Ohio State Basketball Notebook: Assistant Coach Greg Paulus Discusses Team's Current State, Potential Changes Within Staff and More

With its top-six scorers returning, inexperience will not and should not be used as an excuse for Ohio State next season.

While the Buckeyes did not like to use it last year during what was an up-and-down season that resulted in an NIT bid, inexperience was reality as only two players — Marc Loving and Jae’Sean Tate — had experienced any sort of significant playing time at the collegiate level coming into the year.

That has changed now with Tate, Loving and the other top-four scorers from last year coming back, and Ohio State’s expectations should also shift a bit. And while Buckeyes assistant coach Greg Paulus wouldn’t get into specifics on the expectation level when meeting with the media…