1. Ohio State doesn't lose these kinds of games. Not when the Buckeyes are good.
Look at the six seasons in which Ohio State has been a No. 1 or No. 2 seed under Thad Matta. It's not like Ohio State, or any major conference team, is in the habit of scheduling games against tough mid-majors. But the Buckeyes win the games they are supposed to win. Ohio State is 184-36 in the six best seasons under Matta – 2006, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012 and this year. The only loss to a team outside the Big Ten, ACC, SEC, Big East or Big 12 was at Butler in 2010 – the first game after Evan Turner hurt his back.
The teams that knocked Ohio State out in those years were Georgetown, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky and Kansas. Wichita State is good, but not good enough to join that list. The Shockers are solid but they don't feature a transcendent player – like Gordon Hayward on that Butler team or Creighton's Doug McDermott this year. And a pretty good mid-major isn't enough to beat Matta.
Maybe that's because at Butler and Xavier he learned what it was like to coach those types of teams.
2. Wichita State goes 10 deep and no Shocker averages 30 minutes. They think they've stayed fresh because of their deep bench, and players said they really felt that Thursday against a tired La Salle team that had to play an extra tournament game. But this Ohio State team goes eight deep, and the Wichita State bench won't be an advantage.
3. Aaron Craft gets another interesting matchup in senior Malcolm Armstead, a senior transfer from Oregon who averages 11 points and four assists. But compared to Arizona's Mark Lyons, or even the Iona guards, the Buckeyes have seen better.
Armstead said the Shockers were inconsistent offensively early in the year because he was too passive on offense, but he'll have to attack against the Buckeyes.
4. Wichita State should keep it close for 10 minutes, but expect the Buckeyes, who are 4 ?-point favorites, to have the edge at halftime and gradually pull away. There won't be a third straight last-second game-winner.
got me on that one. touche. 
