COLUMBUS – Some of Ohio State’s best basketball players from the Thad Matta era are teaming up to compete for a title in The Basketball Tournament.
Jared Sullinger, Aaron Craft, William Buford and Jon Diebler were among those practicing inside Value City Arena on Thursday as the Scarlet and Gray team prepared for The Basketball Tournament’s Midwest regional, which begins Saturday in Peoria, Ill. at Bradley University.
Returning to the Schottenstein Center to hoop with their former teammates is nothing new for those OSU greats; that’s something they do every summer. This year, though, they have something to play for: a $2 million, winner-takes-all prize that goes to the champion of the 64-team, single-elimination tournament.