The Ohio State basketball team limped across the regular-season finish line with another disappointing loss, its fourth in a row. There is no shame in losing to highly ranked opponents, it just stings a little more knowing the game could’ve been won.
The Buckeyes have to close out games if they want to make any kind of run in the Big Ten or NCAA tournaments. It’s pretty much all good teams from here on out. The lack of being able to keep a lead late in the game has caused OSU to fall in the AP Top 25 Poll once again, this time to No. 9.
The Buckeyes will look to get off the snide when they play the first round of the Big Ten tournament against the winner of the Minnesota and Northwestern game. Both the Gophers and the Wildcats bested the Bucks earlier in the season.
POLL ALERT: Gonzaga still No. 1 in bid to go wire-to-wire in AP Top 25; Baylor returns to No. 2, Arkansas up to No. 8.
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Here’s a look at the AP top 10 at end of the regular season: Gonzaga (1), Baylor (2), Illinois (3), Michigan (4), Iowa (5), Alabama (6), Houston (7), Arkansas (8), Ohio State (9), West Virginia (10).
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Associated Press College Basketball Top 25
1. Gonzaga
2. Baylor
3. Illinois
4. Michigan
5. Iowa
6. Alabama
7. Houston
8. Arkansas
9. Ohio State
10. West Virginia
11. Kansas
12. Oklahoma State
13. Texas
14. Villanova
15. Florida State
16. Virginia
17. Creighton
18. Loyola Chicago
19. San Diego State
20. Texas Tech
21. Purdue
22. Virginia Tech
23. Colorado
24. USC
25. Oklahoma
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