In what has been an up and down start to Ohio State's season featuring seven wins (one of them over Kentucky) and five losses (one of those against UT-Arlington) one constant sticks out:
The Buckeyes are undefeated when they tie or win the battle of the backboards.
The lows in this metric have seen the Buckeyes get smoked by Connecticut by 20 points while losing the glass 34-26 and falling to UT-Arlington by five points while giving up a 47-36 advantage on the windows.