Your Ohio State basketball team is officially in first place in the Big Ten, at least according to wins and losses. Technically speaking, Michigan remains in first place by winning percentage, with Illinois just behind, but all three teams are locked in at the top of the league because of a different number of games played.
The reason OSU has vaulted all the way to the top of the league is because it just knocked off Indiana for its sixth-straight win and ninth in its last ten. All of this, in a league that is the deepest and toughest to navigate in the country. This game against the Hoosiers, unlike some in the recent past, was rather free of drama with a 78-57 comfortable win.
Here are three things we observed as takeaways in this one.