From: KansasCity.com --   The fifth-ranked Michigan State Spartans will have a chance to claim an outright Big Ten Conference regular season title this afternoon as they host the 10th-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes in their regular season finale showdown at the Breslin Center. Michigan State snapped its three-game losing streak to the Buckeyes when the two Big Ten powers squared off on Feb. 11 at Value City Arena last month. The Spartans earned a 58-48 decision in the first meeting of this season to ... Read More

By Mark Snyder  (Detroit Free Press) --  John Beilein has spent five years at Michigan and clearly understands there is a line Wolverines never cross. Assuming Michigan wins at last-place Penn State early Sunday afternoon, the Wolverines will be left to hope Ohio State beats Michigan State and gives the Wolverines a share of the Big Ten title. But, as much as Beilein wants the title, there is a limit. So, he was asked on a media teleconference today, will you be rooting for Ohio ... Read More

By Alex Boeder (SBNation.com) -- The Ohio State Buckeyes have lost three of their last five games, but they remain a consensus two-seed for the upcoming NCAA Tournament. Both Joe Lunardi or ESPN.com and Chris Dobbertean of SBNation.com have slotted the Buckeyes as two-seeds in their latest Bracketology updates. The three recent losses by Ohio State have come against their fellow elites in the Big Ten: the Michigan State Spartans, Michigan Wolverines, and Wisconsin Badgers. Nevertheless, Ohio State is ... Read More

By: AP via bellinghamherald.com -- LINCOLN, Neb. - Emily Cady scored 24 points to match her career high and No. 23 Nebraska upset eighth-ranked Ohio State 71-57, the Buckeyes' second loss in three games, on Sunday. The Cornhuskers (21-7, 10-6 Big Ten) bounced back from a 20-point loss at Michigan State for only their second win in six games. The Buckeyes (24-5, 11-5) lost for the fifth time ... Read More

From: sportsnetwork.com -- Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - Jordan Taylor netted 19 points, grabbed five rebounds and dished out four assists, and No. 16 Wisconsin edged No. 8 Ohio State, 63-60, in a thriller on Sunday. Jared Berggren scored 18 points and Ryan Evans had a double-double with 10 points to go with 10 boards for the Badgers (21-8, 10-6 Big Ten), who bounced back from a one-point ... Read More

By: AP via NewarkAdvocate.com -- COLUMBUS — Jared Berggren scored Wisconsin’s final five points — including a go-ahead 3-pointer with 31 seconds left — and the 16th-ranked Badgers beat No. 8 Ohio State 63-60 today. Jordan Taylor had 19 points and Ryan Evans 10 for the Badgers (21-8, 10-6 Big Ten), who made up for an earlier loss at home to the Buckeyes. With Ohio State (23-6, 11-5) up by a point, Berggren swished a shot from beyond ... Read More

From: Cleveland.com --CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Welcome to today's edition of Starting Blocks TV, hosted by Chuck Yarborough. The Ohio State Buckeyes returned to the win column Tuesday night with an easy win over Illinois. But do you think the Buckeyes can prevail in the Big Ten Conference race and take the regular-season title? That's the question in today's Starting Blocks poll. Today's guest on SBTV is Plain Dealer Ohio State reporter Doug Lesmerises, who covered Tuesday night's game. He says that the race ... Read More

By: AP via ESPN.com -- COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Deshaun Thomas scored 19 points and Ohio State (No. 9 ESPN/USA Today, No. 8 AP) regained its shooting touch, rolling over Illinois 83-67 on Tuesday night to remain in the thick of the Big Ten race. Ohio State shot 65 percent from the field.William Buford, much maligned for his recent poor shooting, had 17 points, and Aaron Craft added 11 to go with five assists. Jared Sullinger, third in the conference at ... Read More

By Pat Brennan (TheLantern.com) -- Ohio State men's basketball has entered the final stretch in its race to March, and it is well aware that time is running out. OSU (22-5, 10-4 Big Ten), which slipped to No. 8 in the latest Associated Press poll, welcomes unranked Illinois (16-11, 5-9 Big Ten) to its court Tuesday. The contest marks the second-to-last home game for the Buckeyes this season. The match with the Fighting Illini comes on the heels of a stretch ... Read More

From: KansasCity.com -- Bitter rivals meet in Ann Arbor tonight, as the sixth-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes challenge the 17th-ranked Michigan Wolverines in what is an important late Big Ten Conference affair. Ohio State comes in sporting a 22-4 overall record, and its 10-3 league ledger has it tied with Michigan State for first place entering the weekend. Michigan is 19-7 on the year, and at 9-4 in conference is just a game back in the standings. The Buckeyes ... Read More