Thompson is headed to Antwerp, Belgium to join the Telenet Giants professional basketball team, the club announced on Thursday. There he will join his former Buckeye teammate Jae’Sean Tate.

This year’s Ohio State team is used to ruts, which have often come up at inopportune times.

For the first time in more than two decades, Ohio State has lost five games in a row.

Ohio State is squarely on the NCAA tournament bubble after its four-game losing streak dropped its record to 12-5, including 2-4 in Big Ten play.