COLUMBUS, Ohio — With the NCAA Tournament canceled following the coronavirus outbreak the final Associated Press Top 25 Poll was released with Ohio State basketball staying at No. 19. The Buckeyes finished the regular season with a 21-10 record, 11-9 in the Big Ten. That was good enough to earn the No. 7 seed in the Big Ten Tournament where they were set to play Purdue in the second round. OSU was ranked for all but four weeks this season but finished one spot below than its No. 18 ranking in the preseason. Ohio State is one of six Big Ten teams to finished the season ranked after just four were in the preseason Top 25. Michigan State served as the highest-ranked team in the conference at No 9. Kansas closes out the season as the No. 1 team in a year in which seven teams held the top spot.…
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