Ohio State and Illinois meet for the Big Ten Championship on Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis. Neither team has won the league title recently and both are NCAA Tournament locks, so all eyes are on today’s game. But ESPN’s Joe Lunardi says that no matter what happens Sunday, Ohio State can’t play it’s way on to the No. 1 line when the national selection committee reveals the bracket at 6 p.m. eastern. “Illinois and Michigan have traded places on the top line,” Lunardi said, “locking in the No. 1 seeds in order regardless of any additional Sunday results.” Lunardi has the Buckeyes currently listed as the No. 7 team in his Bracketology, which puts them in Baylor’s region. Gonzaga, Baylor, Illinois and Michigan are projected to be the No. 1 seeds in this year’s national tournament. If that’s true and the Buckeyes can’t earn a No. 1 seed by beating Illinois…
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