Ohio State's chances of making it to the NCAA Tournament took a hit as a bid may have been stolen for the bracket. The win-loss records of the teams in the Atlantic 10 Tournament are affecting the number of teams that could make it to the NCAA Tournament.
While Ohio State maintains its focus on upsetting second-seeded Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament , its NCAA Tournament chances took a small hit on Thursday. What's more, a bid may have been stolen for the bracket, thinning the margin of error for Ohio State and its bubble opponents. The win over the Hawkeyes added a Q2 victory for the Buckeyes but it lost a Q2 win in the same breath as its win over Maryland was demoted from Q2 to Q3.
An at-large bid to the NCAA tournament for Ohio State was always going to require a win over No. 13 Illinois in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals on Friday, but a Saturday victory is creeping toward necessity for the Buckeyes, too. The Atlantic 10 Tournament is only in its semifinal stage as of Friday but the conference is looking like it could get an extra team in the NCAA Tournament than previously expected. With Dayton already a near-lock to make NCAAs, each of the top four seeds in the league's bracket lost on Thursday. No teams below that seed line were anywhere near the bracket projections listed abov
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