Ohio State will begin the 2021-22 season ranked No. 17 in the AP Top 25 Poll. The preseason college basketball poll released Monday marks the third-straight season in which Chris Holtmann’s program will have a ranking to start the year. The 2020-21 Buckeyes began the season ranked No. 23 before finishing as the No. 7 team in the country, while the 2019-20 roster started at No. 18 and ended at No. 19. The Buckeyes are ranked behind three other teams in the Big Ten, with Michigan coming in at No. 6, Purdue at No. 7 and Illinois at No. 11. Beginning the year as a ranked team means Ohio State will have been in the AP Top 25 at some point in each of Holtmann’s five seasons at the helm in Columbus. The Buckeyes have peaked in the top 10 in three of the past four years, with Ohio State…
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