EAST LANSING, Mich. – Posted up directly to the left of CJ Walker, Duane Washington Jr. slowly bounced his back off the graffitied wall in a tunnel, standing one closed door away from the rest of his teammates. Every so often, in between answering questions posed to him about what happened in Ohio State’s 80-69 loss to Michigan State, he leaned forward toward his team’s locker room as if he wished he were back in there.
Nobody enjoys discussing how it feels to lose, and Washington is no different. Especially right now. Not since the Buckeyes got it rolling about a month and a half ago.