Five things we learned from Ohio State men’s basketball media day

On Monday afternoon, Chris Holtmann met with the media for the first time since Malaki Branham announced he was leaving Ohio State for the NBA, and members of the men’s basketball team were available for the first time since the Buckeyes’ second round NCAA Tournament loss to Villanova in Pittsburgh.

The freshmen talked quite a bit about the transition from high school to college and how much more intense practices and conditioning have become. Bruce Thornton, for example was extremely blunt when asked if the older players on the team have helped him in practice and tried to make things easier on him.

“No” he said, with a chuckle.

At the same time, Thornton said he’s learned a lot from players…