After a January most would like to forget, the Ohio State basketball team has bounced back by winning five of its last six contests. The latest was a dominating start-to-finish defensive gem against Purdue at home. It pulled the Buckeyes back to the .500 mark in conference and boosted its overall record to 17-8, with six regular-season games to go.
For its efforts, OSU has now found itself back in the AP Top 25 that was released Monday — albeit barely at No. 25.
Ohio State makes just four teams from the Big Ten appearing in this week’s poll. Maryland is the highest ranked at No. 7, followed by Penn State at No. 9, and Iowa at No. 20. The top ten of the poll are now Baylor, Gonzaga, Kansas, San Diego State, Dayton, Duke, Maryland, Florida State, Penn State, and Kentucky.
The Buckeyes will now have a tough two-game stretch coming up with a game at Iowa on Thursday, and home against Maryland this coming Sunday.
