Ohio State, a No. 5 seed in the 2020 NCAA Tournament? That is what ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi projected in his summer bracket released on Thursday. Why should you care about bracket projections in June, months before the college basketball season even starts? You really shouldn’t. But the fact that the Buckeyes are picked as a No. 5 seed by Lunardi says something about the program: there are now expectations for the Scarlet and Gray. For those who follow Ohio State men’s basketball closely, this comes as no surprise. Chris Holtmann took over the program in the summer of 2017 and quickly went to work. He took a team that played in no postseason tournament the year before and returned them to the NCAA Tournament. Last year, despite some mid-season struggles, the Buckeyes were again in the Big Dance. Starting this season, though, expectations increase. This is not something Holtmann…
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