Most seasons, Ohio State would be clearly on the outside of the NCAA tournament picture looking in.
Not in 2019.
The Buckeyes have a 6-11 record in the calendar year of 2019 and have lost back-to-back games by 35 points to Purdue and by 18 points to Northwestern. Still, they find themselves squarely in the mix of teams competing for an at-large bid into the Big Dance, even though what happened versus the Wildcats diminished their odds.
Entering Wednesday, all but one of the brackets aggregated by Bracket Matrix had Ohio State in the field of 68.