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How do you think the Ohio State women will do in the NCAA tournament?
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Throughout the Ohio State football season, we will be asking and answering questions about the team, the players, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
We are in the middle of March and the madness is upon us, so in today’s fan survey, we are going all in on Ohio State’s two basketball teams. One of them is getting ready to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament while the other has already closed the chapter on the 2024-25 season and is working toward a literal and metaphorical rebound in Jake Diebler’s second season.
So, in the survey, we are asking Buckeye Nation to predict how Kevin McGuff’s women’s team will do in the Big Dance and what Diebler’s men would have to do to get you to buy into the program.
Take a look at the questions below and make sure to vote in the survey at the bottom of the article. If you don’t see an answer that accurately reflects your opinions, feel free to head to the very bottom of the page and write it in.
The Ohio State women enter the NCAA Tournament as the No. 4 seed in their region. That allows them to how the first two rounds at the Schottenstein Center. As the highest seed in their four-team pod, they are projected to advance out of the first weekend and make the Sweet 16. If they did, it would be the fourth time in their last six tournament appearances that they would have done so, and the third time in four years. Last season, the No. 2 Buckeyes were upset by No. 7 Duke 75-63.
As of the writing of this article, FanDuel Sportsbook gives Ohio State +15000 odds to win the national title — which is good for a tie for the 16th best odds. Their odds are, obviously much better, to emerge from their region. FanDuel has the Buckeyes at +1600 to represent Region 3 in the Final Four. That puts them behind Texas (-115), Notre Dame (+220), and TCU (+650).
So, what do you think? Does OSU shock the college basketball world and end the season cutting down the nets? Or will they flounder and get bounced by Montana State in their first game? Head down to the survey to have your say.
Look, we all know that this season was a rough one for Jake Diebler and the men’s basketball Buckeyes. Despite being the No. 39 team in the country according to Ken Pomeroy’s advanced analytics, Ohio State finished the season a remarkably disappointing 17-15.
All season long, the team lost game after game they either led in late or had opportunities to win. This was painful, demoralizing, and really put a damper on the new head coach’s first season.
There is absolutely no reason that the Ohio State men’s basketball team should ever not win 20 games in a season, let alone miss the Big Dance in three straight seasons. Diebler will need to show he is capable of turning this program around next season, or athletic director Ross Bjork might have to admit that he made a mistake in retaining the interim head coach after Chris Holtmann was fired.
Now, what it means to “show he is capable of turning this program around” will vary for each individual person. So, where are you on the matter? What will it take for you to be fully bought into OSU MBB, if you aren’t already?
Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Ohio State fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
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Matt Tamanini via our friends at Land-Grant Holy Land
Visit their fantastic blog and read the full article (and so much more) here
Robert Hanashiro-Imagn Images
You ask, we answer. Sometimes we ask, others answer. And then other times, we ask, we answer.
Throughout the Ohio State football season, we will be asking and answering questions about the team, the players, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
We are in the middle of March and the madness is upon us, so in today’s fan survey, we are going all in on Ohio State’s two basketball teams. One of them is getting ready to host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament while the other has already closed the chapter on the 2024-25 season and is working toward a literal and metaphorical rebound in Jake Diebler’s second season.
So, in the survey, we are asking Buckeye Nation to predict how Kevin McGuff’s women’s team will do in the Big Dance and what Diebler’s men would have to do to get you to buy into the program.
Take a look at the questions below and make sure to vote in the survey at the bottom of the article. If you don’t see an answer that accurately reflects your opinions, feel free to head to the very bottom of the page and write it in.
Question 1: How will the Ohio State women’s basketball season end?
The Ohio State women enter the NCAA Tournament as the No. 4 seed in their region. That allows them to how the first two rounds at the Schottenstein Center. As the highest seed in their four-team pod, they are projected to advance out of the first weekend and make the Sweet 16. If they did, it would be the fourth time in their last six tournament appearances that they would have done so, and the third time in four years. Last season, the No. 2 Buckeyes were upset by No. 7 Duke 75-63.
As of the writing of this article, FanDuel Sportsbook gives Ohio State +15000 odds to win the national title — which is good for a tie for the 16th best odds. Their odds are, obviously much better, to emerge from their region. FanDuel has the Buckeyes at +1600 to represent Region 3 in the Final Four. That puts them behind Texas (-115), Notre Dame (+220), and TCU (+650).
So, what do you think? Does OSU shock the college basketball world and end the season cutting down the nets? Or will they flounder and get bounced by Montana State in their first game? Head down to the survey to have your say.
Question 2: What needs to happen in 2025-26 season to get you back on the OSU men’s basketball team bandwagon?
Look, we all know that this season was a rough one for Jake Diebler and the men’s basketball Buckeyes. Despite being the No. 39 team in the country according to Ken Pomeroy’s advanced analytics, Ohio State finished the season a remarkably disappointing 17-15.
All season long, the team lost game after game they either led in late or had opportunities to win. This was painful, demoralizing, and really put a damper on the new head coach’s first season.
There is absolutely no reason that the Ohio State men’s basketball team should ever not win 20 games in a season, let alone miss the Big Dance in three straight seasons. Diebler will need to show he is capable of turning this program around next season, or athletic director Ross Bjork might have to admit that he made a mistake in retaining the interim head coach after Chris Holtmann was fired.
Now, what it means to “show he is capable of turning this program around” will vary for each individual person. So, where are you on the matter? What will it take for you to be fully bought into OSU MBB, if you aren’t already?
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