COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State football coach Ryan Day was once a 3-point launching, defensively minded New Hampshire basketball star who led Manchester Central to a state championship. During a Q&A with OSU basketball coach Chris Holtmann during Thursday night’s Spring Festival held by name, image and likeness collective THE Foundation at Value City Arena, Day went so far as to call basketball “my first love. growing up.” He used to mix it up with Buckeye players — and prospective players — in pickup games earlier in his coaching career. Those days may be over, though, after an encounter with one of the Buckeyes’ young players on the rise. Recommended Buckeyes stories The exact timeline was suspect, but Day said during a summer barbecue for recruiting targets, he challenged Sonny Styles — “I think he was in eighth grade,” Day said — to a game of one-on-one. “I’m…
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