COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State men’s basketball team has been using its preseason ranking as fuel this winter.Picked by the media to finish 11th in the Big Ten Conference, the Buckeyes occupy first place after Saturday’s 82-64 beatdown of Iowa here.The Hawkeyes, meanwhile, are in a tie for that 11th slot that had been allotted to Ohio State. Their fan base is growing increasingly agitated with poor defensive efforts, confounding roster management, a secretive contract extension for coach Fran McCaffery and, most of all, a 12-15 record with no hope for postseason play.Iowa sophomore Jordan Bohannon was asked after Iowa’s latest loss whether the team could use naysaying fans as an excuse to rally together next year.
They play tomorrow night, at Michigan, at 5:30, which is about the time we'll be heading over to Saint Thomas More for 6 PM Ash Wednesday Mass. They play Indiana, at Carver, on Saturday, then go to Minnesota on 2/21, and then return home for their final game, at Carver, on Sunday, Feb 25th against Northwestern.
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