#1 Buckeyes (Basketball)

Led by freshmen Greg Oden and Mike Conley Jr., Ohio State advanced one day after beating Wisconsin in a meeting of Nos. 1 and 2.

"You hate there had to be a team that lost that game," Buckeyes coach Thad Matta said Monday, referring to his team's 49-48 victory that clinched a second straight Big Ten title. "Fortunately for us we made the bucket at the end and came away on top."

Ohio State (26-3) moved up one spot in the rankings, receiving 62 first-place votes and 1,786 points from the 72-member national media panel. It is the Buckeyes' first time as No. 1 in the AP rankings since the final poll of the 1961-62 season.

With a 49-48 win over the Badgers, the Buckeyes have clinched the outright Big Ten championship. The women's team did likewise with a 72-58 win at Michigan. That's outright Big Ten championships in football and both men's and women's basketball. According to the Ozone, that's the first time in NCAA history that a school's done that. So that's pretty cool.

Statistically, the game was every bit as ugly as the final score indicates (or as you remember from watching it). Have a look at the box score. The Buckeyes shot poorly, hitting 28.6% of their threes and 42.2% of their field goals overall. The Badgers shot even worse, however, shooting just 35.1% overall. Alando Tucker and Kammron Taylor combined to go 9-of-27 from the field. The Badgers outrebounded OSU by nine boards, but when those rebounds lead to that many shots that don't fall, the rebounding margin doesn't matter so much.