Big Ten Basketball Power Rankings: Purdue and Wisconsin pushing up
By Adam Childs
The Buckeyes were looking strong a little over a month ago when they were 12-1 and ranked 16th in the country. But since then they have lost six of their last eight games with their only wins coming against Rutgers and as struggling Nebraska team. This past week they were pushed around by their rival Michigan and continued to struggle with turnovers. That has been the big weakness for the Buckeyes and has led to some of the problems they have had during this recent slide.
Their next three games are against Penn St, Indiana, and Illinois and they really need to win all three if they want to get themselves off the tournament bubble. But with the way they are playing it will be tough for them to do it.
The Wesson brothers have played well but they have not got much help from their teammates. They have struggled to score lately and they have not shot the ball well at all. But it still all comes back to their turnover issues. If they can not get that under control it won’t matter how well they shoot. Right now they are in the bottom half of the Big Ten and unless something changes soon they may find themselves out of the tournament.