Twenty-three days. Five hundred and 52 hours. Thirty-three thousand 120 minutes. That’s how long it has been since the Ohio State men’s basketball team had been on the floor. Back on Dec. 11, the Buckeyes knocked No. 24 Wisconsin in convincing fashion 73-55. Chris Holtmann and his team were starting to gain momentum and then they were smacked in the face by Covid-19.
Ohio State (9-2, 3-0) had three games canceled (Kentucky, Tennessee-Martin, New Orleans), but they returned to action on Sunday night by visiting the Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-8, 0-3) and while there were certainly signs of rust, the Buckeyes beat the Children of the Corn 87-79 in what will go down in history as The Malaki Branham Game™ufe0f.