It also hosted the women’s team as it became an early powerhouse in the conference in the 1980s and made the 1993 Final Four. While the men’s team has returned for a handful of games since moving across the Olentangy River, the women’s team hosted NCAA Tournament games there multiple times over the past two decades. When the men’s basketball team played Cleveland State at St. John Arena in November 2018, coach Chris Holtmann embraced the venue and said he and director of athletics Gene Smith had discussed regularly playing a game or two there every year. That apparently is off the table now as Emig said the university “no longer hosts athletic competitions at St. John Arena.” However, the building “remains a Sports Performance facility for us, and of course for Skull Session.” Skull Session is the Ohio State University Marching Band’s public practice prior to home football games…
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