No. 22 Ohio State continues its busy schedule with a road game at No. 15 Illinois on Thursday. The Buckeyes (17-7, 10-5 Big Ten) play for the third time since Saturday and will have two more games through March 1 as they make up for two postponements. They were emotionally and physically spent after defeating Indiana 80-69 in overtime on Monday. “We had some guys who were fatigued,” Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann said on his radio show Tuesday. “I’m not going to get into great detail, but we had a pretty important guy who was sick, under the weather.” The Illini (19-7, 12-4) are rested following a 79-74 win at Michigan State on Saturday. Illinois is a physical team which could present problems for the Buckeyes, who in the past two games – against the Hoosiers and in a loss to Iowa — allowed a combined 35 offensive rebounds…
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