COLUMBUS, Ohio — By one measure, Ohio State is the 13th best college basketball team in the country. By another, the Buckeyes are 16th. Those advanced statistical ratings from LRMC and Ken Pomeroy take margin of victory into account, which doesn’t happen in several other ratings systems, including the more commonly known RPI, where Ohio State is No. 32. But in ESPN’s Basketball Power Index, or BPI, which also includes margin of victory, Ohio State is No. 12. The point? Not to flood you with numbers. It’s to let you know that with two games left in the regular season, it can still be difficult to sort out exactly how good the Buckeyes, ranked No. 23 in the AP poll and No. 25 in the coaches poll, might be. • Matta looking to tie Ohio State wins record With Ohio State preparing for a road game at Penn State on Wednesday night, it might help to know that the Buckeyes haven’t been very lucky this season, at least when it comes to another statistical measure. That means they could be better than you think. Pomeroy, a leader in advanced basketball stats, includes a category on his website he dubbed “luck.” The idea is to evaluate a team’s true record against what you’d expect its record to be given the stats. Ohio State’s record is 21-8. …
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