It has been five days since Ohio State’s basketball season came to an end with an upset loss to No. 15 seed Oral Roberts in the NCAA Tournament. Following that loss, OSU standout EJ Liddell – who had 23 points and 14 rebounds in 39 minutes of work in the team’s 75-72 overtime loss to Oral Roberts – revealed on social media that he had been the victim of threatening messages from “fans” following the loss. That announcement prompted OSU coach Chris Holtmann to issue a statement in support of his star player. Liddell participated in a media conference call this morning to reflect on that entire incident and share some of his thinking for going public with the messages. “It was not the first time I’ve gotten stuff like that honestly,” Liddell said. “It was just after a heartbreaking loss that ended our season. I just felt like…
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