OSU was hoping to hear that it would be playing in Ohio this week.
And it is. But in Youngstown at the NIT, not on the other side of the state in Dayton, where the NCAA Tournament First Four games are held.
When the Cowboys saw their logo flash on the screen, it wasn’t as a team in the field, but the last team out.
“Obviously, the disappointment of not getting in, but probably even more excruciating maybe – if that's the right word – to know (we’re) the last team considered, I guess,” OSU coach Mike Boynton said on Monday.