Ohio State has been without perhaps its second-best player for all but two games this season.
The 19th-ranked Buckeyes have managed to go 12-4 through their first 16 games and 5-2 so far in conference play, but that success has been in spite of the absence of fifth-year forward and team captain Justice Sueing. One can’t help but wonder how much different Ohio State would look with the services of a healthy Sueing, who started all 31 games and averaged 10.7 points per game a season ago, when he was the Buckeyes’ third-leading scorer.
While there is still no immediate timeline for Sueing’s return, Chris Holtmann said Tuesday that the Hawaii native is still aiming to come back before the end of the year, and that a return to practice may not be all that far off.