As the calendar flipping to mid-November often means the heart of the football schedule is upon us, it also represents the start of college basketball season. And while Ohio State is in the middle of chasing another Big Ten championship on the gridiron, the Buckeyes basketball team will open play Sunday.
Ohio State hosts Mount St. Mary's noon Sunday at the Schottenstein Center for its first game of the 2015-16 campaign. Expectations for the Buckeyes, led by head coach Thad Matta in his 12th-year at the helm, aren't as high as they have been in previous seasons as Ohio State features one of the youngest teams in the country.