NCAA Tournament March Madness

#41 Ohio St

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Projected seed: 11 (last four in)

Ohio State looks like a bubble team because its résumé mixes eye-catching offensive wins with damaging defeats and a thin margin for error; the staff will point to the neutral-site victory over West Virginia and home wins over UCLA and USC plus a true road victory at Oregon as evidence this team can beat good opponents, while the program’s best moments are offset by painful setbacks such as losses to Illinois and Nebraska, heavy defeats to Michigan both away and at home, a road stumble at Washington and a pair of one-possession losses that expose defensive inconsistency; with a neutral test against Virginia, tough road dates at Michigan State and Iowa and conference matchups against Purdue, Wisconsin and Penn State still on the calendar, Ohio State has multiple clear chances to vault into a safer position but also can still drop below the line if it fails to tighten its defense on the road.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3IUPUI312W118-102
11/7PFW258W94-68
11/11Appalachian St168W75-53
11/16Notre Dame82W64-63
11/20W Michigan277W91-58
11/25Mt St Mary's296W113-60
11/28@Pittsburgh109L67-66
12/6@Northwestern68W86-82
12/9Illinois6L88-80
12/13(N)West Virginia59W89-88
12/20(N)North Carolina29L71-70
12/23Grambling273W89-63
1/2@Rutgers160W80-73
1/5Nebraska12L72-69
1/8@Oregon101W72-62
1/11@Washington47L81-74
1/17UCLA42W86-74
1/20Minnesota80W82-74
1/23@Michigan1L74-62
1/26Penn St123W84-78
1/31@Wisconsin30L92-82
2/5@Maryland126W82-62
2/8Michigan1L82-61
2/11USC50W89-82
2/14(N)Virginia2034%
2/17Wisconsin3054%
2/22@Michigan St1320%
2/25@Iowa2328%
3/1Purdue934%
3/4@Penn St12374%
3/7Indiana3557%