After a crazy, up-and-down regular season, the No. 11 Ohio State Buckeyes men’s basketball team is preparing to open up the NCAA Tournament on Friday night against the No. 6 Iowa State Cyclones. The teams will square off in the nightcap in Tulsa, Okla. at approximately 9:50 p.m. ET/8:50 p.m. CT, or 25 minutes after the conclusion of the No. 3 Houston vs. No. 14 Georgia State contest, which is scheduled to tip at 7:20 p.m. ET/6:20 p.m. ET on Friday. The game will be broadcast on TBS.
To get an idea as to what exactly the Buckeyes are going to be up against, we talked to Matthias Schwartzkopf, an editor at SB Nation’s Iowa State blog Wide Right & Natty Lite about what Ohio State fans should expect in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.