Here's my unsolicited #take on Ohio State's NCAA Tournament chances after the Buckeyes defecated the bed last night: losing a can't-lose game sucks, but it would suck more if there weren't five opportunities against ranked opponents to make up for it.
Yeah, winning out against Illinois and Northwestern and losing all the rest of the games on the slate could have backed Ohio State into the tournament, but if you can't beat a single ranked team in five tries down the stretch or make any sort of Tournament run, you probably don't deserve to go dancing anyway.
And if they don't make the tournament, I'm a huge fan of the reinforcements coming in.