Ohio State fans flood the court to celebrate the team defeating Duke.

The top-ranked Duke Blue Devils' reign as college basketball's undisputed team to beat was short-lived.

Despite leading for much of the game, the Blue Devils faded late in a 71-66 loss to the unranked Ohio State Buckeyes in Columbus, Ohio, resetting the national conversation yet again and opening the door for the Purdue Boilermakers or another team to ascend to the top of the rankings next Monday.

ESPN's team of Myron Medcalf, Jeff Borzello, John Gasaway and Joe Lunardi weighed in on what they saw, the way forward for Duke and Ohio State, and the Bracketology and national rankings implications of the Buckeyes' triumph.

But Ohio State put more pressure on the Blue Devils in the second half and forced some tough shots that didn't fall, shots that had fallen in the first half.

The Blue Devils went cold, missing eight consecutive field goal attempts during that stretch.

While Duke still maintained a double-digit lead when Mark Williams scored with 11 minutes, 6 seconds to play, the vibe was changing.

There were two Duke field goals the rest of the game, which opened the door for Ohio State's late comeback.

The matchup in Columbus was Duke's first true road game of the season.

Duke fell apart because it couldn't score, but the Ohio State crowd deserves an MVP vote, too.

The Blue Devils went static in the second half against Ohio State, scoring just 23 points and hitting 7 of 31 tries from the field after the intermission.

Paolo Banchero wasn't limited by cramping this time, but for whatever reason he was 0-for-7 from the floor in the second half.

For the game, the Blue Devils were held to 41% shooting inside the arc as they scored 66 points in a 70-possession contest.

In the second half, their defense tightened up and they began to have a lot of success playing through their frontcourt and getting Zed Key operating one-on-one in the post with plenty of space.

Ohio State has struggled to get consistent point guard and backcourt play this season, but Chris Holtmann might have found a way to stretch opposing defenses on Tuesday.

He had 14 points, 14 rebounds and six assists -- including a difficult bucket in the final minute to put Ohio State up three.

1 seed despite coughing up its Big Ten/ACC Challenge game at Ohio State.