The Ohio State basketball team is currently on an uptick in a league that can make a squad go through many peaks and valleys. The Buckeyes have won three straight, two of them against ranked opponents over the past week and a half, with Purdue on tap for Tuesday night.
OSU is improving as the new faces begin to gel this season and folks are beginning to take notice. Ohio State moved up in the latest AP and Ferris Mowers Coaches poll, and that’s not the only exposure the team is getting.
ESPN released its latest national college basketball power rankings and the Buckeyes have moved up all the way into the top fifteen according to Jeff Borzello.
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No. 13 – Ohio State Buckeyes (11-3, 5-3)
What Jeff Borzello says about Ohio State
“Ohio State has had three of its best offensive outings of the season in the past three games, a stretch that included road wins at Rutgers and Illinois and a home win over Northwestern. All three wins have come without starting point guard CJ Walker, and the past two have come without backup point guard Jimmy Sotos. Chris Holtmann has done a terrific job keeping things ticking at that end of the floor. Duane Washington has done a lot of the ballhandling, while forward Justice Sueing has been looking to be more of a facilitator and playmaker to initiate the offense. And freshman Meechie Johnson Jr., who enrolled and started practicing only earlier this month, has given the Buckeyes some quality minutes as the team’s lone true point guard still standing.”
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No. 13 – Ohio State Buckeyes (11-3, 5-3)
Ohio State is starting to realize its identity, and with it, beginning to improve as the season wears on. The fact that the Buckeyes have won three straight without a true, experienced point guard on the floor against quality competition is remarkable. The collection of depth on this year’s Buckeye squad plays a physical brand that gets shots going to the rim and rebounds well. Surprisingly, the turnovers have also been kept to a minimum.
However, this is a tough league and there are still a ton of landmines in place from here until the end of the regular season. You feel like every game is a coin flip in this league and Ohio State will have to continue to improve and play at a high level to keep its place amount the upper tier of teams in the Big Ten.
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