No. 2 Ohio State is going to have to do battle with No. 13 Kansas without their best player today, as Jared Sullinger has been officially ruled out of today's match up with back spasms, per CBS' Jeff Goodman:
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Jeff Goodman Jared Sullinger will not play today against Kansas. CBSSports.com has confirmed ex-Ohio State player Mark Titus' earlier tweet.
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Sullinger was originally listed as probable, but was downgraded earlier today before officially being ruled out. Junior transfer Evan Ravenel will again take Sullinger's spot as he did against Texas-Pan American when he scored a career high 11 points.