The Ohio State Buckeyes basketball team faces a tough challenge against the No. 4 ranked Kentucky Wildcats in the CBS Sports Classic. The game takes place at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Coach Diebler provides an update on player availability, including the possibility of Meechie Johnson Jr. returning after missing the previous game.
A second top-five litmus test for Jake Diebler's first Ohio State basketball team awaits on Saturday. The Buckeyes take a trip to Madison Square Garden in New York City to face No. 4 Kentucky at 5:30 p.m. on CBS as part of the CBS Sports Classic. It's the penultimate non-conference game of the season for Ohio State, which plays Indiana State on Dec. 29 before jumping into Big Ten play full-time.
Diebler and star point guard Bruce Thornton met with the media on Thursday ahead of their matchup with the Wildcats. The head coach kicked off his interview with an update on the availability front, as Ohio State was without starting center Aaron Bradshaw, starting guard Meechie Johnson Jr., forward Colin White and guard Ques Glover in itsWhile each of those players is still under evaluation, Diebler said there's a chance a piece or two could return to the floor against Kentucky. Johnson, who missed his first game of the year against the Beacons'We're still trying to figure that out, we'll see how practice goes the next couple of days,' Diebler said.'Meechie is still working through his personal stuff, but got word that we may have a couple more guys doing some things in practice. So that's gonna be a day-to-day thing.' Diebler added that it's'hard to see' whether Bradshaw will be back to face his former team after the five-star prospect transferred from Kentucky to Ohio State this past offseason. The 7-footer has missed the last seven games after being removed from team activities“We can play with more size by moving Evan Mahaffey to the perimeter, gives us a little more size, and this is a game we may have to get more creative with lineups to match some of that.”Frontcourt mismatches and being undersized overall were a big reason why Ohio State lost so lopsidedly in its other game against a top-five team. No. 2 Auburnfor Ohio State’s largest margin of defeat in any game sine 1994. The Tigers blocked 13 shots and outrebounded the Scarlet and Gray 49-2
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