Will Ohio State basketball be better or worse after losing 86 percent of its points?

COLUMBUS, Ohio — On this Monday Buckeye Talk, Doug Lesmerises and Stephen Means look at the 2022-23 Ohio State basketball team, a 13-player roster that will include:

• Two players from last season’s rotation
• Two injured players returning to health
• Three transfers
• One redshirt freshman
• Five true freshmen

That’s the team for Year 6 of the Chris Holtmann Era, and will it be good enough? That group includes the No. 5 recruiting class in the country, but only Zed Key and Eugene Brown from last year’s contributors.

Doug was so confused and frustrated by the roster, he did a terrible podcast. But Stephen tried to hold it together.

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