Just a few days ago, we put together a hypothetical NFL starting squad using only former Ohio State players on current NFL rosters. It was such a success, we decided to do the same thing with the basketball team. And while there’s not as many bodies to choose from, you could still put one together that wouldn’t be all that bad.
However, what is worth noting is that the Ohio State pipeline to the NBA has slowed down to a trickle. It’s no mystery why the success of the Buckeye team on the court in recent years has fallen off a little bit. When simply look at how many guys OSU is sending to the next level versus what was happening in the earlier days of the Thad Matta era, there has definitely been a decline.
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— Buckeyes Wire (@BuckeyesWire) May 21, 2020
Anyway, this exercise was pretty easy in one regard, but tough in another. There are only a total of four former Ohio State players currently in the NBA, so they make the team automatically. On the flip side, we had to go with a center that just left the NBA last year and is currently playing in Moscow, so yeah, we took some liberties there.
Anyway, off we go …