NCAA Tournament March Madness

#235 Ohio

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Projection: need to automatically qualify

Ohio's projection as a team that likely needs the conference tournament to reach the big dance is logical because its résumé mixes a neutral-site quality win over St. Bonaventure and useful league victories with several damaging blemishes that committees care about, most notably the blowout defeats on the road at St. Mary's and at Louisville and the nonconference loss to Bethune-Cookman. The Bobcats have proven they can grind out wins in league play with road victories at Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan and a solid home win over Buffalo, but the lack of a true road or neutral signature victory combined with neutral losses to George Mason and Loyola Marymount and a heavy loss to Akron keeps their profile thin. Upcoming opportunities on the road at Buffalo and Old Dominion and home tests against Toledo and Ball State are clear chances to flip the narrative, yet until some of those games yield statement results the committee will view Ohio as vulnerable and dependent on an automatic berth.

Date Opponent Ranking Outcome
11/3Arkansas St159L89-85
11/6Illinois St84W72-68
11/11@St Mary's CA36L90-60
11/15@Louisville19L106-81
11/19Bethune-Cookman244L76-73
11/24(N)George Mason76L92-69
11/25(N)Loy Marymount161L70-58
12/3Maine345W79-57
12/6Marshall177W88-81
12/13(N)St Bonaventure146W88-83
12/20Bowling Green128L68-58
12/30@C Michigan302W80-64
1/3@E Michigan223W68-67
1/6Massachusetts179W86-83
1/10Buffalo169W91-80
1/13@Toledo156L101-85
1/16@Ball St310L76-71
1/20N Illinois301W80-77
1/23Akron53L86-65
1/27@Kent139L72-57
1/31@Buffalo16927%
2/3W Michigan26668%
2/7@Old Dominion22538%
2/14@Miami OH8812%
2/17Ball St31077%
2/21@N Illinois30155%
2/28Toledo15645%
3/3@Massachusetts17929%
3/6Miami OH8827%