Ohio State’s second loss of the season is hardly one to hang your head about.
Neither was its first, for that matter.
Two tight defeats to top-20 teams in either neutral or road environments? You’ll take it if you’re Chris Holtmann, whose young Buckeye team has shown plenty of fight and potential even in losing efforts.
In fact, a Justice Sueing layup with 2:20 to play Wednesday kept Ohio State within six points of 17th-ranked Duke amid the customary hostilities at vaunted Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Buckeyes didn’t have quite enough in the tank to pull off a second straight upset over the Bue Devils, but they weren’t exactly expected to coming in.