Ohio State Beats Wisconsin, Wraps Up Big Ten, Top Seed

This is the year of the freshman in college hoops, so it's fitting that it was a freshman, Ohio State's Mike Conley Jr., whose runner with four seconds left gave Ohio State a 49-48 win over Wisconsin, ensuring the Buckeyes an outright Big Ten championship and all but locking up a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

It was the first time ever that Big Ten teams met as No. 1 and No. 2 in the country, although Wisconsin's loss this week to Michigan State took some of the luster off the game.

Ohio State did fine work shutting down Wisconsin's Alando Tucker, who finished with just 12 points on 5-of-15 shooting. If any voters still planned to pick Tucker as the player of the year, this game probably changed their minds. Kammron Taylor was just 4-of-12 for Wisconsin, and when that 1-2 punch isn't hitting, the Badgers aren't a great team. In fact, it's surprising that Wisconsin was in it until the end, as throughout the game, it felt like Ohio State was in command.

For the Buckeyes, the two super freshmen, Conley and Greg Oden, scored 11 apiece, but it was a senior, Ivan Harris, who led the team in scoring with 13. Harris is a good role player, but Conley and Oden are the leaders of the team. And with this win in hand, the freshmen-led Buckeyes are among the favorites to win the national championship.