Ohio State knocked out of NCAA Tournament by No. 15 seed Oral Roberts. Five takeaways.

Ohio State went to the NCAA Tournament with momentum, but that wasn’t enough against No. 15 seed Oral Roberts who upset the Buckeyes.

Ohio State’s basketball season has come to an abrupt, shocking, and unexpected end. The team that seemed to have grabbed momentum heading into the NCAA Tournament with a run all the way to the Big Ten Championship game became just the ninth No. 2 seed to be ousted in the first round by a No. 15 seed.

We’ll get into the nuts and bolts of all of it, but it was about as ugly as it gets if you are a Buckeye hoops fan. Ohio State will now head home to turn the page towards next season and try and understand what happened in a matchup it should have owned.

After every game, we give you some takeaways and observations from the action on the court, and we’re doing the same here in a bit of a somber mood. Sadly, here are five takeaways from Ohio State’s shocking upset at the hands of Oral Roberts.

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