At 5:42 p.m., Kyle Young could feel it. Only 78 minutes left until tip-off.
Basketball had nearly returned. Ohio State’s season opener, of course, was still seven days away. But for somebody who hasn’t played a game in six months, an exhibition on Wednesday against Cedarville was real enough.
Young sprung out of the locker room and made his way down the baseline and across to the other side of the court.
“I can’t even tell you how hyped I am right now,” he told Harrison Hookfin while the walk-on forward shot corner 3-pointers.
With a smile that wouldn’t go away, Young walked back across the court to speak with his mother for a few minutes before getting back to work.