The NCAA debuted its NET rankings on Monday. Ohio State was No. 1. And the Buckeyes would likely also be No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 poll right now if not for Sunday’s unexpected loss at Minnesota. That was a rough performance. The same OSU team that had destroyed basically everybody — and become just the fourth team in history to record two wins by at least 25 points over schools ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll — trailed a Minnesota team that entered with a losing record by as many as 18 points before ultimately losing 84-71 while letting the Gophers shoot 54.4% from the field. Granted, Duane Washington Jr., the Buckeyes’ second-leading scorer, did not play Sunday because of a rib injury. But even Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann acknowledged that wasn’t the difference between winning and losing at Minnesota. Now, two days…
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