Where do bracketology experts have the Ohio State men before the Big Ten Tournament?​

The Buckeyes have worked their way into a nearly guaranteed spot in March Madness.

Joe Lunardi: ESPN​

As of publishing time, the guru of all things bracketology, Joe Lunardi, has the Buckeyes slotted in as a No. 9 seed and taking on No. 8 Georgia in the first round of the tournament. From there, the winner would take on the winner of the 1-vs.-16 matchup between Duke and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (I’ll let you figure out who is the No. 1 seed and who is the No. 16).
While you don’t love the prospects of playing the No. 1 overall seed in the Round of 32, especially when the game would be played in Greenville, two hours away from Duke’s campus, the fact that OSU has worked itself into a single-digit seed is pretty remarkable.

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Jerry Palm: CBS Sports​

As one of the broadcasters of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, CBS’s analysis always carries a little bit of weight. As of today, Jerry Palm has the Buckeyes on the No. 8 line. Ironically, he also has them in the Greenville pod feeding into Duke, but his first-round matchup pits OSU against No. 9 NC State, whose campus is about 90 minutes from Greenville.

USA Today​

The trio of USA Today writers — Erick Smith, Paul Myerberg, and Eddie Timanus — has OSU as the No. 10 seed in the South Region, opening up the tournament against No. 7 Kentucky. That game would be played in Philadelphia, with the winner likely moving on to face No. 2 UConn, unless the No. 15 Queens University of Charlotte Royals pull off the upset.

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James Fletcher III: On3​

While he has some of the details different, On3’s James Fletcher III also has the Buckeyes and Wildcats opening up against each other. However, he foresees it as an 8-9 matchup, with UK being the better seed. Fletcher projects the game to be played in San Jose as part of the West region, feeding into the winner of No. 1 Arizona and a No. 16 winner of a First Four game, either Bethune-Cookman or Lehigh.

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Bracketmatrix consensus​

Bracketmatrix takes the projections from 109 different sources and averages them out to come up with an expert consensus.
Currently, the project has Ohio State as the last No. 9 seed, behind Iowa, Saint Louis, and TCU.

Gawddammmm

ScriptOhio said:

Just sayin': So for after 3 games (1 win and 2 OT losses) he has scored 4 goals.

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Give him time.

Matt Patricia Becomes College Football’s Highest-Paid Coordinator With $3.75 Million Salary, Arthur Smith to Make $1.5 Million in 2026​

In total, Ohio State will pay its assistant coaches $15.3 million in 2026, its largest assistant coach salary pool ever, after expanding its full-time coaching staff from 10 coaches to 12. That’s an increase of more than $3.5 million from 2025, when Ohio State paid its assistant coaches $11.775 million in salary, not including bonuses.

That’s in addition to the $12.5 million Ohio State will pay Day, who’s in the second year of a seven-year contract that he signed with Ohio State last year.

The only full-time assistant from last season who did not return to Ohio State for 2026 was former offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Brian Hartline, who left OSU to become the head coach at South Florida.

The full list of salaries for Ohio State’s assistant coaches for the 2026 season:

OHIO STATE'S 2026 ASSISTANT COACH SALARIES

Down 8-0 to Italy. The actual fuck is going on?!

ScriptOhio said:

Maybe the Blue Jackets finally traded for a guy that should help them "down the stretch" and beyond. He got a lot of great comments from Vancouver fans:

Nice. Absolutely fleeced the poverty Canucks franchise. Garland is amazing

Blue Jackets won the jackpot with getting Connor Garland. We fans in Vancouver are sad to see him go! Treat him well, he’ll give you everything he’s got, every game!!!

He’s a great player who you guys will love. His stats this year shouldn’t be considered, under Tocchet, he was the heartbeat of our forwards. And he drives play really well on his own and plays great defense.

One of the best, a guy who wear his heart on his sleeve and makes a difference every single night. Enjoyed watching him here in Vancouver, he’s a champ. Go kill it in Columbus!

You guys take good care of him. He's an absolute blast to watch on the ice.

You Columbus fans will fall in love with this player. He’s scrappy but mannn when the team is good can he drive play. Enjoy! And take care of him.

Canucks guy here. Garland will literally be your hardest working player on your team. He's a hoot to watch, wear's his heart on his crest, and put him with the right guys.......you'll be watching a gem.

Garland is a goat treat him good he’s got a motor that revs to the Moon and doesn’t stop he’s a trooper and a Awesome guy we are gonna miss ya.
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Thump said:

Turd in waiting

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Just sayin': So for after 3 games (1 win and 2 OT losses) he has scored 4 goals.

11. Like watching the Reds

henry_muto said:

I am here to tell everyone Miami OH is a lock even if they lose in the MAC tournament. It isn't rocket science I don't care what anyone says. There is 0.0% chance they get left out. The only question is will the committee put them in Dayton or not. I don't think they should but I am not sure on that one.

Some of the lower level MAC teams beat power schools this year. You know the teams that lost to Miami OH and Akron.

Eastern Michigan tied for last in the MAC won at Cincinnati you know that same Cincy team that won at Kansas by 16 and beat BYU by 22.

UMASS beat Florida State and Florida State beat some teams.

So Cincy wouldn't have gone 31-0 hell they couldn't even go 1-0 vs the MAC

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Teams like Stanford and Virginia Tech losing early to bad teams in their conference tourney is really helping Miami s cause

My high end happy hour invitation must have been lost in the mail.

10 straight scoreless innings

USA offense is MIA with runners on. Gonna mess around and lose to Italy and have to watch and pray tomm in order to advance to bracket play

I am here to tell everyone Miami OH is a lock even if they lose in the MAC tournament. It isn't rocket science I don't care what anyone says. There is 0.0% chance they get left out. The only question is will the committee put them in Dayton or not. I don't think they should but I am not sure on that one.

Some of the lower level MAC teams beat power schools this year. You know the teams that lost to Miami OH and Akron.

Eastern Michigan tied for last in the MAC won at Cincinnati you know that same Cincy team that won at Kansas by 16 and beat BYU by 22.

UMASS beat Florida State and Florida State beat some teams.

So Cincy wouldn't have gone 31-0 hell they couldn't even go 1-0 vs the MAC

Gross

Tornado EMERGENCY for Knox, Indiana!!!

Teams that were 1st and 2nd out from the guy I follow both lost from the ACC today

The bubble carnage continues

Jagdaddy said:

The original lead singer was just foreplay. The guy who just died let the band last a long time.

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They were a great Rock and Roll Band.

pnuts34 said:

Idk if you all knew this, but this isn't a real tweet...

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It’s a real tweet but the info in it is complete bullshit trolling