Ohio State has three veteran captains. Lately, it has asked freshman Bruce Thornton to assume some of those responsibilities.
and Thornton’s production on the decline, Holtmann said he had started to include the freshmen with the other three captains in meetings as of the days leading into a Jan. 21 win against Iowa.
“He just told me, being a point guard it’s almost like you have to be that leader, you have to be that vocal person on the team,” Thornton said. “I took advantage of it and used my voice. I feel like I put in enough work to use my voice and with the extra stuff I do on the court and off the court made me one of the part of the captains.
“The wrist, it did bother me a lot,” he said. “I couldn’t really shoot it like I wanted to. I was down. It did take a toll on me, but I wouldn’t say that’s the whole reason why I’ve been in this little issue. As a point guard, you being aggressive and confident, everybody still has to watch out for you as well, being a facilitator. Really finding a balance for all three and I feel like we’ll be all right.
As the point guard, though, getting the offense humming again is atop the list of Thornton’s priorities. Getting rest, though, isn’t one of them. Multiple players have said in recent weeks that despite the heavy volume of minutes logged – his 600:32 of playing time is second-most on the roster – he doesn’t ask out of drills and has to be told to take breaks.
Thornton said it was odd at first to be in a leadership room with an older player like Sueing, who was a sophomore at the University of California when Thornton was a freshman in high school, but something he has adapted to.
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