So, this doesn’t make up for anything. It doesn’t make up for the fact that the Buckeyes missed the NCAA Tourney this year. It doesn’t make up for the losses in their conference. It certainly doesn’t make up for the loss in the championship game to Florida last year with Greg Oden and company. But it is a nice thing for a team that is trying to rebuild after losing some of the best freshmen to ever play at the college level.
This current Buckeye team with freshmen Kosta Koufos, Evan Turner and Jon Diebler is just starting their college careers. They aren’t like the shooting stars that played for Ohio State last year. More than likely, they will be in Buckeye uniforms for at least 3, if not 4 college seasons. With that in mind, the Buckeyes took a big step toward bigger and better things in years to come by winning that other tournament, the NIT.
Mix in some good recruits, and the Buckeyes will be dancing again before too long. Until then, all you can do is try to win the games they let you play in and the Buckeyes certainly did that in NYC last night against UMass.
