Buckeyes To Face Gophers Thursday in Indy
3/10/2021 10:11:19 AM | Men's Basketball
THE BASICS
(5) Ohio State vs. (13) Minnesota • Date: Thursday, March 11 • Time: 2:00 p.m. • Where: Lucas Oil Stadium • TV: Big Ten Network (Kevin Kugler/Stephen Bardo/Andy Katz) • Radio: 97.1 The Fan (Paul Keels/Ron Stokes) • Satellite Radio: Sirius (OSU 84), XM (84), Internet (84)
Game Basics
- Ohio State enters the 2021 Big Ten Tournament as the No. 5 seed and will take on either No. 14 Minnesota or No. 13 Northwestern at 2 p.m. Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
- Chris Holtmann’s teams are 6-2 vs. the Wildcats and 2-3 vs. Minnesota. Against the Golden Gophers, Ohio State is 3-0 on a neutral court, including a 2-0 record in Big Ten Tournament games. The Buckeyes and Wildcats have met just once on a neutral court, with Ohio State owning the 67-61 overtime win March 11, 2011 in the league tournament.
- Ohio State, ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press poll this week, is 30-6 vs. the Gophers when ranked nationally and 39-3 vs. the Wildcats.
- Ohio State has played one other game at Lucas Oil Stadium, a 67-62 win for the Buckeyes over No. 7 Notre Dame Dec. 12, 2008. Evan Turner scored 28 with 10 rebounds and five assists.
- Ohio State is 27-15 all-time in Big Ten Tournament play with eight appearances in the title game. The Buckeyes are 13-6 in conference tournament openers, 4-3 as the No. 5 seed and 21-4 when the higher seed. The Buckeyes are 9-2 in league openers over the last 11 years of the event.
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