COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Take Marc Loving, Ohio State's only junior, out of the equation and the Buckeyes basketball team has exactly 24 minutes worth of experience playing in the Big Ten Ten Tournament.
Those 24 minutes belong to Keita Bates-Diop (11) and Kam Williams (13), who saw limited time in two conference tournament games last year.
This is another new experience for this Ohio State team, how it reacts to a win-and-go-home scenario is unknown.
"Most of our guys have a pretty good understanding where if you don't win you go home," Thad Matta said Monday.