It's an outside shot -- a very outside shot -- but Ohio State could play its way into the NCAA Tournament.Thanks to a 5-1 finish to the regular season under int
Mon, March 11th 2024 at 9:33 PMOhio State guard Bruce Thornton, left, fights for a loose ball with Iowa guard Tony Perkins during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, Friday, Feb. 2, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. Iowa won 79-77. It's an outside shot -- a very outside shot -- but Ohio State could play its way into the NCAA Tournament.
Thanks to a 5-1 finish to the regular season under interim coach Jake Diebler, the Buckeyes are in a far better position than they were three weeks ago to use the Big Ten Tournament as a springboard to an at-large bid into the field of 68.OSU's first chance to strengthen its resume comes at the conference tournament in Minneapolis. The strong finish lifted the Buckeyes from 13th place in the Big Ten to 10th, giving them a day-one bye on Wednesday.
They'll open tournament play against seventh-seeded Iowa at approximately 6:30 p.m. Thursday. The Hawkeyes won the only meeting between the teams this season, a 79-77 decision in Iowa City on Feb. 2. As the No. 13 seed in last year's conference tournament, Ohio State eliminated Iowa in the second round in OSU's surprising run to the semifinal round.
Getting back to that unlikely but not impossible NCAA Tournament dream, the Buckeyes aren't really even in the bubble conversation just yet. But that would change with another deep run like last year's; three wins in Minneapolis would definitely have them in the conversation. Of course Ohio State could remove all doubt by winning the tournament and earning the league's automatic bid.WEDNESDAY Game 2: Penn State vs.
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