WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Sure, it’s the Big Ten and the schedule has been brutal, but the Ohio State Buckeyes have suddenly lost three games in a row and the bloom is off the rose. Just a few weeks go, the Buckeyes were considered a No. 1 in the NCAA Tournament, but consecutive losses to Michigan, Michigan State and Iowa has changed that perspective a bit. The Michigan loss was tolerable, because that was a tremendous game between two teams playing at a high level. Michigan won by five, but it was a one- or -two-possession game the whole way. But then the Buckeyes blew a nine-point second-half lead at Michigan State and were barely competitive in a home loss to Iowa on Sunday, losing by 16 and never threatening. They’ve fallen out of that coveted top-four double bye spot in the Big Ten Tournament, and they’ve fallen hard in…
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