Ohio State basketball vs. Illinois State: 3 keys to a Buckeye victory

Ohio State takes on Illinois State today and needs to get out to a good start to the season. Here are three keys to a Buckeye victory.

Run offensive sets and get good looks

There’s no reason to get cute in this game. Ohio State has the superior skill, but that doesn’t mean there needs to be a whole lot of one-on-one, players on different pages basketball. That happened at times last season and can’t be the norm in 2019-2020.

Ohio State has guys like Duane Washington, Jr., Justice Sueing, and E.J. Liddell that can make good on solid opportunities, and if the offensive sets are run patiently, there will be good looks to knockdown.

I’m most especially looking for Washington’s growth in this era. He can be such a scoring option, but also a liability when he’s going off his own script. The team in general has to run an efficient offense and hit those open looks when it gets them.

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