BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Chris Holtmann, immediately after Ohio State’s loss to Wisconsin on Jan. 3, separated his team’s two-game skid from what happened to the Buckeyes a year ago, when they lost five straight games in the month of January. He didn’t view them as similar situations.
“I don't really, right now, look at it in that sense,” he said after losing to the Badgers. “We played two good teams. We have to play better down the stretch, and that's all we're looking at.”
At the time, Holtmann had reason to think that. His team hadn’t spiraled like it did a year ago.