12:08 AM ET John GasawayESPN Insider Close ESPN Insider college basketball contributor First began covering college hoops in 2004 Has written for Basketball Prospectus and the Wall Street Journal The early college basketball season has been mostly a disappointing affair for the Big Ten, with Michigan State losing to Kentucky, Purdue falling at home to Texas, Nebraska staggering winless through two home games against mid-major opponents and Iowa being fairly run off its own floor by DePaul. There’s emphasis on the word “mostly,” however, because one game in Columbus, Ohio, most definitely did not follow that script. … Three things from Wednesday Allegedly short-handed Buckeyes look amazing Ohio State faced Villanova on Wednesday without two players who combined for 47 starts last season. Andre Wesson is sidelined for two weeks because of a fractured eye socket, and Musa Jallow is out of action for an undetermined length of time after…
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