Better teams than Ohio State have lost at Wisconsin like the Buckeyes did on Sunday, including much better OSU teams with much higher ceilings. That doesn’t mitigate the temptation to process the 70-57 defeat like a sky-is-falling disaster, given Ohio State threw away 10 possessions in the first half, allowed a 16-0 run to end that half and invited a guy who shot 0-for-7 and went scoreless in his previous game to go 5-for-6 and score 19 points. It’s downright difficult to fall into a 68-43 hole when you limit the opponent to 41% shooting, but the Buckeyes proved it do-able with 32% ugliness of their own. Their two leading scorers — Kaleb Wesson and Duane Washington — led that disastrous showing with respective 2-of-11 and 2-of-8 performances. What is head coach Chris Holtmann supposed to do with that in advance of a Wednesday home game against Rutgers and a…
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