Second-year Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann watched his team suffer its fifth straight loss Wednesday night, this time to Purdue in Value City Arena, dropping the Buckeyes to 2-5 in conference play.
The recent rough patch features acceptable losses to No. 8 Michigan State and even No. 19 Maryland despite both being at home and of course losing at Iowa was an ugly game but winning roadies in league play is always a tall task.
That reality certainly came into focus in the second game of the streak as the Buckeyes dropped really the only inexcusable contest of this month-long struggle, falling to a Rutgers squad that currently sits at 2-6 in conference action.