June 8, 2026

Ohio State's E.J. Liddell shares threats, vulgar insults received after Oral Roberts loss


CLOSE Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann discusses a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Oral Roberts. Buckeye Xtra WEST LAYFAYETTE, Ind. – Ohio State forward E.J. Liddell has posted screenshots on Twitter of vulgar messages and threats he has received following Friday’s first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Oral Roberts. Buckeyes basketball: Ohio State’s E.J. Liddell to play in front of ‘#1 fan’ when Buckeyes host Illinois In the 75-72 overtime loss, Liddell scored a team-high 23 points and pulled down a game-high 14 rebounds. Hours later, he posted the following messages to Twitter (warning: contains vulgar, explicit language). Along with screenshots of the threats and insults, Liddell wrote “Honestly, what did I do to deserve this? I’m human.” And “Comments don’t get to me but I just wanna know why. I’ve never done anything to anyone in my life to be approached like this.” Buckeyes basketball: ‘I’ll never do social media’:…

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