June 27, 2026

Teams have figured out Ohio State’s game plan and it’s hurting them

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State is currently on a four-game losing streak after its 75-61 home los to No. 19 Maryland. Each of its four losses have come from the Buckeyes’ inability to generate offense outside of Kaleb Wesson, but at least until Friday night their sophomore forward was something they could rely on. Maryland knew that and according to head coach Chris Holtmann so does the rest of the Big Ten. Terrapins game plan against Ohio State was simply to challenge one of the other 10 scholarship players on Ohio State’s roster to beat them. They dared them to shoot from the perimeter, to aggressively look for their own shots and to be playmakers and though some tried none succeeded. “The books out on how to guard us,” Holtmann said. “They didn’t deviate a whole lot from that in terms of how much they were collapsed on Kaleb. They…

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