It looks like the Ohio State basketball team will be without senior forward Kyle Young for the first-round NCAA Tournament game against Oral Roberts on Friday.
Young has been dealing with a concussion and — we have to assume — going through the standard protocols that have become the norm before he will be able to return to action. He suffered a blow to the head from Illinois’ Kofi Cockburn in the season finale and has been out since.
The news was broken by Stadium’s Jeff Goodman.
It’s a big hit to not have one of the leaders and all-around effort guys in the lineup come tournament time. Young can score, but he does much more: rebounding, finding open guys, going after loose balls and other things that don’t often show up in the scorebook.
BREAKING: Ohio State will be without Kyle Young (concussion protocols) today against Oral Roberts, sources told @Stadium.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 19, 2021
With him out, you’ll most likely see what we have during the latest stretch. Expect more time for Zed Key, but also forward Seth Towns. Head coach Chris Holtmann has already mentioned issues defensively with both E.J. Liddell and Key in the game at the same time.
Ohio State and Oral Roberts are set to tip off at 3 p.m. EDT.