The mistakes have already been made and can’t be erased, but they could be compounded and weren’t, which is reason for optimism and likely why Ohio State is back in the AP Top 25 college basketball poll. The Buckeyes, out of the Top 25 for a month, are back in — barely — at No. 25 after a week in which they defeated both Rutgers and Purdue at home to get to .500 in the Big Ten for the first time all season. That home sweep by OSU mitigates the damage of losing previous home games to Wisconsin (61-57) and Minnesota (62-59), which is why it required more than half the conference season to get back to break even. Now that they’re there, the Buckeyes (17-8, 7-7) can’t exhale or they’ll find themselves in another scramble situation like they were after starting league play 1-4 and 2-6. A 7 p.m.…
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