Michigan State has its spot in next week’s NCAA Tournament locked up. For Ohio State, a signature win over the sixth-ranked Spartans might be just what it needs to clinch its own spot in the tournament. The eighth-seeded Buckeyes (19-13) will get their chance to earn that high-profile victory on Friday when they face top-seeded Michigan State (25-6) in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament in Chicago after knocking off Indiana 79-75 on Thursday. The bubble talk has been hovering the last few weeks for the Buckeyes, something they don’t believe will affect how they approach facing a Michigan State team that swept Ohio State in the regular season. “I think that that conversation’s been going along for — they start bubble talk, I think, in November,” Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann said. “So that conversation has been going on for a while, and I think it requires some…
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