INDIANAPOLIS – Upsets happen. This wasn’t the first time a No. 15 seed beat a No. 2 seed. Michigan State experienced it five years ago. Georgetown has had it happen. So, too, have Missouri, Duke, Iowa State, South Carolina, Arizona and Syracuse.
Oftentimes, though, those results transpire when the lower-seeded team puts together one heck of a performance that the heavy favorite simply cannot match. That doesn’t much describe Ohio State’s 75-72 overtime loss to Oral Roberts.
The Buckeyes had their chances. The Golden Eagles didn’t run away with this one at all.