COLUMBUS, Ohio – At one point, early in most of Ohio State’s victories this season, the realization has been driven home to the other team’s defenders.

They pack down inside to try to stifle big man Jared Sullinger and he kicks it back out to Jon Diebler or David Lighty for an easy 3. Or maybe they cling to Diebler, Lighty and Will Buford like a second skin only to have one of them dump a pass inside to Sullinger or Dallas Lauderdale for a dunk.

It’s the either/or that makes the second-ranked Buckeyes (14-0) so good.

“I think it’s kind of hard to just key in on one person,” said Buford, one of a number of perimeter marksmen for Ohio State. “Because if you key down on Sully and double-team him, that’ll give the guards the opportunity to score and do what we do. Then if you play Sully one-on-one, he’s basically going to destroy you.”

Western Carolina coach Larry Hunter said the Buckeyes’ inside-out game ties a team in knots……

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