One day removed from a second consecutive loss and three days before hosting Minnesota, Ohio State men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann held his weekly radio show Monday. It was a difficult week for the Buckeyes, who dropped a 71-69 loss to No. 1 Purdue on Jan. 5 at Value City Arena and then went to Maryland and took an 80-73 loss on Sunday afternoon. The losses dropped Ohio State to 10-5 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten and mostly came without the services of third-year center and starter Zed Key, who suffered a left shoulder sprain in the opening minutes of the Purdue game and watched the Maryland game from the bench in street clothes. Ohio State now enters an interesting week where it will host Big Ten cellar-dweller Minnesota, which is 6-8 overall and 0-4 in the league, before going to Rutgers on Sunday in a rematch of…
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