Not a single player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers scored in double figures against the Buckeyes last Saturday. It was a true team effort that led to Ohio State's second blowout against the Big Ten's newest bottom-feeder, but the hardest work is very likely still yet to come.

Two Huskers fouled out in the loss, including their leading scorer, Bo Spencer. They shot under thirty percent from the field, committed 27 turnovers (to Ohio State's ten), and scored only 45 points. Nebraska's previous worst loss of the season (by 31 points) had come in its last meeting with Jared Sullinger and company. Saturday's 34 point deficit topped even that. It was, in a word, a bloodbath.

Still, what looms on the horizon for the Buckeyes is a slew of games against ranked opponents including two games apiece versus both teams from That State Up North, the two teams that - as of Sunday evening - shared the conference lead with the Bucks: Michigan and Michigan State. One wonders, given recent road woes, whether we'll see the team that dominated Duke, or the team that limped out of Champaign and Bloomington.

To be fair, the Buckeyes exacted measurable revenge against the Hoosiers once back in the confines of Value City Arena. They played with the kind of focus and intensity that warrants their top-five ranking. Yet the first several minutes of the Nebraska game were sloppy.

Said head coach Thad Matta, "Being down that first timeout, we challenged our guys. I thought Nebraska was playing harder than us. They were quicker to the play."

Anyone who watched that game would likely agree that it had a different tenor to it than the one before--Ohio State was playing without urgency. It may not be something we fans and media should expect, but it's certainly not something we haven't seen.

The team's youth is a very clear and present concern; leadership and experience are at a premium, and while games like Saturday's remind us that the Buckeyes can and often are absolutely lethal, we also haven't seen enough of them to know exactly what to expect.

Then again, this is college basketball, a sport that thrives on unpredictability. One team falls, the other teams scoot up in line. Doesn't make them automatically better--just means it's their close to take the upset. Is there another in OSU's future? Hopefully not. But the Big Ten may have other ideas.

Fortunately, all that matters in March. Are we there yet?