To help you prepare for the coming college basketball season, college basketball writer and NBA Draft expert Sam Vecenie will be answering questions sent via either Twitter or email once a week before the season starts. Here are answers to the best questions he received this week. As always, you can reach him at @Sam_Vecenie on Twitter, by following him on Facebook, or by emailing him at sam.vecenie@cbsinteractive.com. Q: What are the percentages Ohio State makes the NCAA Tournament field? — Ghosts of St. John Arena A: Maybe 51 percent sounds good? Ohio State is absolutely one of the toughest teams to peg in all of college hoops right now. The Buckeyes are a very talented team, with the No. 11 recruiting class in the country entering the fold in Columbus season, tops in the Big Ten. That includes five composite four-star prospects, all of whom could realistically see minutes this year, and some will likely start. Plus, add in some solid returning talents like Marc Loving, Jae’Sean Tate, Kam Williams, and Keita Bates-Diop, it’s going to be a deep team with a pretty massive competition for playing time. Sometimes, having a competition for basically every spot on the floor is a bad thing. Often it means that there is no surefire star on the roster. …
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