The last time Ohio State (11-15, 3-12) and Purdue (23-4, 12-4) met, things were quite a bit different. The Buckeyes were 2-0 in Big Ten play back on January 5, having beaten Rutgers and Northwestern, and were looking like one of the best teams in the B1G in doing so. Ohio State had a three-point lead over the Boilermakers that afternoon with 30 seconds to go, and then everything went south. A Zach Edey bucket, an Ohio State turnover, and a big Fletcher Loyer triple delivered a heartbreaking loss to the crowd in Columbus.
Ohio State won exactly one of their games between that meeting and today’s meeting with the Boilers, going 1-11 over the last 43 days, and you can make that 1-12 over the last 13 now, after Purdue dispatched the Buckeyes with relative ease, 82-55.