COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State basketball’s win over Cincinnati on Wednesday night had a few similarities to its meeting in 2018. In both season openers, Ohio State won 64-56 and both times it took the Buckeyes a half to find ways to generate efficient offense. The difference is this time is the decision to simplify the offense to combat the physical play of the Bearcats. “I just didn’t think we were putting them in good enough positions in the first half offensive because they were taking us out of everything we’d wanted to run going into the game,” head coach Chris Holtmann said after the win. “We just tried to simplify it, and then they played off their instincts and gave us a rhythm.” That consisted of high screen-and-rolls with a ball-handler and Kaleb Wesson, who spent the majority of the second half making plays from the perimeter. Something you’d…
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