With the No. 3 Ohio State Buckeyes playing just their second true road game of the year on Sunday night, the big story line coming into this game was the inability of Big Ten teams to win on the road. Coming into this game, B1G teams were 0-12 on the road team in conference games; not a single visiting team was able to enter an opponent’s venue and leave victorious.
The Buckeyes were not able to buck that trend on Sunday night, leaving The Barn with their first defeat of the season, falling 84-71 to the Minnesota Golden Gophers.