COLUMBUS, Ohio — One somber player after another emerged from the Maryland men’s basketball team’s locker room following an excruciating 79-75 loss to Ohio State in double overtime Saturday night. Some bowed their heads and stared at the floor on their way to the charter bus. Others offered sighs of frustration as the Terrapins’ vanishing NCAA tournament hopes took another crippling blow.
The defeat at Value City Arena was the Terps’ third in a row, and it was all but sealed when forward Donta Scott had his potential tying shot blocked with eight seconds to go in the second extra session.