196 days ago, we watched a dejected, stunned Ohio State team walk off the floor in West Lafayette, having just been upset in historic fashion at the hands of Oral Roberts. After six months of marinating in the aftertaste of that head-turning loss, the Buckeyes took the court on Monday evening for the first time, albeit in a non-official, non-stat counting exhibition against a Division II opponent.
With Kyle Young (vestibular disfunction), Seth Towns (back), and Justice Sueing (groin) out, Ohio State went with a starting five of Meechie Johnson, Jamari Wheeler, Justin Ahrens, E.J. Liddell, and Zed Key.