The talk is almost over. After a Sweet Sixteen exit for the Ohio State women’s basketball team on March 25, the discussion has been around transfers, new names and games of the future and past. Now it’s time for a basketball to be tipped and a 29-game regular season to commence. For Ohio State, they do it in a big way, welcoming the Tennessee Volunteers to Columbus on Tuesday.
The opener is the 12th time these two teams meet in their long basketball histories and the first time since 2016. Ohio State’s lost 10 of the previous 11 editions — all by double-digits — and haven’t beaten Tennessee since a 1981 double overtime victory.