Ohio State enters the South Region of the 2022 NCAA Tournament as the higher seed, but Loyola-Chicago is the team on a roll. The seventh-seeded Buckeyes (19-11) and 10th-seeded Ramblers (25-7) will meet in Pittsburgh on Friday afternoon in a first-round game. Ohio State is a consensus 1.0-point favorite across major regulated sportsbooks. The Buckeyes opened as 1.5-point underdogs at BetMGM but had moved to 1.5-point favorites by Thursday despite being backed by only 40 percent of the spread bets and 38 percent of the handle. Loyola is also receiving the majority of the spread bets at FanDuel and PointsBet, where the Buckeyes have been backed by 67 percent of the handle. BetRivers reported that Loyola entered the first round as the eighth-most supported double-digit seed with 63 percent of the spread handle. Loyola-Chicago won three games to claim its second straight Missouri Valley Conference tournament title, joining the NCAA…
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