Thad Matta has a young Ohio State basketball team sitting above .500 as Big Ten season nears its midway point.
The Buckeyes (13-8, 5-3 Big Ten) travel to Illinois Thursday for a 9 p.m. tipoff to mark the halfway point of the conference season. Ohio State topped the Fighting Illini, 75-73, Jan. 3.
Matta joined the voice of the Buckeyes, Paul Keels, for his weekly radio show Tuesday. Normally, the show is one day earlier but Ohio State hosted and beat Penn State 66-46 Monday.
Notes:
- "I thought we did a good job (Monday) of doing things that we needed to do to be ready to play," Matta said.