Three days after sweating out a double-overtime “thriller” in Minneapolis Monday night, the Ohio State men’s basketball team (10-6, 2-3) was back home at the Schott to take on No. 15 Oregon (14-2, 3-2).
Thursday’s matchup with one of the conference’s newest programs would’ve been a whole lot more crucial had the Buckeyes not pulled a rabbit out of their hat Monday night. Still, 3-2 looks better than 2-3, especially with road trips to Wisconsin and Purdue coming up in the next week and a half.
However, Oregon won the first battle between the programs in over 30 years Thursday night, riding a 24-point performance from Jackson Shelstad to a 73-71 win in the final minute of the game…