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 in which OSU coach Thad Matta’s squad has lost two of its last three games to Michigan State and Michigan on Feb. 11 and 18, respectively.

In order to cross the regular season finish line in good standing, or just beat an Illini team that suffered a 23-point Saturday loss to Nebraska, the second-worst team in the Big Ten, Matta said the……..

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