Ohio State’s E.J. Liddell is a very good player having a very strong season. I don’t think that anyone who has paid attention to college basketball this year doubts that he is one of the best players in a very tough Big Ten Conference, but I’m here to tell you that even if the sophomore from Belleville, Ill. isn’t yet a superstar, he is very much on his way to becoming one. And even more so, that he is the perfect player to be the first superstar of Chris Holtmann’s Ohio State tenure.
Now, I say all of this meaning no disrespect to Keita Bates-Diop, who obviously had a phenomenal 2017-18 season winning the Big Ten Player of the Year Award following Holtmann’s first season in Columbus.