COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State basketball closed out its season with an 80-69 loss to No. 16 Michigan State. The Spartans gained a share of the regular-season Big Ten Championship for the third-straight season. They’ll share it with No. 9 Maryland and No. 24 Wisconsin. With the loss — combined with No. 18 Iowa losing to No. 23 Illinois — the Buckeyes will clinch the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten Tournament. They’ll begin play on Thursday when they take on the 10-seed Purdue at 6:30 p.m on the Big Ten Network. The Buckeyes won the only regular-season matchup between the two at home in a 68-52 win getting their Big Ten record back to .500. The winner will face No. 2 seed Michigan State on Friday in the quarterfinals. Despite losing its final game of the regular season, Ohio State will head into the postseason with tons of…
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