COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State basketball’s anxious wait for the NCAA Tournament bracket reveal ended in despair Sunday. The Buckeyes will not be part of March Madness this year. They were the third team out. They have not been part of the field of 68 since 2022. The three-tournament skid is OSU’s longest since not making The Big Dance from 2002-06.

Ohio State’s women’s basketball team is going dancing for the fourth consecutive season and are among the top seeds in its region of the bracket. The Buckeyes were handed the No. 4 seed in Birmingham Regional 3,