INDIANAPOLIS — The Ohio State basketball team will start its NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed taking on No. 15 seed Oral Roberts. The Buckeyes opened as a 17.5-point favorite and with the second-highest over-under (154.5) of any opening-round game behind Arkansas and Colgate (158). The game will tip-off on Friday at 3 p.m. inside Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana. As OSU shifts its focus to the Golden Eagles after a 91-88 overtime loss to Illinois in the Big Ten Championship game, Here are three things to know about its opening opponent: Two legitimate scoring threats Mid-major teams survive in the postseason by having a player or two with the ability to generate a crazy amount of offense and get hot at the right time. That’s a formula Oral Roberts can work with, as sophomore point guard Max Abmas and junior forward Kevin Obanor. Abamas can score and…
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