If you had, hypothetically, never watched Northwestern play basketball before, and you were tuned into any of Northwestern’s loss against No. 13 Ohio State yesterday afternoon, you may have found yourself asking the question “Does Northwestern know how to play defense?”
It sure didn’t look like it.
For reference, the over/under betting line for yesterday’s game, used to estimate how many points would be scored by both teams combined, was 140.5. By the end of the game, both teams had combined for 182 points, with Ohio State scoring 95 of those points. The Buckeyes had 51 points in the first half.