ESPN released their television schedule for the opening weekend, and the very first game was a punch to the gut. Ohio State Buckeyes at the Indiana Hoosiers. Deep into another uneventful basketball season, I guess I missed the announcement back in December. I’d like to think I was hyper focused on the upcoming playoffs, but more likely I was defending the pick to anyone that would listen. So why is this a punch in the gut? Like most red-blooded American fans, I don’t like change. Opening with a Big Ten opponent? That’s crazy talk. Indiana hasn’t exactly been a pushover in a lot of their recent games against the Bucks, and giving their players the added incentive of playing on national television, after an entire season to prepare, isn’t how I would draw up an ideal schedule. For some sort of solace, I decided to check out Ohio State’s schedule…
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