The one-point loss to Northwestern over the weekend quite evidently did not linger in the minds of the Buckeyes.
Ohio State, despite air-balling a trio of shots in the first 13 minutes, pulled ahead of Nebraska on Wednesday by 15 points before the 13th minute. By halftime, the Buckeyes were up by 17, and early in the second half the rout began. In the eighth minute of the second half, they led by 30 points, and they went up by 40 points in the 11th minute.
The 13-point betting spread proved to be far too small for the favorite, with Ohio State decimating the Cornhuskers, 90-54, at the Schottenstein Center to bounce back from their second Big Ten loss of the season and get back to .