COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State basketball’s anxious wait for the NCAA Tournament bracket reveal ended in despair Sunday. The Buckeyes will not be part of March Madness this year. They were the third team out. They have not been part of the field of 68 since 2022. The three-tournament skid is OSU’s longest since not making The Big Dance from 2002-06.

Eight other schools from the Big Ten made the NCAA Tournament: Michigan State, Michigan, Wisconsin, Purdue, Maryland, UCLA, Illinois and Oregon. Indiana, which beat Ohio State 66-60 in the final game of both teams' regular seasons, joined the Buckeyes in being left out despite multiple projections that had the Hoosiers in.