Basketball is finally back! Well, kind of. It’s not technically back until Ohio State faces off with Cincinnati next Wednesday, but for the first time since March, there was live, legitimate Buckeye basketball being played at the Schottenstein Center. That basketball came in the form of an exhibition match against UNC-Pembroke, a D2 school and Peach Belt conference member.
While UNC-Pembroke isn’t a major team by any means, they were one of the best D2 teams in the country last year, going 27-6, winning their conference before falling in the second round of the D2 tournament to Queens.