Ohio State is at the top of the Big Ten for a number of reasons this season.
For starters, the Buckeyes have received consistent and dominant play from redshirt junior Keita Bates-Diop, as the Normal, Ill., native is the favorite to win Big Ten Player of the Year in 2017-18. In addition, the elevated play of unexpected contributors like Andrew Dakich and Musa Jallow have given Ohio State critical boosts in crunch time all season.
The play of them and the rest of the Buckeyes, however, always seems to come back to one thing that has nothing to do with their basketball talent, as Micah Potter highlighted following an 82-64 thrashing of Iowa on Saturday night.