Daniel Giddens brought it up all by himself. There was no prompting, just a simple question related to the importance of the development of both he and his teammates this upcoming offseason.
“This is the most important summer of our basketball careers,” Ohio State’s freshman center said Sunday, “because this summer is going to decide where the program is about to go."
“Either we’re gonna bring it back to the glory days … or it’s going to be another year in the NIT.”
And so, Ohio State basketball finds itself at a bit of a crossroads.