If there were ever a moral victory for this edition of the Ohio State Buckeyes men’s basketball team, then what was displayed on the floor at the Xfinity Center might be just that. Playing in a road contest against a No. 24-ranked Maryland Terrapins squad, a win definitely would’ve helped the NCAA Tournament résumé for the Bucks. However, that was before the news came that guard C.J. Jackson was going to miss the contest because of a shoulder injury. Doing some quick mental math, the subtraction of Jackson plus the real potential of Kaleb Wesson fouling out equaled a desolate hypothesis: Ohio State was going to get smoked. However, that didn’t happen. Things still went wrong for Chris Holtmann’s bubble squad, but with three other (potentially) ranked games on the regular season schedule, the Buckeyes still have chances to prove that they are a solid enough team for the Big…
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