To be the man, you have to beat the man.
On Thursday evening, the Ohio State men’s basketball team — who were picked to finish in seventh place in the Big Ten by the media — will travel to Iowa City to take on the No. 8 Iowa Hawkeyes. Currently sitting at 13-4 overall and 7-3 in league play, the Hawkeyes boast the No. 1 offense in the nation according to KenPom, and are scoring 89.4 points per game — tops in the B1G and second-most in the country.
They’re led by the slam-dunk favorite for National Player of the Year, Luka Garza, who is the nation’s highest scorer at 26.