Wisconsin-Ohio State Preview: B5Q Grills Land-Grant Holy Land
Thad Matta with Deshaun Thomas, his able-bodied scoring savant.
- USA TODAY Sports  Wisconsin faces off against its fifth ranked
opponent in the last six games when the Badgers tip off at 6 pm.
Tuesday night in Columbus against the Ohio State Buckeyes.  At
some point in every season, you have to stop saying "it's still
early" and make a move. That time is now for Wisconsin and Ohio
State. The handful of championship-caliber teams already a nose
ahead of them in the Big Ten standings makes it imperative to
keep pace.  Ohio State (15-4, 5-2 Big Ten) is a team which
Wisconsin (14-6, 5-2) has gotten to know pretty well recently.
Yes, Jared Sullinger is gone, but important games like these
will keep a burgeoning rivalry going. It helps that Bo Ryan has
held his own against Thad Matta in these battles of the two
winningest coaches in Big Ten history: UW is 5-4 at Value City
Arena (built in 1998) under Ryan's watch and he owns a 10-7
advantage over Matta