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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State basketball is looking for its lost respect.Preseason polls are peppered with Big Ten teams. But not the Buckeyes. Hardly anybody was talking about Thad Mattas team at the Big Ten media day earlier this month. Attendance at Value City Arena is sliding.Three seasons removed from winning the 2013 Big Ten Tournament and four consecutive top-2 seeds in the NCAA Tournament, Ohio State has become an also receiving votes team.The 21-14 overall record belied the disappointment that was last season. The Buckeyes failed to make the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2008. Relegated to the NIT, they were bounced by Florida in the second round .However, Ohio State does have its top six performers returning from last years young team , and they will attempt to -- as guard Kam Williams puts it -- reset an elite level.I think the message for these guys has kind of been pretty basic, just in terms of weve got to get back to doing things the right way, Matta said.NOT A GOOD SIGNFirst thing was to get past the mass exodus . After the season, three members of last seasons freshman class announced they would transfer, joining another member of that 2015 recruiting class who transferred out in December.No doubt about it, the departures of those freshmen -- Austin Grandstaff (DePaul), Daniel Giddens (Alabama), Mickey Mitchell (UC Santa Barbara) and A.J. Harris (New Mexico State) -- left some holes. The excuse was the same in every case -- Ohio State just wasnt the right fit.CORE OF TALENT RETURNSForward Marc Loving, the lone senior, was the top scorer last season, averaging 14 points and 5.3 rebounds. Forwards Keita Bates-Diop (11.8 points per game, 6.4 rebounds) and JaeSean Tate (11.7, 6.4), who is now healthy after shoulder surgery, also are back. Outstanding guard JaQuan Lyle (11.2, 4.7) returns, along with guard Williams (8.3, 1.8) and 7-foot center Trevor Thompson (6.5, 5.1), who tested the NBA waters but didnt make the leap.I think thats a pretty good nucleus in todays day and age of college basketball -- to have six guys back, Matta said.GROWING UP FASTAfter the loss of four-fifths of last years recruiting class, the Buckeyes will need immediate production from first-year players. They include 6-foot-9 forward Derek Funderburk, 6-foot-6 forward Andre Wesson, junior-college transfer C.J. Jackson, a 6-foot-2 guard; and 6-foot-9 Micah Potter, a four-star prospect who is expected to contribute right away as the No. 2 center.TURNING IT AROUNDNobody in the program is putting the blame for the down season all on the guys who transferred out. The pat answer is that it was a variety of factors, and thats probably true. But some also are quick to say that this years squad seems to be pulling together, when some of the players last year might have been pulling in their own directions.Its a different chemistry, Tate said. That team last year, it was close. Those guys are still my brothers. But I feel that everybody is on the same page this year, everybody wants the same goal and there arent hidden agendas.A lot of the stuff that happened last year, it just made us hungrier, he said. I mean, nobody wants to go to the NIT. We had a lot of bad losses by a lot of points. A piece of humble pie. 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LOUIS -- Cardinals cleanup hitter Allen Craig says hes recovered from a foot injury and ready to be put on St.NEWARK, N.J. -- Taylor Hall, Pavel Zacha and John Moore scored in the second period and the New Jersey Devils held on to beat the New York Rangers 5-4 in exhibition play Saturday night.Beau Bennett scored twice in the first period for the Devils, and Anders Lindback stopped 30 shots while playing the entire game. Defenseman Johann Auvitu had three assists.After John Gilmours slap shot tied the score at 2-2 for the Rangers at 9:07 of the second, Hall put the Devils ahead to stay about 3 1/2 minutes later. Zacha made it 4-2 with 4 1/2 minutes left in the period and Moore capped New Jerseys scoring with 1:48 to go.Michael Grabner and Mika Zibanejad scored in the third period for the Rangers. Chris Kreider was hooked by the Devils Ben Lovejoy on a breakaway about 6 minutes into the third, but couldnt covert his penalty shot.Antti Raanta started for New York and made 16 saves in his half of the game. Magnus Hellberg allowed three goals on 15 shots.ELLER SCORES IN 3RD PERIOD AS CAPITALS TOP ISLANDERSIn Bridgeport, Connecticut, Lars Ellers power play goal with 9:26 remaining in the third period lifted the Washington Capitals to a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders.Nate Schmidt also scored for Washington, and Braden Holtby stopped 16 shots.Anders Lee scored for the Islanders and Jean-Francois Berube made 28 saves.BRUINS BEAT FLYERS IN SHOOTOUTIn Philadelphia, Danton Heinen and Jake DeBrusk scored in the shootout to lift the Boston Bruins to a 4-3 win over the Flyers.Heinens goal tied the shootout at 1-1, after Philadelphias Jordan Weal opened the tiebreaker with a goal. DeBrusks goal decided it.Heinen also scored in regulation with his goal at 2:56 of the first giving the Bruins a 1-0 lead. David Pastrnak scored twice in the second period for Boston.Malcolm Subban stopped 29 shots while pllaying the entire game for Boston.ddddddddddddSean Couturier, Jordan Weal and Brayden Schenn scored in regulation for Philadelphia. Michal Neuvirth had 25 saves.DANAULTS OT GOAL LIFTS CANADIENS PAST SENATORSAt Ottawa, Ontario, Phillip Danault scored at 46 seconds of overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 3-2 victory over the Senators.Paul Byron and Bryan Flynn also scored for the Canadiens, and Al Montoya made 24 saves.Mike Hoffman and Kyle Turris scored for Ottawa, and Andrew Hammond stopped 29 shots. The game was new Senators coach Guy Bouchers first at home.Montreals Torrey Mitchell left with an upper-body injury midway through the first period and didnt return.MOTTE, DARLING HELP BLACKHAWKS BLANK BLUESIn Chicago, Tyler Motte scored twice and Scott Darling made 18 saves to lead the Blackhawks to a 4-0 win over the St. Louis Blues.Artemi Panarin, Michal Kemeny and Motte scored for Chicago in the second period. Motte added an unassisted goal with 39 seconds left in the game.Carter Hutton and Jordan Binnington split time in net for St. Louis. Hutton started and allowed three goals on 26 shots in two periods. Binnington played the third and made 11 saves.BASS LATE GOAL LIFTS PREDATORS PAST LIGHTNINGIn Nashville, Tennessee, Cody Bass scored with 4:23 left to give the Nashville Predators a 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning.Mike Fisher, P.K. Subban and Mike Ribeiro also scored for Nashville. James Neal had two assists and Subban and Ribeiro added one each.Marek Mazanec made 23 saves for the Predators.Nikita Nesterov, Valtteri Filppula and Cory Conacher scored for the Lightning.Ben Bishop stopped 22 shots while playing the entire game for the Lightning. ' ' '