The 2015-16 Ohio State men's basketball team doesn't tip off its season for a little more than a month, but the work begins Friday for Thad Matta's club.
With plenty of new faces due in large part to five players graduating and D'Angelo Russell heading to the NBA, Thursday brought our first chance to see the new blood in Ohio State threads during the team's photo shoot at The Schottenstein Center.
Ohio State hosts Walsh Nov. 8 at 4 p.m. in exhibition play then takes on Mount St. Mary's in the season opener Nov. 15 at noon.
Sophomore Keita Bates-Diop figures to see loads more playing time this winter:
Video shoot going on today @theschott #GoBucks @KBD_33 pic.twitter.com/TJwlLF2kp4
— OSU BASKETBALL (@OhioStateHoops) October 1, 2015
Assistant coach Greg Paulus providing some looks:
Fun day for @ohiostatehoops getting ready for a video shoot pic.twitter.com/qsKmR6w2xx
— Greg Paulus (@Greg_Paulus) October 2, 2015
Part 2 of @ohiostatehoops video shoot pic.twitter.com/yo95c44J19
— Greg Paulus (@Greg_Paulus) October 2, 2015
Freshman JaQuan Lyle is expected to help fill the massive scoring shoes left behind by Russell:
Season officially begins tomorrow..#BuckeyeNation pic.twitter.com/4nnnFT5fIu
— JaQuan Lyle (@JMamba13) October 2, 2015
Video shoot was lit...the best time of the year, is approaching my friends..#TheySleep pic.twitter.com/0KRaSDjdZ0
— JaQuan Lyle (@JMamba13) October 1, 2015
Redshirt freshman big man David Bell:
Video shoot going on today @theschott #GoBucks @db_trey5 pic.twitter.com/XswkGgH6gX
— OSU BASKETBALL (@OhioStateHoops) October 2, 2015
Redshirt sophomore center and Virginia Tech transfer Trevor Thompson dons his new gear:
Y'all ain't ready #StayTuned -H !!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/IYAfwQw0gg
— Trevor Thompson (@TrevBallinTrey2) October 1, 2015
Kam Williams appears to have been lifting:
I'm not playing at all... pic.twitter.com/tG6IFglmNl
— Kam Williams (@kd__will) October 2, 2015
Lights !!! pic.twitter.com/wxgsYiDQJN
— Kam Williams (@kd__will) October 1, 2015
Even walk-on Joey Lane has some hops:
Walk-on status #GoBucks pic.twitter.com/MT1uyMTtGG
— Joey Lane (@JoeySmoke11) October 1, 2015
It looks like the team has at least one man-bun roaming the hallways at the Schott:
Jae'Sean Tate:
And finally, it looks like the team has a new way to get around campus this year: