17 Ohio State owned this meeting 71-56 , a victory that continued a surprise season in which the Buckeyes (19-5, 10-1) are in the hunt for a Big Ten championship.

That doesn't mean there won't be between two coaches who will stay intertwined as they try to make progress at these traditional Big Ten programs.

Miller was rumored to be in the hunt for the Ohio State job, but Indiana hired him away from Dayton after letting Tom Crean go last offseason.

Of course, Bob Knight was a member of that Ohio State squad as a player before he won three more national titles as Indiana's coach.

"They set the tone very early with their physicality on both ends of the floor and knocked on us our heels pretty quick and we were working uphill from there the rest of the night," Miller said.