This Ohio State team is incredibly tough. When their culture has been tested this season, they’ve responded with poise and confidence. For as impressive as the wins over Rutgers and Northwestern have been, Saturday’s victory for the Buckeyes was awfully telling about Ohio State’s mental fortitude. Playing for the second straight game without two point guards (C.J. Walker and Jimmy Sotos), Ohio State led by as many as 18 points in the first half and gutted out a really tough road victory at No. 14 Illinois, 87-81. Former Illinois Mr. Basketball winner E.J. Liddell had an absolutely monster day in the Buckeyes first game in Champaign in his career. He scored a career-high 26 points and was an absolute monster game. The Ohio State big man hit more 3-pointers on Saturday (4-of-7) than he had hit combined through the first 13 games this season (three). But for as well as…
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