By Eric Olson The Associated Press Sunday May 26, 2019 at 9:08 PM May 26, 2019 at 9:08 PM OMAHA, Neb. — Griffan Smith and Andrew Magno combined to hold down Nebraska’s offense, and Ohio State mustered just enough of its own to beat the Cornhuskers 3-1 in the Big Ten tournament championship game Sunday. The seventh-seeded Buckeyes (35-25), who had to scramble to make the eight-team tournament field after sitting three games under .500 in conference play May 5, claimed the Big Ten’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid with their 11th win in 13 games. They did it by winning in front of the overwhelmingly pro-Huskers crowd of 17,503 at TD Ameritrade Park. The Buckeyes beat Minnesota 8-6 in a semifinal postponed from Saturday until Sunday morning because of the Big Ten rule that doesn’t allow a game to start after 11 p.m. They played the title game after a 1-hour, 13-minute break. Nebraska (31-22) advanced by beating Michigan on Saturday…
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