If you’re just tuning into Ohio State basketball after football, here’s what you’ve missed

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The longest Ohio State football season in history is complete. On Monday night in Atlanta, the Buckeyes hoisted the national championship trophy after capturing the first title in the 12-team playoff era, capping a 16-game season.

Less than 24 hours later, the men’s basketball team was inside Mackey Arena, pulling off a 16-point comeback to hand No. 11 Purdue its first home defeat in 696 days. For the Buckeyes, the game was their 19th of the season and eighth in Big Ten play.

Ohio State is right now enjoying its longest break from league games and will take an 11-8 overall record and 3-5 Big Ten mark into Monday’s home date with Iowa.

There’s a chance that, if you haven’t been following along with the season, you’ve at least had divided attention while football has chased the crown. If you’re just now tuning into Buckeyes basketball, let this be a guide to catch you up on what you’ve missed.

There have been some big wins

The Buckeyes opened the season on a national stage, facing No. 19 Texas inside T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on the first night of the season. They went 14 for 28 from 3-point range, built a 15-point lead and never trailed in an 80-72 win. A month and a half later, Ohio State went to Madison Square Garden to take on No. 4 Kentucky in the CBS Sports Classic and left with an 85-65 win thanks to Bruce Thornton’s career-high 30 points.

Most recently, the Buckeyes pulled off their first win at Purdue since the 2017-18 season by beating the Boilermakers 73-70, snapping a losing streak without parallel in program history since the 1930-31 season.

…and there have been some shocking losses

A 14-point loss to No. 23 Texas A&M on Nov. 15 raised some eyebrows so soon after the win against the Longhorns, but bigger ones were on the way. In their Big Ten road opener, the Buckeyes went to unranked Maryland, dug a 50-17 halftime deficit, trailed by 40 and took an 83-59 loss that wasn’t even as close as the final score might suggest.

It’s not the biggest…

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Author : The Columbus Dispatch

Publish date : 2025-01-24 11:06:00

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