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The Ohio State women's basketball team is going dancing for March Madness again after finishing in a tie for third place in the Big Ten this season. It is the fourth straight year head coach Kevin McGuff has steered his team to the NCAA Tournament, even after having to significantly retool after last season.
The Buckeyes received a No. 4 seed and will face No. 13 seed Montana State in the first round of the Birmingham Region on Saturday in Columbus. The Buckeyes started the season on fire, winning their first 17 games before dropping a hard-fought game at Penn State on January 19 by a score of 62-59. From there, Ohio State continued to play well but didn't have quite the success as it got into Big Ten play where it had to contend with two of the best teams in the country out in L.A, with USC and UCLA making life difficult on everyone.
Still, OSU finished third in the Big Ten but got knocked out of the Big Ten Tournament by UCLA in the semifinals after holding off Iowa in the quarterfinals.
Ohio State doesn't appear to be as good as it was the last couple of seasons, but you have to have a ticket to the party to have a shot at making a deep run and creating some noise in March Madness. When the Buckeyes' defense is being disruptive, it can play with anyone. It'll need to find a way to channel the ability to guard and force turnovers to get the offensive end going and get into the second week of the tournament.
As OSU gets things going, we'll continue to bring you analysis and reaction of all of the action here at Buckeyes Wire.
This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Ohio State women to face Montana State in 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket
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The Buckeyes received a No. 4 seed and will face No. 13 seed Montana State in the first round of the Birmingham Region on Saturday in Columbus. The Buckeyes started the season on fire, winning their first 17 games before dropping a hard-fought game at Penn State on January 19 by a score of 62-59. From there, Ohio State continued to play well but didn't have quite the success as it got into Big Ten play where it had to contend with two of the best teams in the country out in L.A, with USC and UCLA making life difficult on everyone.
Still, OSU finished third in the Big Ten but got knocked out of the Big Ten Tournament by UCLA in the semifinals after holding off Iowa in the quarterfinals.
Ohio State doesn't appear to be as good as it was the last couple of seasons, but you have to have a ticket to the party to have a shot at making a deep run and creating some noise in March Madness. When the Buckeyes' defense is being disruptive, it can play with anyone. It'll need to find a way to channel the ability to guard and force turnovers to get the offensive end going and get into the second week of the tournament.
As OSU gets things going, we'll continue to bring you analysis and reaction of all of the action here at Buckeyes Wire.
This article originally appeared on Buckeyes Wire: Ohio State women to face Montana State in 2025 NCAA Tournament bracket
Continue reading...
