This wasn’t how the Ohio State basketball team envisioned playing against a Minnesota team that had yet to win a conference game this season. The Gophers battled Ohio State all game, and never folded and kept playing hard.
The Buckeyes wouldn’t be able to match the visitors’ energy, resulting in a third loss in a row and potentially some panic starting in Columbus. The loss sends the Buckeyes to a 10-6 record.
Head coach Chris Holtmann got his starting center back, Zed Key (even though he came off the bench), but it wasn’t enough for Ohio State to get back into the win column.
It obviously wasn’t all pretty for the Buckeyes and here is what we learned about their 70-67 disappointing loss to Minnesota.
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Minnesota and Ohio State are tied 67-67 with 1.7 to go pic.twitter.com/MXXB5ORyZ9
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) January 13, 2023
I’m not one to complain much about the referees, but the foul call against Bruce Thornton at the end of the game when he went for the blosk was horrendous. Thornton got all ball. No doubt about it. If there is a call in that situation, it should have been a jump ball. This didn’t cost the Buckeyes the game, but in the situation, it may have seemed like a massively bad call. There were more reasons why the Buckeyes dropped this game.
Sensabaugh with the second effort to tie the game for @OhioStateHoops! 💪 pic.twitter.com/GJAsMOZuKF
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) January 13, 2023
The Buckeyes have one of the top offenses in the country but struggled again. The offense didn’t move the ball around well enough and had just 5 assists. The whole game. It led to a lot of empty possessions, bad shots, and an overall ugly offense. The reliance on individuals to create shots really hurt, especially when the shots weren’t falling. The 37.5% shooting from the field was bad, especially given the opponent. Holtmann needs to fix this fast.
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Too nice from @OhioStateHoops 💯 pic.twitter.com/LqrH2PJuGd
— FOX College Hoops (@CBBonFOX) January 12, 2023
Take away regular starter Key’s numbers and add Eugene Brown’s and it was…
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