After a much milder-than-normal December, and even early January, winter has arrived here. The low temperature yesterday was 6F. Significant snow is expected tomorrow and Friday. Could get close to a foot if we end up on the high-side of estimates.
It’s been rough for winter sports here lately. The Blue Jackets’ woes have been well documented here. They are still the worst team in the league.
The road has been unkind to the basketball teams. The Ohio State men appeared to have the corner turned with a win over Kentucky, part of a streak of 7 wins in-a-row. But road trips continue to be disastrous. Saturday, the Bucks lost by 35 at Maryland. This after big road losses at Indiana and Connecticut earlier. With two conference losses, OSU is tied for fourth in the Big Ten. Indiana and Iowa are 5-0.
The Kentucky men had won 18 straight games over Auburn, a streak that went back to 2000. But after having a decent second-half lead on The Plains Saturday, the Tigers came storming back and won 75-70. After the earlier big loss at LSU, the Cats have 2 conference losses and are tied for fourth in the SEC. Texas A&M is 5-0, coming off a huge rout at Georgia.
Speaking of Auburn, the Kentucky women did manage to avenge their loss at Auburn with a 54-47 home win over the Tigers Sunday. But the Cats were no match for #2-ranked South Carolina even in Memorial Coliseum last week. With two conference losses, UK is in a 4-way tie for third. The Gamecocks are 5-0.
Even the Ohio State women could not avoid an embarrassing road loss in Evanston last week. Maryland, Purdue and OSU are currently tied for first in the Big Ten with 5-1 records.