Ohio State vs. Northwestern 2019 basketball preview and prediction

Ohio State is once again looking to turn its season back around when it travels to Northwestern. We’ve got a preview and prediction.

Ohio State cliff notes game plan

The Buckeyes win this game by keeping it simple, with a caveat. It has more talent than Northwestern, but that’s been the case several times this year and things still went south. If the Buckeyes run their stuff, get Kaleb Wesson involved and have solid play around him, it’ll win this game.

Most importantly, it can’t foul and absolutely has to take care of the basketball. If the Buckeyes turn the ball over and take poor shots like it has done in the past, we’ll see some of the same things happen that we’ve seen over the past month.

OSU needs to go on a business trip here and just win. Play smart, run the offense and don’t try to do too much. The Wildcats may have won only one game in the Big Ten so far, but it’s lost a lot of close ones.  It can beat OSU, especially with where this team is at psychologically right now.

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