Ohio State’s loss to Illinois featured the second-largest foul disparity of any Big Ten men’s basketball game in the last six years.
Ohio State was whistled for 27 fouls while Illinois was called for just 13 fouls in the Buckeyes’ 77-74 loss to the Illini in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday night. According to Jay Cuda on X, it was just the second Big Ten game in the last six years in which one team was called for 14 more fouls than the other; the other took place earlier this year when Northwestern was called for 31 fouls while Purdue was called for 15 fouls in the Boilermakers’ 105-96 win over the Wildcats on Jan.