Ohio State might actually have one advantage when No. 8 Maryland visits Value City Arena.
Fifteen days ago, the Terrapins handed the Buckeyes a 100-65 loss, the worst loss in coach Thad Matta’s 12 seasons at Ohio State. It’s a deficit that’s impossible to gloss over but one that CBS college basketball analyst and former Buckeyes player Clark Kellogg feels could have an impact today.
"The Buckeyes, they were more soft cloth than sandpaper in terms of what they did defensively,” Kellogg said. “Maryland got what they wanted, when they wanted it, how they wanted it. That’s easy to correct.