The Buckeyes won two of three games in Maui, including their first victory over a ranked opponent this season.
The Ohio State men’s basketball program is ranked for the first time this season after winning two games at the Maui Invitational last week.
The Buckeyes come at No. 25 in the latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll, which was released on Monday afternoon, following a 81-53 blowout of Cincinnati on Tuesday and an 80-73 win over No. 21 Texas Tech on Wednesday.
Chris Holtmann's squad actually opened the Maui Invitational with an 88-77 loss to No. 17 San Diego State on Monday. But after rebounding with two straight wins, the Buckeyes finished in fifth place for the third time in four appearances in the event.
Ohio State is now 5-1 on the season heading into Wednesday’s ACC-Big Ten Challenge game at No. 17 Duke. The Buckeyes knocked off the Blue Devils, 71-66, in the same event in Columbus last season. Tipoff is set for 7:15 p.m. on ESPN.
That said, Ohio State is one of six Big Ten teams in this week’s poll, joining No. 5 Purdue, No. 10 Indiana, No. 16 Illinois, No. 20 Michigan State and No. 22 Maryland. The full top 25 poll can be found below, with first-place votes in parenthesis:
- Houston (45)
- Texas (8)
- Virginia (2)
- Arizona
- Purdue (8)
- Baylor
- Creighton
- UConn
- Kansas
- Indiana
- Arkansas
- Alabama
- Tennessee
- Gonzaga
- Auburn
- Illinois
- Duke
- North Carolina
- Kentucky
- Michigan
- UCLA
- Maryland
- Iowa State
- San Diego State
- Ohio State
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