There’s no sugarcoating it. Ohio State basketball is spiraling right now.
How else does one classify losses in five out of seven January games?
The two most recent of those defeats were the most lopsided of the bunch. Nebraska easily disposed of the Buckeyes in Pinnacle Bank Arena, then Northwestern ran away with a 25-point blowout win in Welsh-Ryan Arena to extend Ohio State’s road losing streak to 14 games.
It feels as though the Buckeyes are destined to miss the NCAA Tournament for a second consecutive year after a 16-19 2022-23 season that featured a stretch in which Ohio State lost 14 of 15 games.