COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Thad Matta was waiting for the "pow!"
So many times this season, Matta has seen his Ohio State basketball team let up and watch a lead slip away. Sometimes that led to losses, other times it just made wins more difficult than they needed to be.
So Tuesday night against Michigan, with his Buckeyes in the midst of a stretch where they made nine field goals in a row and opened up a 14-point lead, Matta was waiting for it. That moment in which Ohio State does something to make its life more difficult had to be coming.