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Taking Stock of Ohio State Basketball's 5-2 Start Ahead of Tonight's B1G Season Opener

Ohio State's 2021-22 basketball season has been quite a roller coaster on the way to a solid 5-2 start.

The Buckeyes needed a buzzer-beater from Zed Key to down Akron in the season-opener and looked quite listless in a 10-point win over Niagara before finally trashing a lower-tier program in an 89-58 win over Bowling Green. The BG blowout had zero carryover however as Chris Holtmann's squad looked out of sync and frankly not very tough in a loss at Xavier.

The way Ohio State fell to the Musketeers created some level of concern as the Buckeyes headed to Ft.