The Buckeyes showed resilience, but their NCAA tournament hopes are dwindling after the loss to the Spartans.
Ohio State's NCAA tournament hopes took a hit on Tuesday night due to a 81-62 loss at Value City Arena to Michigan State. But the bigger blow came less than an hour before tip-off when the team confirmed in a release that sophomore Jae' Sean Tate, the Buckeyes' heart and soul, is done for the season with a shoulder injury.
Tate will have surgery on Friday to repair a torn labrum in his left shoulder, the opposite shoulder that he sustained the exact same injury to as a high school player.