The start of spring football is less than one week away, Ohio State men’s basketball could play its way back into NCAA Tournament contention, a frontrunner has emerged in Ohio State’s coaching search and the NFL Scouting Combine is underway.

That gives us a lot of ground to cover on this week’s episode of Real Pod Wednesdays, and we discussed it all in a little more than 80 minutes.

With Ohio State football set to begin spring practices Tuesday, we start this week’s RPW by previewing the spring ahead, focusing primarily on the five biggest position battles that will take place in Columbus this spring. We also preview this year’s first edition of The Buckeye 20, which will be updated later this week, with a look at Ohio State’s top five players on the current roster entering spring practices.

Ohio State men’s basketball gave us something positive to talk about for the second week in a row with its buzzer-beating win over Michigan State, and we take a look at Ohio State’s potential path to the NCAA Tournament – which starts with winning its final three regular-season games, beginning Thursday against Nebraska at home (6:30 p.m., FS1). We also dive into Sean Miller’s emergence as a potential frontrunner to be Ohio State’s new coach and why he could be a fit to lead the Buckeyes.

We wrap up the show by talking about which Buckeyes could be the top candidates to boost their NFL draft stock this week and which ones have the most riding on their combine performance.

The full rundown for this week’s show: