Ohio State head coach Thad Matta learned a little bit more about his team Wednesday night. The Buckeyes, who were routed by 20 points in their only true road game of the season to that point, went to Northwestern and pulled away for a 65-56 win in a tough place to play.
It was far from the prettiest game Ohio State has played this season, but it's one it probably would not have won earlier in the year. Matta attributes that to the growth his young group has made over the course of the last month.
"You look across the board in college basketball and I don’t think anybody has the exact reason why, but sometimes you just don’t play as well as you like to play," Matta said Friday.