As you all know by now, the Big Ten is now expanding to 18 teams after admitting both Oregon and Washington into the conference on Friday. We have already talked about how this move affects the Ohio State football program, but how will this affect the Ohio State basketball program?
Adding two new teams to the conference means adding two more teams to play in conference play. That also likely means that there will be fewer home-and-home matchups during Big Ten play because every team needs to play each other at least once.
Oregon is a very good basketball program.