No one on Ohio State’s roster has poured more into Buckeye basketball than Bruce Thornton.
He’s a three-time captain and three-year starter, the only repeat starter from last year’s Ohio State team. But this is the first time Thornton, a player who’s always hungered to see his team win at the highest level, enters the end of a regular season battling to secure an NCAA Tournament berth.
“We prep for these moments,” Thornton said after Ohio State toppled Nebraska in double overtime on Tuesday. “We’ve been doing this since June. It’s March. I'm just very excited to take it day by day.