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Ohio State to Play in Outdoor Doubleheader with Cincinnati, Dayton and Xavier

For the first time ever, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Dayton and Xavier will gather on one court — without a roof.
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Ohio State to Play in Outdoor Doubleheader with Cincinnati, Dayton and Xavier​

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For the first time ever, four of Ohio’s high-major basketball programs will gather on one court — without a roof.

On Oct. 7 at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, home of the Cincinnati Open, Ohio State, Cincinnati, Dayton and Xavier will play outdoor exhibition contests as part of the CareSource Invitational, an event to raise awareness and funds for mental health and suicide prevention.

“I think this is great. This is great for the basketball community in Ohio. And it’s been a long time coming,” Ohio State head coach Jake Diebler said on Thursday. “I’ve been vocal about this since I first got the job and wanted something like this to happen. There are so many moving parts. There are so many moving parts to make something like this happen. It takes a lot of people. And I’m just excited. Everyone got together to make it happen.”

The CareSource Invitational will feature Ohio State vs. Cincinnati with Dayton vs. Xavier as the tennis complex transforms into an outdoor basketball court.

In case of inclement weather, the games will be moved to UD Arena in Dayton, but Diebler’s hoping for nothing but sunshine on a fall Wednesday.

“Getting all four teams together and doing it in a venue like that, it’s exciting. You might as well try something different," Diebler said with a grin. “It’s going to be really early in the preseason. So it’ll be a great time for everybody to get some minutes and just see where you’re at relative to someone else. … I’m excited that it’s outdoors. I’ve never been a part of a live game outside like that.”

Diebler said it’ll be a fun reminder for coaches and players of their time growing up playing basketball in the driveway, at a park or on the school playground.

“We used to play outside all the time growing up. I know it won’t be the same surface as what I played on growing up, but I’m excited about it. You’ll have different things, right? Wind, all that stuff. But who cares? It’s going to be fun to play outside.”

It’ll also be nice to support a great cause, Diebler said.
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Call me crazy, but I think it's dumb to play on a tennis court. What did Woody Hayes say? If you're going to fight in the North Atlantic, then you should train in the North Atlantic. Conversely, if you're going to fight on a hardwood court indoors, it doesn't help your preparation for the season to play outdoors in the elements, presumably on a clay court. I guess I'm rooting for bad weather so they play at UD Arena instead. I'm sure playing on clay is going to cause guys to not go full tilt, which is a big part of why I don't think it's particularly helpful. Hopefully no one will get injured out there.
 
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DZ83CK said:
Call me crazy, but I think it's dumb to play on a tennis court. What did Woody Hayes say? If you're going to fight in the North Atlantic, then you should train in the North Atlantic. Conversely, if you're going to fight on a hardwood court indoors, it doesn't help your preparation for the season to play outdoors in the elements, presumably on a clay court. I guess I'm rooting for bad weather so they play at UD Arena instead. I'm sure playing on clay is going to cause guys to not go full tilt, which is a big part of why I don't think it's particularly helpful. Hopefully no one will get injured out there.
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Wait. What did I miss about clay? Won’t they just build a court similar to the carrier ship game they did?

Also, Cinci’s tennis courts are hard. Like a blacktop surface - maybe a little bouncier and harder since those courts are historically some of the “fastest” on the tennis circuit (lots of “aces”, but that’s the tennis nerd in me).

I’m assuming it will just be a regular basketball court with some outdoor elements.
 
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Thought most bball floors were removable, in as much as could host rock shows, ice hockey or whatever. And those floors are springy, as floor sits on on edge 2/4s. Grew up on blacktop bball courts, and can vouch they are NOT springy. And hurt when you fall down. I was going to say "watch out for the net", but the above super-imposed pic shows me that net was removed. Should be a cool show. To bad they didn't have an aircraft carrier to play on. Go Bucks!
 
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OHSportsFan said:
The official OSU release had this concept picture.

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I’m looking into going with my UD friend already.
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OHSportsFan said:
Wait. What did I miss about clay? Won’t they just build a court similar to the carrier ship game they did?

Also, Cinci’s tennis courts are hard. Like a blacktop surface - maybe a little bouncier and harder since those courts are historically some of the “fastest” on the tennis circuit (lots of “aces”, but that’s the tennis nerd in me).

I’m assuming it will just be a regular basketball court with some outdoor elements.
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Obviously I don't know what is going on, just made a guess about the playing surface. I don't really follow tennis but even if the court isn't exactly clay, it's still a hard surface that I'm sure would scrape you up pretty good if you dove or slid on it. Obviously having an actual hardwood court would be much more better, but regardless, I don't think it's particularly helpful to play outdoors when you're trying to prepare for a season of games indoors.
 
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