It took a bit, but the Ohio State basketball team is starting to garner some national attention for what it is doing on the hardwood. That’s what happens when you rattle off wins in six of your last seven games and put four top-fifteen wins on the résumé.
For all of their work, the Buckeyes have cracked the top ten in the two major polls and are on almost everyone’s list of teams to watch heading down the home stretch of the regular season.
Count NCAA and Big Ten Network writer Andy Katz in that group that also believes in what Ohio State is doing because he has catapulted the Bucks all the way up to No. 8 in his latest Power 36 poll.
🚨 NEW #Power36 from @TheAndyKatz!
1. Gonzaga
2. Baylor
3. Villanova
4. Houston
5. Michigan
6. Oklahoma
7. Texas
8. Ohio State
9. Illinois
10. Iowa
11-36. 👉 https://t.co/SJ5RqwSYZ6 pic.twitter.com/gtc8flIlhI— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) February 1, 2021
You can get a look at the complete poll by heading on over to NCAA.com, but the top ten looks like the following:
1. Gonzaga
2. Baylor
3. Villanova
4. Houston
5. Michigan
6. Oklahoma
7. Texas
8. Ohio State
9. Illinois
10. Iowa
Ohio State is next in action on the road vs. a very talented Iowa team on Thursday.
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