A comfortable advance suddenly turned adventurous for Ohio State in its Big Ten Tournament debut before the Buckeyes survived at the free throw line to win for the first time in three weeks.
How good were they? How good are they? What did the opening series with Illinois reveal? Some simple observations are indisputable. After that, it falls upon your perception of reality. Breaking it down, as they like to say...in today's Press Pros.
Game 4 of the weekend series turned out to be a stinker of an 8-0 loss, but the opening weekend of the Big Ten schedule showed the Buckeyes have a lot of possibilities...if they continue to grow. Mark Znidar writes for Press Pros.
The baseball 'protocol' for the weekend has been big arms, supported Saturday by big bats. Greg Beals (below) and the Buckeyes swept two from the Illini to go 3-0. Read Mark Znidar.
Junior Bayden Root (below) nailed it down out of the bullpen, but senior catcher Brent Todys was 0-for-5 when he stepped to the plate and drove in the go-ahead run with a double down the left field line to beat Illinois in Friday's opener. Mark Znidar writes.
