Ohio State hasn’t just been successful on the basketball court recently, but also in Las Vegas and other sports betting forums around the country. The Buckeyes are 17-4 overall, 11-4 in the nasty Big Ten and ranked No. 4 in the national poll. In addition to the outright win-loss column, gamblers have enjoyed riding Chris Holtmann’s budding group vs. the number as well. Ohio State began the year just 5-5-1 against the spread before recently catching fire, going 8-2 in its last 10. That stretch includes four (very impressive) outright victories as an underdog of four-plus points: +4 at Rutgers, Won 79-68+7 at Illinois, Won 87-81+5.5 at Wisconsin, Won 74-62+5.5 at Iowa, Won 89-85 The only programs, with a minimum 18 outings this season, better than Ohio State against the spread in their last 10 are James Madison (9-1) and Belmont (7-1-2). NOTE: Teams joining OSU with a mark of…
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