If either Ohio State or Iowa has any shot at an at-large NCAA Tournament bid, it can’t lose in the Big Ten quarterfinals on Thursday from Minneapolis, which hosts this event for the first time.
MyBookie College Basketball Betting & Expert Analysis Ohio State vs Iowa: Big Ten Tournament | Week 19 Basketball Lines. Both probably have to reach at least the final to get a bid … or just win it. It’s the final Big Ten Tournament of its kind with USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington joining the league next season.
Overall, this will be the 170th all-time meeting between the two teams and Iowa holds a slim 85-84 lead in the series. The overall point margin is also close as the Buckeyes have outscored Iowa by just 14 points.
Why Bet on Ohio State Buckeyes?
On Feb. 13, Ohio State lost at Wisconsin and fell to 14-11 overall and only 4-10 in the Big Ten. The next day, coach Chris Holtmann was fired and everything has changed under former Holtmann assistant Jake Diebler as OSU is 5-1 since, including shocking wins over No. 2 Purdue and Michigan State. The Buckeyes aren’t going to the NCAA Tournament unless they win the Big Ten Tournament but if they have a decent run, Diebler might get the full-time job when no one expected that.
In the regular-season finale, OSU played maybe its most complete game of the year in winning 73-51 at Rutgers, a very tough place to play, and never trailing. Ohio State’s lead grew as big as 27 as the Buckeyes sank half of their 48 shots from the floor, including 9 of 20 from 3-point distance. Dale Bonner knocked-down a pair of three-pointers to finish with nine points. Not normally noteworthy, but the Buckeyes improved to 11-2 when he makes a three-pointer this season.
The Buckeyes have shot over 50 percent in each of the last two games, marking just the second time that they’ve had back-to-back games of 50 percent shooting or better this season and the first since winning two games at the Emerald Coast Classic in November. OSU has won all four of its neutral site games this season.
That number is eighth in a single season in Ohio State history. Battle is also one of the most accurate three-point shooters in the country as his career-best 44.0 percent leads the league and is seventh nationally. He is second on the team in scoring at 14.4 ppg and has knocked-down 56-of-59 free throw attempts on the year.
Ohio State is the 10th seed in the Big Ten Tournament and no 10th seed has won it. Last year, the Buckeyes became the first No. 13 seed to reach the semifinals with three wins over Wisconsin, Iowa and Michigan State. The Buckeyes are 33-18 all-time in Big Ten Tournament games and 15-7 in their opening game of the tournament. Ohio State has won four tournament titles, the last of which coming in 2013, and has made nine title game appearances.
This will be the fourth meeting in the Big Ten Tournament between Ohio State and Iowa. The Buckeyes are 2-1 all-time and are coming off a 73-69 win over the Hawkeyes in the second round of last year’s tournament.
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Iowa 77, Ohio State 76
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