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Observations from Ohio State Basketball Practice As Buckeyes Prepare for Season Opener in Three Weeks

The drill was fairly simple.

Two lines of players under the basket. Two pads that looked like pop-up tackling dummies at the top of the key. Each Ohio State player had to dribble the ball around each of the dummies then finish for a layup over assistant coach Jake Diebler, who had a couple of pads to increase the level of difficulty. Two players were to do the drill at the same time, and they’d switch from beginning on the right side to the left side after a minute.

Following his 30-second explanation of the drill, during which he used redshirt junior point guard CJ Walker as the example, assistant coach Ryan Pedon shouted out the number of made shots he wanted to see from his players during the two-minute drill.