Ohio State will be eager to rebound from a loss to No. 13 Illinois when the Buckeyes play West Virgina on Saturday night in Cleveland.

Ohio State (7-2) fell 88-80 to the Fighting Illini on Tuesday, leaving Buckeyes coach Jake Diebler upset that his team couldn't pull off the upset. Ohio State was down by only three points with about a minute remaining.

"Hungry. Hungry to get better but hungry going into a game (Saturday) that's a big opportunity for us," he said. "The things we can control, we didn't do good enough (vs. Illinois). That's the biggest thing, taking ownership of that. Basketball is an imperfect game, but there were stretches where we hurt ourselves.

"When we have the opportunity, we have to play more poised. We have to play together. We've got to do all that and kind of se

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