A major career milestone for Malaki Branham and E.J. Liddell is set to transpire in a mere matter of hours.
Both Buckeye stars are on the verge of being drafted to the NBA, a lifelong goal for each amid their respective basketball journeys, and the highest level of the sport awaits thereafter. Although both are widely pegged as first-round selections on Thursday, just for both to be drafted at all would mark a historic night for the Ohio State basketball program. Not since 2007, when Greg Oden (No. 1 overall), Mike Conley (No. 4) and Daequan Cook (No.