NCAA Tournament March Madness

#26 Ohio St

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Projected seed: 9

Ohio State’s résumé has the kind of high-end wins and harmful stumbles that justify a middle-of-the-bracket projection: neutral-site and home statements like the win over West Virginia and the nonconference victory against UCLA, plus a tough road triumph at Oregon and home wins over Purdue and Wisconsin, show the roster can beat quality opponents in important settings, but those positives are offset by damaging losses such as the road defeat at Pittsburgh and repeated setbacks to the league’s elite at Michigan and Michigan State and by narrow neutral losses to North Carolina and Virginia that underscore an inability to close against top teams. The balance of solid home fare and uncomfortable road inconsistency leaves little margin for error, and the remaining stretch of the season and the conference tournament present clear opportunities to add a résumé-changing road or neutral victory or to do real damage with another poor loss, which is why the team looks safe for now but not yet comfortably above the middle of the field.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3IUPUI317W118-102
11/7PFW260W94-68
11/11Appalachian St195W75-53
11/16Notre Dame89W64-63
11/20W Michigan273W91-58
11/25Mt St Mary's277W113-60
11/28@Pittsburgh94L67-66
12/6@Northwestern57W86-82
12/9Illinois7L88-80
12/13(N)West Virginia59W89-88
12/20(N)North Carolina29L71-70
12/23Grambling298W89-63
1/2@Rutgers124W80-73
1/5Nebraska14L72-69
1/8@Oregon99W72-62
1/11@Washington53L81-74
1/17UCLA27W86-74
1/20Minnesota77W82-74
1/23@Michigan3L74-62
1/26Penn St138W84-78
1/31@Wisconsin22L92-82
2/5@Maryland120W82-62
2/8Michigan3L82-61
2/11USC80W89-82
2/14(N)Virginia13L70-66
2/17Wisconsin22W86-69
2/22@Michigan St9L66-60
2/25@Iowa25L74-57
3/1Purdue8W82-74
3/4@Penn St138W94-62
3/7Indiana46W91-78
3/12(N)Iowa25W72-69
3/13(N)Michigan3L71-67