Nearly a third of the regular basketball season is now behind us. Hard to believe, isn’t it? The Ohio State Buckeyes, burdened with departures and injuries, got off to a slow start. Ranked 17th in the preseason AP poll, the Bucks struggled in some early games against suspect opponents (Akron?) and then lost games to Xavier and Florida. After dropping out of the rankings, the Buckeyes beat #1 Duke in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge and then handled (rather easily, actually) a tough Penn State on the road. An 85-74 win last night against Towson State, and here we stand, 7-2 and ranked #21 in the nation. Oh, we miss Justice Sueing and hope that he’s back sooner rather than later. But Kyle Young is playing well now, and Coach Chris Holtmann seems to have settled on his starting lineup: Justin Ahrens, E.J. Liddell, Zed Key, Jamari Wheeler, and Malaki Branham.…
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