For the ninth straight season, and the fifth under head coach Chris Holtmann, Ohio State will get no further than the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
The Buckeyes’ postseason run came to a close Sunday as No. 2 seed Villanova staved off an upset bid by seventh-ranked Ohio State, earning a trip to the Sweet 16 with a 71-61 victory at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh while the Buckeyes head back to Columbus with just one win in the Big Dance.
Although it put up a fight through the middle of the second half, Ohio State never recovered from a slow start that saw it hit just two of its first 10 shots.