Long gone are questions of what happened to Ohio State’s winning ways.
Nowadays, the Buckeyes are looking at a top-six seed in the NCAA tournament and top-seven seed in the Big Ten tournament with hopes of both advancing further than before in the Chris Holtmann era in both of them. They’ve won nine of their past 11 games, shooting up to No. 19 in the Associated Press top-25 poll.
Yet in the regular season finale they’ll be underdogs.
Michigan State, ranked 16th, plays host to Ohio State at the Breslin Center on Sunday. The game tips off at 4:30 p.