Stabilized with coach in place, Ohio State hits NIT to face Cornell

(Photo credit: Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK)With a permanent coach in place, No. 2 seed Ohio State hosts Cornell in a first-round game of the NIT on Tuesday in Columbus.

Stability is welcomed for the Buckeyes (20-13) following a topsy-turvy season in which longtime coach Chris Holtmann was fired on Feb. 14 after a 2-9 stretch plummeted Ohio State to near the bottom of the Big Ten.

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