June 19, 2026

Ohio State basketball opponent for 2023 CBS Sports Classic announced

There’s been a whirlwind of news swirling with college football, but remember, basketball is a part of all of this conference expansion. The Big Ten will be an eighteen-team member in 2024, but before that, the Ohio State basketball team will take part in one last conference season with the current fourteen-team league. Part of that schedule involves the CBS Sports Classic, but the opponent had yet to be officially announced. That is, until Tuesday. According to a release from the OSU athletic department, the Buckeyes’ opponent in the annual four-team event that involves Ohio State, Kentucky, North Carolina, and UCLA, will be the Bruins. That means one more year of the blueblood of the sport no longer being a nonconference foe. Playing UCLA is not a surprise. The rumors and tea leaves had pointed towards that being the opponent down in Atlanta this year. That of course means that…

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