Like nearly every coach, Kevin McGuff is emphatic about keeping his team’s attention on the next game on the schedule. If McGuff has his way, the No. 2 Ohio State women’s basketball team’s entire focus will be on Thursday’s game against Northwestern, with no thoughts about what’s coming after. Looming for Ohio State (18-0, 7-0) are marquee matchups against No. 10 Iowa on Jan. 23 and No. 6 Indiana on Jan. 26. But first, the Buckeyes must finish up a string of four games against teams ranked outside the top 25 of the AP poll – Illinois, who the Buckeyes beat 87-81 earlier this month, has since moved up to No. 21 but was unranked at the time of their Jan. 8 game. On paper, Northwestern, which enters Thursday at 6-11 overall and 0-7 in the Big Ten, won’t present the same level of challenge as the Hawkeyes or Hoosiers,…
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