NCAA Tournament March Madness

#198 Ohio

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Ohio’s résumé is a mixed bag: respectable neutral and home victories over Illinois State, St Bonaventure and Marshall show the team can handle solid mid-major competition, but lopsided road losses at St Mary’s and at Louisville along with an upset at Bethune-Cookman and neutral-site setbacks to George Mason and Loy Marymount undercut consistency. Struggles away from home are the clearest concern because the league stretch includes trips to Central Michigan, Eastern Michigan, Toledo and Buffalo that will define the season, while home dates against Buffalo and Massachusetts and visits from Northern Illinois and Ball State are concrete chances to rebuild the résumé. Until Ohio reverses its road form and produces a meaningful result away from home or at a neutral site, its résumé will be judged more on the damage of those bad losses than on the quality of its better wins.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Arkansas St136L89-85
11/6Illinois St90W72-68
11/11@St Mary's CA33L90-60
11/15@Louisville14L106-81
11/19Bethune-Cookman260L76-73
11/24(N)George Mason79L92-69
11/25(N)Loy Marymount128L70-58
12/3Maine349W79-57
12/6Marshall158W88-81
12/13(N)St Bonaventure114W88-83
12/20Bowling Green107L68-58
12/30@C Michigan32366%
1/3@E Michigan20941%
1/6Massachusetts17155%
1/10Buffalo17857%
1/13@Toledo16030%
1/16@Ball St31964%
1/20N Illinois31782%
1/24Akron5521%
1/27@Kent13024%
1/31@Buffalo17835%
2/3W Michigan28074%
2/14@Miami OH11320%
2/17Ball St31982%
2/21@N Illinois31764%
2/28Toledo16052%
3/3@Massachusetts17133%
3/6Miami OH11339%