Today was the first of 15 practices the football Buckeyes will have over the next six weeks on the practice field. We want to know what Buckeye Nation thinks of the news that was able to be garnered from the few news releases that were made available to the media during the first 30 minutes of practice.
We discuss the first spring practice in this week’s fan survey, and since the men’s basketball team has a few days off before facing Rutgers in the regular-season finale on Sunday, we’re curious about your predictions for the next few weeks of the season.
Complete the short, two-question survey at the bottom of the page. If you have any further remarks, don’t hesitate to share them. The survey’s selections are obviously not all-inclusive, so feel free to suggest any other options you may have.

Question 1: What’s the biggest story coming out of Ohio State football’s first spring practice?

Let’s see if I’m correct in believing that there is only one correct response to this question, even if I don’t want my opinions to skew the results! The main lesson to be learned from these possibilities, in my perspective, is that many of these items are just basic, first-day program respect issues.

When the media next watches practice, I’d be stunned if Seth McLaughlin wasn’t the team’s top center, and the same might be said about Will Howard at quarterback. I have less knowledge about what goes on at linebacker. Given how frequently Sonny Styles and C.J. Hicks move around, I believe that Hicks will be the technical starter depending on how the coaching staff manages them.

Still, I think it’s a huge step forward that Styles is working out with the LBs—oops, did I just give away too much on this one?

Question 2: What’s most likely to happen down the stretch for the OSU men’s basketball team?

I am, and always have been, an Ohio State homer, so I am completely on board the bandwagon in Jake Diebler and the OSU men’s basketball team shocking the world and making the NCAA Tournament. I know that it is still a bit of a longshot, but I think that if they get a win over a decent Rutgers team on Sunday (which would put them at 19-12 on the regular season), they have a shot.

That move will give them a bye out of the first round of the Big Ten Tourney (which actually might hurt their chances from a record perspective), but they then will have a game against either the No. 7 or No. 8 team in the league, which I think is winnable (but far from guaranteed) given the way that they are playing. If they win that to make the quarterfinals, they would be at 20-12. Even if they lose the next game to a double-bye team, at 20-13, and winning six of eight, they could get in — although they would need a lot of help.

If they then were able to pull a massive upset over a team that would be inarguably better than they are to make it to the B1G semis, then I think they are in. It’s not like Diebler and the Bucks don’t have the ability to beat a highly-ranked team, and don’t forget the surprising run that the team made in the conference tournament last year.

So, is the OSU MBB team officially in the tournament at this point? Obviously not, but crazier things have happened!

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