A former college guard himself, Jake Diebler has spent much of the last year bringing along a pair of young guards in Meechie Johnson Jr. and Malaki Branham. In turn, the two youngsters have taught the Ohio State assistant coach a thing or two about himself. “I think they’re teaching me patience at times,” Diebler said with a laugh. It was Tuesday afternoon, one day after the Buckeyes returned to the Associated Press top 25 poll and two days after a road win against Penn State. The next night, No. 21 Ohio State would defeat Towson. With those victories (plus their earlier dispatching of then top-ranked Duke), OSU enters a top-25 matchup Saturday against Wisconsin riding a three-game winning streak. Ohio State guard Malaki Branham (22) is averaging 7 points per game for the Buckeyes, and Meechie Johnson (0) is averaging 6.6. The Buckeyes will also enter Saturday’s game as…
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