The roster, for the first time, is fully intact. When Ohio State opens a run of 19 straight Big Ten games with a New Year’s Day date at Northwestern, coach Chris Holtmann will have all 12 scholarship players at his disposal and seemingly without restriction. Now comes the fun part: keeping those dozen players, or at least the 10 who are projected to be members of the rotation, happy and engaged as the level of competition increases and the number of available minutes shrinks. It’s a good problem to have, to be sure. Thursday afternoon, the Buckeyes welcomed back Isaac Likekele after a three-game absence and also had Gene Brown III make his season debut in a 90-59 win against Alabama A&M. Ohio State’s Isaac Likekele talks with teammates while Alabama A&M’s Garrett Hicks defends. Likekele, initially thought to be available only in an emergency situation, played 8:30 off the…
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