June 26, 2026

Ohio State's Sean McNeil glad 'somebody was watching over' dad during heart attack Nov. 30 at Duke

The under-8 media timeout had just passed inside Cameron Indoor Stadium and Sean McNeil headed to the scorers’ table. No. 25 Ohio State, which had led No. 17 Duke by as many as six points in the early going, was clinging to a two-point lead with about seven minutes left in the first half as the graduate guard prepared to check in against the Blue Devils on Nov. 30. Then, glancing over his right shoulder toward the Ohio State cheering section where his dad, brothers and dad’s girlfriend were seated, McNeil got his first glance at what was going to be a life-altering night for his family when he saw medical personnel attending to somebody near the court. “I knew where my family was sitting,” McNeil said. “At first I thought, God-willing I was hoping it was none of my family … and then the only thing I saw was…

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