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.