Adam Jardy | Buckeye Xtra With a 12-8 record in Big Ten play, the Ohio State men’s basketball team will enter the league tournament as a No. 5 seed. After a Saturday loss to Illinois, the Buckeyes will open the postseason with the second Thursday game this week against a to-be-determined opponent. Ohio State will face the winner of a first-day game between No. 13 seed Minnesota and No. 12 seed Northwestern. The game will air on the Big Ten Network and will tip off 25 minutes after the conclusion of the game between No. 9 Michigan State and No. 8 Maryland that begins at 11:30 a.m. “You just focus on the task at hand, improving, growing,” coach Chris Holtmann said after Saturday’s game when asked about the approach to the postseason. “We’re going to have a really big-time challenge. Take some of the positives that came out of today,…
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