Try to imagine Ohio State basketball in 2017-18 without Jae'Sean Tate.
Following the firing of Thad Matta in June, that was a serious consideration for Tate, who said Tuesday on 97.1 The Fan that he considered playing football at Ohio State following Matta's departure.
"There was talk about me stop playing basketball, going and trying to join the football team. They were out of scholarships, so that didn’t work out, but I just didn’t know what was going on," Tate said. "We had a lot of transfers, and then when the coaching staff, we found out it was going to be let go, it was a pretty dark time around here.