Ohio State Can Clinch Double-Bye in Big Ten Tournament With Win Over Indiana
There are many causes to lock into Ohio State’s recreation towards Indiana on Saturday.
The Buckeyes can all but secure their first NCAA Tournament berth in 4 years. Bruce Thornton is 12 factors away from breaking the college’s all-time scoring file on Senior Night. It’s additionally his bobblehead evening.
But there are additionally direct implications for the Big Ten Tournament.
Ohio State clinches a double-bye to the third spherical with a victory over the Hoosiers, and will discover extra favorable matchups in the third spherical and quarterfinals because the seventh seed ought to UCLA fall at USC.
group | Conference Record | Overall Record |
|---|---|---|
Michigan | 18-1 | 28-2 |
Michigan State | 15-4 | 25-5 |
Nebraska | 14-5 | 25-5 |
Illinois | 14-5 | 22-7 |
Purdue | 13-6 | 23-7 |
Wisconsin | 13-6 | 21-9 |
UCLA | 12-7 | 20-10 |
Ohio State | 11-8 | 19-11 |
Iowa | 10-9 | 20-10 |
Indiana | 9-10 | 18-12 |
USC | 7-12 | 18-12 |
Minnesota | 7-12 | 14-16 |
Washington | 7-12 | 15-15 |
Northwestern | 5-14 | 13-17 |
rutgers | 5-14 | 12-18 |
Maryland | 4-15 | 11-19 |
Oregon | 4-15 | 11-19 |
Penn State | 3-16 | 12-18 |
Each Big Ten group has one recreation remaining in its common season. The Buckeyes maintain a one-game lead over Iowa for the eighth seed in the Big Ten Tournament, and the highest eight seeds obtain double-byes straight by way of to the third spherical. The Hawkeyes maintain a head-to-head win over Ohio State – one of many group’s worst losses this season – and would win a tiebreaker between the 2 of them in consequence.
Thus, the Buckeyes want a win or an Iowa loss to safe a double-bye. The Hawkeyes play at No. 9 Nebraska to shut their common season, so the latter consequence is feasible, however Ohio State would clearly want the previous. Especially for NCAA Tournament causes.
Should Ohio State win and the Bruins drop their recreation towards the Trojans, OSU will take the seventh seed in the tiebreaker after beating UCLA head-to-head earlier in the 12 months. That would keep away from each a possible third-round matchup with Iowa and a quarterfinal standoff with top-seeded Michigan, which has already clinched the Big Ten common season title. The Buckeyes’ seemingly third-round matchup, ought to it safe the seventh seed, is a rematch with Indiana, assuming the then-Tenth-seeded Hoosiers can beat the winner of seeds 15 and 18 in the second spherical.
Plenty of stakes are baked into Ohio State’s showdown with Indiana on Saturday. Tipoff is at 5:30 pm on FOX.
