Buckeyes picked to finish eighth in B1G preseason poll
COLUMBUS — Hoops season is quickly approaching for Ohio State under first-year head coach Jake Diebler. Media members from around the Big Ten like what Diebler will have on his first roster with the Buckeyes.
Ohio State was picked by the media to finish eighth in the Big Ten this season, according to the preseason poll that was released Wednesday. Purdue is the pick from the media to win the league. Indiana, UCLA, Illinois, Michigan State, Oregon and Rutgers are all ahead of the Buckeyes. Ohio State did receive one first-place vote among the media.
Rival Michigan was picked to finish ninth.
In addition to the preseason poll, the preseason All-Big Ten selections were also revealed. Buckeyes guard Bruce Thornton is a preseason first-team selection along with Purdue’s Braden Smith, Iowa’s Payton Sandfort, Indiana’s Oumar Ballo and Rutgers’ Dylan Harper. No other Buckeyes players were on the first or second team preseason all-league list.
Ohio State will open its season with a marquee neutral-site game in Las Vegas against Texas. That matchup will be Nov. 4. Other notable nonconference games early in the year include matchups against Texas A&M, Kentucky, Pittsburgh and Auburn.
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Full Ohio State nonconference hoops schedule
Here’s the lineup of non-conference games Ohio State will play this fall and winter:
Nov. 4 vs. Texas (T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada)
Nov. 11 vs. Youngstown State
Nov. 15 at Texas A&M
Nov. 19 vs. Evansville
Nov. 22 vs. Campbell
Nov. 25 vs. Green Bay
Nov. 29 vs. Pittsburgh
Dec. 14 vs. Auburn (State Farm Arena, Atlanta, Georgia)
Dec. 17 vs. Valparaiso
Dec. 21 vs. Kentucky (Madison Square Garden, New York, New York)
Dec. 29 vs. Indiana State
Full Big Ten hoops slate for Buckeyes
Here’s the lineup of conference games Ohio State will play this winter:
Dec. 4 at Maryland
Dec. 7 vs. Rutgers
Jan. 3 vs. Michigan State
Jan. 6 at Minnesota
Jan. 9 vs. Oregon
Jan. 14 at Wisconsin
Jan. 17 vs. Indiana
Jan. 21 at Purdue
Jan. 27 vs. Iowa
Jan. 30 at Penn State
Feb. 2 at Illinois
Feb. 6 vs. Maryland
Feb. 9 at Nebraska
Feb. 12 vs. Washington
Feb. 16 vs. Michigan
Feb. 20 vs. Northwestern
Feb. 23 at UCLA
Feb. 26 at USC
March 4 vs. Nebraska
March 8 at Indiana
March 12-16 Big Ten Tournament (Indianapolis)
