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March 17, 2014Though things have seemingly been a nightmare since our own TD proclaimed Ohio State as a National Championship contender, the Buckeyes were made aware of their fate on Sunday night as they were handed a six-seed in this year’s NCAA men’s tournament.
Ohio State meets 11th-seeded Dayton in the “second round” of the NCAA tournament’s South Region as the teams meet Thursday in Buffalo, NY.
The Buckeyes (25-9) have been one of the most up-and-down teams in the field, rising to No. 3 nationally after a 15-0 start only to lose five of six and fall out of the Top 25 all together. Their Big Ten Tournament run came to an end on Saturday afternoon when they fell to the Michigan Wolverines in what many would call a “nail-biter.”
From ESPN.com’s Eamonn Brennan:
Aaron Craft is a smart dude with enough perspective to be able to laugh at something as visually hilarious as a high-level college basketball player missing a last-second 3 because the ball goofily slips out of his hands. The gifs won’t haunt him. But Craft’s slip in the final Big Ten game of his career Saturday was revealing about the Buckeyes as a whole. Thad Matta’s team defends like crazy, but it doesn’t score like crazy. There is no go-to finisher on call. That’s why Craft has to hoist the unlikely last-second 3-pointer in close games and why it’s hard to trust the Buckeyes with one of your bracket’s precious Elite Eight spots.
The Flyers (23-10) lost in the Atlantic 10 tournament quarterfinals to keep them on the NCAA bubble. Dayton last made the tournament in 2009. For either team to make it to the Final Four, they will have to also take on the Syracuse Orangemen, Kansas Jayhawks and top-ranked Florida Gators. Just a few days before we find out which team will have the chance to wear the ever-coveted glass slipper.
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i thought after their good showing in the conference tourney, they might get a higher seed than 6, but its hard to predict how far they might go. at times they look terrible and nearly blew it vs purdue. on the other hand they played great against michigan and should have won that game if they hit their free throws. they could easily get trounced by dayton or make a run to 16. syracuse will be tough to get by even though they are struggling bc of the zone. the one thing i’m sure of though is that lenzelle needs to wake up. they should not let him touch the ball bc he has looked so bad for quite a while now.
They won’t make it far because they cannot make free throws. If they could, they may have a shot but their FT have been abominal
and abominable
Gooooo Dayton Flyers!!!!!!
Not sure if that’s Craft’s worst GIF against Michigan this year, honestly:
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5527/12485990535_75dccb3d0a_o.gif
I have them out after second round.
they could make it to face florida but i think they’ll lose to syracuse if they can actually make it past west mich