The same thing that was Ohio State’s greatest strength during its seven-game winning streak earlier this season has been the Buckeyes’ biggest weakness during their latest rough patch.
Ohio State — once one of the Big Ten’s best defensive teams — is now having trouble stopping anybody.
“In the last 120 minutes of basketball, we’ve played 20 minutes,” Buckeyes head coach Thad Matta said on 97.1 The Fan in Columbus following Saturday’s 100-65 blowout loss to Maryland.
Matta certainly isn’t wrong in that assessment as over the last three games Ohio State has played just one half of good basketball.