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Notebook: Buckeyes lean into youth movement at Purdue

IMG_7408by:Andy Backstrom•02/20/23•

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Felix Okpara by Justin Casterline/Getty Images
Ohio State center Felix Okpara was one of four freshmen who started for the Buckeyes during an 82-55 loss to No. 3 Purdue on Feb. 19. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — At Purdue Sunday, Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann did something he said he's never done before: start four freshmen. “I don’t even know how much that’s been done in college basketball,” Holtmann said on his 97.1 The Fan radio show Monday. “It’s a real rarity to start two, much less four."