Welp, that was about as ugly as it gets for the Ohio State basketball team. Somehow, someway, the Buckeyes came into an NCAA Tournament that needs little motivation and buildup and played about as flat as it can be, losing to No. 15 seed Oral Roberts 75-72 in overtime. There was trouble from the get-go. The Golden Eagles scored the first seven points of the game before Ohio State decided to get things going. The Buckeyes went on a run to take mild control of the game midway through the second half, but then went through a dry spell on offense and allowed too many open shooters on defense, then headed to the locker room down by three points. You kept waiting for that switch to flip, but it never really did. The entire second half was played within a six-point margin, and despite having multiple opportunities to win it,…
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