The Buckeyes were pretty far from great Wednesday night, but it was good enough to get back to .500.
Marc Loving's disinterested body language on a would-be Buckeye fastbreak about told the story of this one. On a night when the Bucks didn't shoot particularly well, didn't play all that great D, and struggled (as has become far too customary) from the line, Ohio State didn't win pretty, but were able to leave Value City Arena back as a .500 basketball team.
Despite an impending trip to Brooklyn to take on No. 4 Kentucky, this was hardly a look ahead game for Thad Matta's young, raw Buckeyes.