Survival could be the name of the game when the No. 16 Ohio State Buckeyes visit Iowa City for a Big Ten date with the Iowa Hawkeyes on Saturday. The Buckeyes (12-3, 2-2 Big Ten) opened the season 12-1 before losing 86-77 to now-No. 5 Michigan State on Jan. 5, and then, in a shocker, falling to conference lightweight Rutgers 64-61 on the road Wednesday. C.J. Jackson, the Buckeyes’ second-leading scorer at 13.1 points per game, got a good look at a 3-pointer with two seconds left but missed. That loss could haunt the Buckeyes come NCAA Tournament seeding time, but Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann said he is keeping the focus on the here and now. “I’ve been saying for weeks that we’ve got a long ways to go and I’m not sure if that ranking means anything,” Holtmann said in the Columbus Dispatch after the Rutgers defeat. “We…
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