Baseball season in the Buckeye State is going to RULE.Before the season started, I doubt many NBA folks had a game between Ohio State and Loyola as one of the best matchups of NBA Draft prospects in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, but with Malaki Branham facing off with Lucas Williamson,2. Malaki Branham, Ohio State | 6-foot-5, 180-pound freshman wing | Rank: 20 vs.
That’s a particular problem against Williamson, one of the toughest, most experienced guards in college basketball. He was on the Loyola Final Four team back in 2018 as a sixth-man freshman, and he’s still here doing exactly what his team asks of him. Williamson is never going to beat himself, and he’s really developed over the years as a pull-up shot creator, averaging 14 points and shooting nearly 40 percent from 3.
Here's hoping Branham finds that sweet spot of *just* good enough to get the Buckeyes the win, but not quite good enough to vault into the first round or something. Cool? Cool.It's absolutely, undeniably fair for Chris Holtmann to be taking some heat these days with the way the team finished the season this year and how the Buckeyes have fared in the NCAA Tournament since he arrived.