After not hearing its name called during the NCAA tournament selection special, Ohio State was forced to wait a couple hours for its postseason fate.
The Buckeyes will be playing in the NIT after a 20-13 season and Sunday night it was revealed they will be a No. 3 seed and host sixth-seeded Akron at 7p.m. on Tuesday. Should Ohio State defeat the Zips, it would play the winner of No. 2 seed Florida and seventh-seeded North Florida. The No. 1 seed in the Buckeyes' quadrant is Monmouth.
Akron is 26-8 on the season and was the outright regular-season champions in the Mid-American Conference.