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2022-2023 Ohio State Men's Basketball

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When Zed Key walked straight off the court and into the locker room at the Schottenstein Center following a shoulder injury on Thursday, the Buckeyes were in trouble.

Who else could bang down low with 7-foot-4 Purdue center Zach Edey, clog the lane and gobble up his team-leading average of 7.8 rebounds? Felix Okpara stands 6-foot-11 and had already proven to be an electric shot blocker at the college level, but he’s only a true freshman who had all of 18 minutes of Big Ten experience under his belt at that point.

Ohio State lost the game after all, but Key’s absence wasn’t as big a factor as one might’ve assumed. Okpara performed admirably in Key’s stead, logging 30 minutes and limiting the Big Ten’s leading scorer to just 16 points. Edey only got to the free-throw line on four occasions, which was half as many attempts as he’s averaged on the season.

But Sunday’s loss at Maryland showed just how important Key is to the Buckeyes’ bottom line.


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Very disappointing loss. Zed returned to action, at home, favored by 15 points over the last place team in the B1G. Bucks looked flat as hell until the final minute.

 
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Coach Matta clearly understood how important it was to have a defensive ace and have a real backbone in the paint. Every single team with his players had those elements, and the program has been missing those things since his players left. There is no backbone defensively anymore. Being easy to score against inside is a good way to lose a lot of games.
 
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In college basketball, a “bad loss” is one that a team needed to win, no ifs, ands, or buts. A “bad loss” does not typically refer to the way a team loses, because you can point out a bad loss before it happens. “If team A beats team B tomorrow night, that would be a very bad loss for them.”

When you’re considerably better than another team, your only option is to beat them. Anything less is, you guessed it, a bad loss.

The Ohio State men’s basketball team (10-6, 2-3) suffered a bad loss this past weekend on the road at Maryland. It was only by seven points on the road, but the Terrapins (11-5, 2-3) have tumbled from their early season perch. Kevin Willard’s first Maryland team looks like an NCAA Tournament bubble team, or perhaps an NIT candidate. They’re not horrid, but they are a team this Ohio State team needed to handle on the road.

They did not. Bad loss.

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And then on Thursday night, the Buckeyes welcomed the Minnesota Golden Gophers (7-8, 1-4) to Columbus. Minnesota was the easiest remaining game on Ohio State’s schedule — the Gophers' best win was over California Baptist and their worst loss was to Nebraska at home just a few days ago. Minnesota had yet to taste victory in the Big Ten before Thursday, losing to Purdue, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Nebraska so far. After a 70-67 victory over the Buckeyes last night, they’re officially on the board — and Ohio State is spiraling.

That’s two bad losses.
 
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