Four wins in 12 days. Only one loss in the last five games. All of a sudden, Ohio State hardly looks like the second-worst team in the Big Ten.
In fact, the Buckeyes are now only one win removed from a spot in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals after knocking off 12th-seed Wisconsin and fifth-seeded Iowa in consecutive days in Chicago. Sure, some thought Ohio State would get the job done against the Badgers, and the Buckeyes had already beaten the Hawkeyes once during the regular season. But just a few weeks ago, nobody expected Ohio State to still be around on the third day of the conference tournament.