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A Modest Proposal: Ohio State should stop playing basketball in January

On Dec. 31, 2019, the Ohio State Buckeyes men’s basketball team was 11-2 and ranked fifth in the AP Poll.

One month later on Jan. 31, 2020, the exact same team was 13-7 and no longer ranked by the Associated Press.

With Sunday, Feb. 25’s 79-72 victory over the No. 7 Maryland Terrapins (12-4, 22-5), Chris Holtmann’s No. 25 Buckeyes are 18-9 (8-8 in the Big Ten) and have one final game against the Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-13, 7-19) remaining on Thursday to close out the month.

So, that means that Ohio State is currently 16-4 on the 2019-20 season in months that don’t end with “anuary.