Buckeyes Now

Ohio State Forward E.J. Liddell Named To Preseason All-Big Ten Team

The junior was one of just five unanimous selections on the preseason team.

Andrew Lind

Ohio State junior forward E.J. Liddell was one of 11 players named on Wednesday to the preseason All-Big Ten team.

A former four-star prospect from Belleville, Ill., Liddell was named first-team all-conference last season after he averaged 16.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. He also led the Buckeyes, who fell in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, in blocks (31) and free throws made (126) and attempts (169).

Additionally, Liddell was named to the Big Ten’s all-tournament team and was among the final 15 candidates for the Wooden Award, which is given annually to college basketball’s best player. He declared for the draft after last season but opted to return to school after going through the pre-draft process.

Liddell was joined on the preseason All-Big Ten team by Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn and Andre Curbelo; Indiana’s Trayce Jackson-Davis; Iowa’s Keegan Murray; Maryland’s Eric Ayala; Michigan’s Hunter Dickinson and Caleb Houstan; Purdue’s Jaden Ivey and Trevion Williams; and Rutgers’ Ron Harper Jr. He was one of five unanimous selections, along with Cockburn, Jackson-Davis, Dickinson and Ivey.

Ohio State opens the 2021-22 season on Nov. 9 against Akron. Tipoff at Value City Arena is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN2.

-----

Be sure to check out our new message boards, Buckeye Forums. We'd love to have you part of the conversation during the season.

-----

You may also like:

Ohio State QB C.J. Stroud Added To Maxwell Award Watch List

Ohio State Freshman OL Zen Michalski Loses Black Stripe

James Franklin Refers To Ohio State As “Illinois,” Ohio Stadium As “The Big House”

Ohio State RB Marcus Crowley Out With Long-Term Injury

Ohio State's Harry Miller Donating All NIL Earnings To Nicaragua

Ohio State's Nov. 6 Game At Nebraska To Kick Off At 12, 3:30 Or 4 P.M.

-----

Be sure to stay locked into BuckeyesNow all the time!

Join the BuckeyesNow community!
Subscribe to the BuckeyesNow YouTube channel
Follow Andrew on Twitter: @AndrewMLind
Follow BuckeyesNow on Twitter: @BuckeyesNowSI
Like and follow BuckeyesNow on Facebook!

Published
Andrew Lind
ANDREW LIND

Andrew Lind is an Ohio State beat writer and photographer at BuckeyesNow, founder of The Ohio State Uniform Database and the NCAA and NFL writer at SportsLogos.net.

Home/Basketball