A maroon-colored seat at Value City Arena needs replaced roughly every two years. The dark color allows for some hiding of stains, but the wear and tear of hosting patrons for everything from Ohio State men’s basketball games to a Paramore concert takes a toll and eventually requires some attention. There were plenty of them available for inspection Wednesday night as the Buckeyes hosted Eastern Illinois for the third game of the season. And for a third straight time, a record-low crowd for a regular-season men’s basketball game looked on to see Ohio State post a 65-43 win and improve to 3-0. The announced attendance for the game: 8,350. It marked only the ninth time fewer than 10,000 fans have watched a regular-season game at Value City Arena. It was also the second game with fewer than 9,000 fans, eclipsing the record low of 8,409 set in a win against…
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