After defending home court against Northwestern earlier this week, Ohio State is back on the road for what should be a winnable match-up with Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights are still winless in Big Ten play, although they came close to a win against Illinois last week, losing by 9 in triple overtime.
Ohio State is sitting on an 80 RPI rank and a 73 KenPom rank right now. That's not terrible, but Joe Lunardi's latest mock bracket still has the Buckeyes on the outside looking in. Those 5 losses and just 1 win against the RPI top-50 are weighing heavily on this squad right now.