PREVIEW | Ohio State basketball

Coach: Jim O'Brien (seventh, 119-72; overall record 354-289).
Last year's record: 17-15, 7-9 Big Ten, tied for eighth; lost to Georgia Tech in first game of NIT.
Returning starters: C Velimir Radinovich, F Matt Sylvester, F Shun Jenkins.
Key additions: Terence Dials, 6-9 post, averaged 7 points and 4 rebounds as a freshman before missing all last year with back problems. Point guard Brandon Fuss-Cheatham is back after an ineffective season due to knee and ankle problems. Transfers J.J. Sullinger (Arkansas) and Tony Stockman (Clemson) are joined by Ricardo Billings (academic problems) and incoming McDonald's All-American Ivan Harris.
Expect: More depth, more quickness, more bulk, more versatility, better shooting, more fastbreaks. Sullinger might be among best players in Big Ten soon.
Schedule: Friday, at San Francisco, 11 p.m.; Nov. 24-26, at Maui Invitational, tba;
Dec. 3, Georgia Tech, 7 p.m.; Dec. 6, Virginia Tech, 4 p.m.; Dec. 13, Samford, 2 p.m.; Dec. 17, Furman, 8 p.m.; Dec. 20, at Seton Hall, noon; Dec. 23, Eastern Illinois, 8 p.m.; Dec. 28, Dartmouth, 2 p.m.; Dec. 30, Md.-Balt. County, 8 p.m.;
Jan. 4, Texas Tech, 2 p.m.; Jan. 7, at Illinois, 9 p.m.; Jan. 10, at Penn St., 12:15 p.m.; Jan. 17, Minnesota, noon; Jan. 20, Indiana, 7 p.m.; Jan. 24, at Iowa, 8 p.m.; Jan. 28, Wisconsin, 8 p.m.; Jan. 31, at Purdue, noon;
Feb. 4, Northwestern, 8 p.m.; Feb. 7, Michigan St., noon; Feb. 14, at Wisconsin, 7 p.m.; Feb. 18, Iowa, 8 p.m.; Feb. 21, at Indiana, 8 p.m.; Feb. 25, at Minnesota, 8 p.m.; Feb. 29, at Michigan, noon;
March 3, Penn St., 8 p.m.; March 6 or 7, Illinois, tba; March 11-14, Big Ten tournament, TBA
-- Associated Press