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#23 Ohio State Vs Illinois State, Wednesday November 25 @ 2PM EST ESPN

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Didn't realize the game started earlier in the day, pissed I missed it. Really wanted to see the first game with so many new faces. Sounds like we looked good albeit we had an awful opponent. Looking forward to seeing the Sueing and Lidell combo as the season goes along, and Towns and Meech whenever we get them back. Very happy to see Buckeyes basketball back though, definitely much welcome with the 2020 we've had.
 
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Warmed my heart to see the Bucks back on the court today. A couple of comments from this old AAU coach...Was very encouraged by Key. He seems to be a kid that is going to work his butt off and grow like crazy during the next few years. Sueing is smooth and a huge addition. Really need him to step up as a scorer every game. EJ so strong with the ball and definite growth and confidence showing with his game. I'm wondering if Jallow is really 100% because he just didn't look comfortable out there at all.

Overall, nice opener but the opponent was not good so hard to put too much emphasis on anything from this one. But nice to have win #1 under their belts for sure!

Go Bucks!
 
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Sueing, I'm glad he's playing for OSU and he was effective offensively, but he looked like he has some bad habits out there and room to improve, especially on D. At OSU, unlike at Cal, winning 8 ballgames a year is not the expectation, as OSU expects to win every game and to do that means having winning habits. He has to tighten some things up a bit to be the Alpha that this team needs him to be. Posing after an uncontested dunk when you're blowing out Illinois State, at a time when the ball is being inbounded by the opponent? C'mon man. He needs to tighten up on D a bit and move better laterally and not do things like run and wave past a shooter and proceed to go way out of bounds for this team to really take off and reach their potential. I realize he was productive and effective in many ways, just expect a bit more out of a team leader.

Key and Brown were bright spots. They both look like keepers. Brown actually looks really impressive, and Key you can tell his positive attitude and energy rub off on guys. This team overall has more room to grow on D at this point. Once again, it appears that the ceiling is somewhat limited offensively, at least with the personnel they have available right now. Defense, I see no reason why they shouldn't be outstanding eventually, especially with the seemingly endless number of scholarship players on the roster. I would imagine that Holtmann is going to focus hard on D in the coming weeks, and when they pare down the rotation heading into January, I would expect defensive soundness to be the edge that gets some guys a spot in the rotation over others.
 
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