The Ohio State basketball program had to replace several players from last year's roster. Most of that was due to players leaving in the transfer portal. They had quite a few players decide they no longer wanted to be part of the program now that Chris Holtmann was gone.
One of those players was Roddy Gayle. Gayle decided to leave once the Buckeyes brought back Meechie Johnson after he spent two years with South Carolina. He saw the logjam at guard and decided to transfer elsewhere. While Johnson has been useless, there were too many guards for Gayle's liking.
Ultimately, Gayle decided to head to Michigan. TTUN fans were gleeful to get a player who had spurned the Buckeyes. That glee has quickly turned into anger. There's not a player that has more ire directed at him from that fanbase than Gayle right now.
Michigan fans hate former Ohio State basketball player Roddy Gayle
TTUN has had a very good season under first-year coach Dusty May, much to the chagrin of Buckeye fans. Yet, Gayle has been the weak link. He was demoted from starting early on in the season and hasn't really improved. He is shooting just 21% from behind the three-point line.
Fans have had enough of his play. He drew their ire again after TTUN lost to Michigan State on Friday night.
Roddy Gayle is 1/20 on his last 20 three-point attempts.
— College Basketball Report (@CBKReport) February 22, 2025
Went 0/2 tonight with two airballs.
Are we sure Ohio State didn't send this guy over as a spy?
Every single person to watch a Michigan basketball game this year: Roddy Gayle sucks. He should be at the end of the bench. He’s a cancer.
— Tyler Shore (@TyShore) February 22, 2025
Dusty May: let’s play this guy 38 minutes a night
HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAH RODDY GAYLE IS THE WORST PLAYER IN MICHIGAN HISTORY IM SO DONE
— Barstool Michigan (@BarstoolUofM) February 22, 2025
Perhaps Gayle should have thought twice about moving into enemy lines. Now he has both the Ohio State and Michigan fanbases hating him. At least he knows he will be going to the NCAA Tournament this year. The Buckeyes may have cost themselves a spot in the tourney after losing to Northwestern.
The Buckeyes are hoping that they can get themselves together during this final stretch of the season. TTUN is hoping that Gayle can turn around his horrid outside shooting. Either way, it seems like Gayle made perhaps the worst decision he could have possibly made.
While Ohio State basketball fans don't like TTUN, they can take solace in the fact that their fans dislike someone as much as they do. That's something that's very rare.