When they prepared for Ohio State, the Duke Blue Devils saw E.J. Liddell and a host of wild cards. By the end of Tuesday night’s showdown at Value City Arena, the nation saw the rest of the roster as aces. Liddell played his part, but the Buckeyes stormed back from a 15-point second-half deficit, closed the game on a 12-0 run during the final four minutes and dethroned newly anointed No. 1 Duke 71-66 thanks to a pair of breakout performances and some high-level defense. When asked what stood out on the scouting report for Ohio State, junior Duke forward Wendell Moore Jr. provided what seemed to be an inadvertent backhanded compliment for the Buckeyes not named Liddell. Ohio State’s Zed Key shoots over Duke’s Mark Williams on Tuesday. Key scored a career-high 20 points in the Buckeyes’ win. It can be any guy “How many wild-card guys they have,”…
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