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Welcome back to a bonus Tuesday, Buckeye talk. Doug Lamarice, Steven means talking hoops.

We haven't talked about basketball stuff for a while. The season is underway. We wanted to do this without taking away from the football pods here in this stretch run.

Normally, don't have a Tuesday podcast. This is a special one for all you who pins out there. The Buckeyes 2-0 as we record this, Steven.

We have some good questions from the textures that'll kind of lead us through this a little bit of Ohio State. There's a game this Monday night against that as we're recording this Monday afternoon, it's going up Tuesday.

630 versus Bowling Green Monday night then at Xavier on Thursday. So they're going to beat Bowling Green, right? They're not going to like lose to Bowling Green and blow off this podcast.

Yes, he says knowing he says knowing that they just be accrued by a buzzer meter a week ago.

Yeah, so 6766 over Akron 84 74 over Niagara, where we're going to get to E. J. LaDelle. I want to start big picture though first in the preseason big 10 basketball pole.

Ohio State Big 10 beat writers was fourth in that. I was just looking at CBS sports. They got Ohio State third.

Steven was is this a team that at least I'm going to give you like a chance to answer some of every question almost two different ways because this is sort of like our season preview, but the season started so we have a little bit of info.

Was this a team going into the season that people thought could win the big 10 not pick to win the big 10.

But if you're picked in the top four, I don't know could did they have a legitimate chance to win this thing and has anything that has happened in the first two games changed.

What you think the preseason perception was of this team.

So yes to the first one, no to the second one because the first one kind of explains why no to the second one.

Obviously Michigan, obviously Purdue, obviously, you know, Michigan State, the typical let's you come to know and love at the top of the big 10 will probably be the favorites.

But with Ohio State, it's the question of especially after the Wayne left.

Okay, what's this team outside of E. J. LaDelle and it would and I think even hope and knew that they were going to have to spend these first couple of months figuring that out.

I think you had an idea of some guys could be they got guys after that comma but for at least the first couple of months here.

It was just going to be the E. J. LaDelle show and because he keep this team afloat long enough for guys like Malachi brand M and Michi Johnson and.

Zed key to kind of come along and get used to being in these extended roles just used to playing college basketball, especially when you're dealing with a situation where some of their more.

That's important rotation guys are either not healthy and so aren't playing at the level they should be playing out or just not playing at all so.

And then the first three two game is pretty much validated that and I'm pretty sure speaking ahead a little bit that bowling green game will do the same where it's okay I see it it's just not there yet.

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