We have all been bamboozled this season. The Ohio State Buckeyes, who hadn’t won a game against a ranked team this season — and have found ways to fall apart down the stretch in those they could have — beat the living daylights out of the No. 22 Iowa Hawkeyes on Tuesday night. The hallmarks of a heartbreaking loss for OSU were there early: Kaleb Wesson got in to foul trouble, Iowa jumped out early in a topsy-turvy first half, Luther Muhammad was struggling again, and things were close in the waxing moments of the first half. And then the Buckeyes ran away with it. A 20-point (!!!) win, with Justin Ahrens leading the way, and the Hawkeyes having no answer on offense or defense led to this major win getting added to Ohio State’s NCAA Tournament résumé. Considered a No. 9/No. 10 seed entering this week, the Bucks have…
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