The center position is turning over for Ohio State basketball.
With Austin Parks already announcing he'd enter the transfer portal on March 18, the Buckeyes will shed another center this portal window as Aaron Bradshaw is entering the transfer portal after one year at Ohio State.
Bradshaw transferred to Ohio State from Kentucky last offseason after making 10 starts as a freshman, coming in with a good bit of hype as a five-star prospect in the 2024 recruiting class. However, his production didn't live up to that billing.
He finished the 2024-25 campaign averaging just six points, 2.7 rebounds and 0.7 blocks per game. Bradshaw's rebounding rate dipped from his season with the Wildcats, as he went from 9.6 rebounds per 40 minutes last season to just 6.5 per 40 minutes this year. At just 215 pounds despite standing 7-foot-1, the physicality of Big Ten forwards also gave him issues on the defensive end of the floor.
Availability was also an issue for Bradshaw, who missed seven games while under university investigation and another three with illness.
With Parks and Bradshaw's departures, only rising junior Sean Stewart, sophomore Ivan Njegovan and incoming freshman A'mare Bynum remain at the center position for Ohio State entering Jake Diebler's second season. Adding a bona fide big back through the portal will likely be a priority.
