When the Ohio State men’s basketball team opened the 2020-21 season on Nov. 25, it was in unusual circumstances. Like the Buckeye football team that was in the midst of its run to the national championship game and teams at all levels around the country, the Scarlet and Gray stepped on the court for the first time since last spring with no fans inside Value City Arena. This was, of course, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused the Big Ten to rule that no fans could attend games in person. Head coach Chris Holtmann and the Ohio State players talked at the time about the difficulty of playing in front of empty arenas and having to bring the energy required to play a college basketball game. “It’s most definitely been difficult, especially those first non-conference games when there was literally nobody at those games,” senior point guard CJ Walker…
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