The Columbus Dispatch · Nov 11, 2016
Men's basketball | Game preview: Ohio State at Navy
9 P.M. FRIDAY
Where: Alumni Hall, Annapolis, Maryland
TV: CBS Sports Network
Radio: WBNS-FM (97.1)
2015-16 records: Ohio State 21-14, 11-7 Big Ten; Navy 19-14, 9-9 Patriot League
Notable: Ohio State is undefeated in openers under coach Thad Matta, and their slimmest margin of victory came in his first season. In 2004, the Buckeyes beat Towson State by 21 points. … Micah Potter is poised to be the eighth freshman to start an opener under Matta and the first center since Jared Sullinger six years ago. … Navy, led by former Penn State coach Ed DeChellis, was picked eighth in the in the preseason coaches’ poll for the 10-team Patriot League.
Projected starters
OHIO STATE
PPG FROM 2015-16
