Ohio State finished the 2017-18 season with a 24-8, 15-3 record, and its top player and head coach took home Big Ten Player and Coach of the Year Awards.
Yet, the Buckeyes are a popular pick to be a quick out in the 2018 NCAA Tournament, their first Big Dance since 2015.
Even minutes after the brackets were finalized, Chris Holtmann was well aware that his team was being picked as a quick out in the tournament.
"I read somewhere today that we haven't had a quality win in a month. It wasn't by any of you fine journalists by the way," Holtmann joked with the media in Columbus on Sunday night.