-Ashville D.J. Cunningham Waterford
  
  Oakland Ryan Bass Dayton
  
  Purdue Ryne Smith Toledo
  
  Virginia Commonwealth Rob Brandenberg Gahanna
  
  West Virginia Cam Thoroughman Portsmouth
  
  Wisconsin Rob Wilson Cleveland
  
  None: (54) Alabama-Birmingham, Alabama State, Arizona, Arkansas-Little Rock, Boston U., Bucknell, Butler, BYU, UC Los Angeles, UC Santa Barbara, Clemson, Connecticut, Duke, Florida, Florida State, George Mason, Georgetown, Georgia, Gonzaga, Hampton, Illinois, Indiana State, Kansas, Kansas State, Kentucky, Long Island, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada-Las Vegas, North Carolina, Northern Colorado, Notre Dame, Old Dominion, Penn State, Pittsburgh, Princeton, Richmond, St. Johns, St. Peters, San Diego State, Southern California, Syracuse, Temple, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas-San Antonio, Utah State, Vanderbilt, Villanova
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Nice post. Thanks for doing the research.
• Tiger2003

  

  Eddie Tyree is Groveport Madison or did he leave for Canal? I know he was on there OCC Title and District Runner-Up team.
• vball10set

  this is awesome..thanks for sharing!!!
• AcesinCalifornia

  Tiger,
  
  He may have played at Groveport, but his hometown is listed as Canal Winchester. Don't know if he transferred, moved, or that was his mailing address (probably possible to have a CW mailing address and be in Groveport's district).
• dave

  Good stuff, I thought there would be more.
• Pick6

  

  heh, I played against the guy from Waterford. Never realized that I played against a D1 basketball player.
• enigmaax

  Pick6;711243 wrote:heh, I played against the guy from Waterford. Never realized that I played against a D1 basketball player.

  
  Where'd you play? Sidenote: He may not actually get to play in the tourney - saw where he re-injured his knee in the conference quarterfinals and didn't play in the semis or championship.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Darryl Roberts is still playing?
  
  Damn...
• Pick6

  

  Tobias Fünke;711315 wrote:Darryl Roberts is still playing?
  
  Damn...

  
  Yup, actually talked to him after the MAC championship game..pretty cool guy
• Pick6

  

  enigmaax;711312 wrote:Where'd you play? Sidenote: He may not actually get to play in the tourney - saw where he re-injured his knee in the conference quarterfinals and didn't play in the semis or championship.

  
  Beallsville. Played him my freshman and sophomore year I believe.
• CinciX12

  

  Thanks for putting all that together. Pretty cool to see.
  
  3 of Xavier's I wouldn't exactly call 'players' though lol.
• bo shemmy3337

  very cool, Ohio has some serious talent in high school basketball along with many good opportunities to play D1 too.
• CinciX12

  

  bo shemmy3337;711333 wrote:very cool, Ohio has some serious talent in high school basketball along with many good opportunities to play D1 too.

  
  It would be cool to see what stars they were coming out of high school but that would be a lot of work. Would be interesting to see how well we were keeping talent in the state.
• bo shemmy3337

  CinciX12;711336 wrote:It would be cool to see what stars they were coming out of high school but that would be a lot of work. Would be interesting to see how well we were keeping talent in the state.

  
  Kent State is busting ass to keep a lot of Ohio kids in football, I just wish they would do the same in Basketball. Either way Kent is a good basketball program along with Akron (recently) OSU (clearly the best) cincy, and X have all been good programs in the past 10 years.
• Pick6

  

  bo shemmy3337;711340 wrote:Kent State is busting ass to keep a lot of Ohio kids in football, I just wish they would do the same in Basketball. Either way Kent is a good basketball program along with Akron (recently) OSU (clearly the best) cincy, and X have all been good programs in the past 10 years.

  
  Akron has been on a different level since Dambrot took over. They've actually been in the MAC championship game the past 6 years.
  
  As I'd also throw Ohio, Dayton, and Cleveland State as some more Ohio teams who have respectable programs.
• CinciX12

  

  Are the majority of Cleveland State players from Ohio?
  
  I know that UD actually has quite a few Michigan products because Gregory goes up there under the delusion that he is still tight with Izzo.
• Pick6

  

  CinciX12;711359 wrote:Are the majority of Cleveland State players from Ohio?
  
  I know that UD actually has quite a few Michigan products because Gregory goes up there under the delusion that he is still tight with Izzo.

  
  5 from ohio, incl. their best player norris cole. Looks like Dayton has 9 from ohio and 4 from michigan.
• CinciX12

  

  Pick6;711362 wrote:5 from ohio, incl. their best player norris cole. Looks like Dayton has 9 from ohio and 4 from michigan.

  
  Norris Cole who is better than Holloway..how could I have forgotten about him.
  
  And for the record, Holloway is now 1 of 2 players to average 20 ppg, 5 apg, and 5 rpg. But Norris Cole is probably better.
  
  And moving on..
• bo shemmy3337

  Pick6;711345 wrote:Akron has been on a different level since Dambrot took over. They've actually been in the MAC championship game the past 6 years.
  
  As I'd also throw Ohio, Dayton, and Cleveland State as some more Ohio teams who have respectable programs.

  
  I agree, I just said recently for Akron because I was looking at the last 10 years and like you said, they have been really good for about 6 now.
• Ironman92

  

  Humpty Hitchens of Chillicothe left Akron or he'd be another....playing at James Madison I believe.
• vball10set

  ^^^and playing with another Ohio guy, Julius Wells from Toledo Libbey
• sportswizuhrd

  vball10set;712870 wrote:^^^and playing with another Ohio guy, Julius Wells from Toledo Libbey

  Along with...
  
  Rayshawn Goins(Glenville/Cincy State)
  AJ Davis(Cincy Harmony/Wyoming U.)
  Devon Moore(Cols. Northland)
  James Millen(Cin. Shroder/Cincy State)
  Trevon Flores(Cols. Eastmoor Academy...but transferred to a Louisiana school his senior year)
• AcesinCalifornia

  Thought I would resurrect this. After tonight's action, the only Ohio prep player left is Rob Brandenberg, who plays significant minutes for VCU.