This is going to be a tough one for the Ohio State basketball team. Iowa is a team that can go inside or outside and can score in bunches. The home crowd at home will be all lathered up as well and will give the Hawkeyes an emotional boost with OSU coming to town.
Both teams are ranked in the top 25, but we don’t have to tell you how hard it is to win on the road in the Big Ten, especially against a ranked team the caliber of what the Buckeyes will see Thursday night.
But as daunting as it may seem to win in Iowa City, it’s not impossible. Penn State was able to get the job done, and so was Depaul and San Diego State earlier in the year.
Here’s five things Ohio State must do in order to spoil the night of the Iowa Hawkeyes.