Every game is pivotal right now for Ohio State. Thursday's tilt with Northwestern is no exception.
The Wildcats are fighting just to make the 15-team Big Ten Tournament, currently 17th in the conference with a 13-13 record overall and a 4-11 mark in conference play. But with a Quad 2 opportunity to boost or harm the Buckeyes' NCAA Tournament résumé, Ohio State coach Jake Diebler is taking nothing for granted, even as Northwestern is without injured star guard Brooks Barnhizer.
Diebler started his press conference with something beyond sport, however. Ohio State's coaches wore shoes decorated by cancer patients for Coaches vs.