January has arrived. With it comes the start of full-time Big Ten play for the Buckeyes, a place where seasons have lost momentum in previous years. In 2021-22, Ohio State was ranked in the top 20 as late as Feb. 14 before losing three of its last four regular-season games and falling in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament to a 13-16 Penn State team. The Buckeyes made the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed, won an ugly 54-41 game over Loyola Chicago and were handled by second-seeded Villanova 71-61 in the second round. In 2022-23, the Buckeyes won their first game of full-time conference play on Jan. 1 against Northwestern to put their record at 10-3 before losing 15 of their next 16 contests, ultimately closing the season 16-19 without an NCAA or even an NIT bid. Ohio State’s first two Big Ten games are in the books…
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