Seth Towns, if not for the Ohio State jersey or spot in the second row of Ohio State’s bench, might have passed for a neutral observer who didn’t want a thing to do with the action unfolding in front of him. A stoic, almost bored-looking expression on his face, he looked straight ahead with his elbows on top of his thighs as Meechie Johnson leaped around directly to his right.
Less than a minute remained in regulation of what became an 87-78 Ohio State victory in overtime, and Towns didn’t move an inch. Duane Washington Jr. says he always stays in his ear, telling the fifth-year forward to stay ready, but he didn’t look like somebody to whom those comments would have made a lick of difference.