Monday at 4:00 p.m. ET, the NCAA Tournament plays its last game in Columbus, Ohio. Across the men and women’s sides, Ohio’s capital city featured a historic upset, Power Five conferences on display and loud home crowds. It culminates when the Ohio State women’s basketball team welcomes the North Carolina Tar Heels.
Here are four storylines running throughout the game.
Cotie McMahon Causing Problems
The underlying tone of Sunday's media availability for North Carolina was freshman forward Cotie McMahon. McMahon was called everything from a problem to the equivalent of a tight end in football and compared to someone Ohioans, and the world, knows well.