Previewing Ohio State’s non-conference basketball schedule

Joseph Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports This college basketball season is without a doubt going to be weird. We haven’t even made it to game one of the 2020-21 campaign yet, and already Duke’s opener has been postponed for COVID-19 issues at Gardiner-Webb and Tennessee’s entire program is on pause after head coach Rick Barnes tested positive for the virus. All we can do at this point is hope for the best and work with what we have.

That being said, Ohio State has — at least on paper for now — a small non-conference schedule to open the year before jumping into Big Ten play. There are a few less games on the docket than your typical season, as after playing 11 non-conference opponents and 20 B1G…