The Ohio State basketball team has met every single challenge it has been presented with so far in 2019 — and do so in impressive fashion. It has eviscerated two top ten opponents, beat a defensive-minded Cincinnati squad, and just blew out a Penn State team that upset a top five Maryland squad Tuesday night.
And for all its spoils so far, the Buckeyes are not only climbing up the national polls, but have recently been projected as a No. 1 seed in the latest Joe Lunardi Bracketology projection.
As for where Lunardi has Ohio State, he has them in the Midwest region playing in Cleveland and playing the winner of one of the First Round play-in games.
Now, before we get too excited and make travel plans, I’ll state the obvious that the calendar only reflects that it’s mid-December and nowhere near March. But the fact that Ohio State was originally pegged as somewhere around a No. 5 seed when these things first came out is showing everyone that Ohio State is again exceeding expectations.
Here is Wednesday morning’s updated @CBSSports Top 25 And 1 daily college basketball rankings — with some words at the top on why Ohio State should clearly be No. 1 right now.
1. Ohio State
2. Kansas
3. Michigan
4. Gonzaga
5. Louisvillehttps://t.co/1nnTs2lijy— Gary Parrish (@GaryParrishCBS) December 11, 2019
And with a deep roster that has experienced veterans to go along with a fantastic recruiting class that has brought in three talented freshman, this team is poised to perhaps do bit things in 2019-2020.
Ohio State is next in action against Minnesota Sunday.