Ohio State's first NCAA tourney game date and time?

• Sonofanump

  Anyway to figure this out ahead of time assuming they are the overall #1 seed by winning the Big Ten Tourney? Got a friend who needs to submit a personal day before the brackets are announced on Sunday.
• Azubuike24

  

  You can narrow down what region they will be in, likely the East Regional, which I believe would probably put Ohio State in Cleveland or Chicago (possibly other locations, but likely those if the #1 overall seed). You can see which dates those games are played, in this case, both are March 18th and 20th (Friday/Sunday), but there is no way to know game times in advance.
• Azubuike24

  

  I'd say it's a good bet Ohio State's game days will be March 18th, March 20th, March 25th, March 27th, April 2nd and April 4th (if they make the title game). Should work out good for those Buckeye fans wanting to take the Friday before a weekend off.
• TBone14

  

  Lunardi's latest projections have them being sent to Cleveland and playing Friday/Sunday first weekend. If they get the overall 1 seed, they should be sent to Cleveland. If they lose early in Big 10 Tourney and Pitt wins Big East, I could see Pitt gettting the convienient pod and going to Cleveland. Your buddy should just take Thursday and Friday off and do it right.
• OneBuckeye

  

  They are a lock for Cleveland, they just have to be in the top 4 and I don't think they can fall out of that. Games are Friday and Sunday, I got my tickets already.
• Azubuike24

  

  Ohio State, as a #1 seed, will almost guaranteed be in Cleveland or Chicago. This means they play Friday. I'd say your buddy has a better chance of trying to request off late than OSU does of playing Thursday/Saturday. Remember, the regional pods are independent of the first and second round games, so even the two most Eastern locations could both host #1 seeds if they are closest to those #1 seeds home.
• krambman

  

  TBone14;703528 wrote:Lunardi's latest projections have them being sent to Cleveland and playing Friday/Sunday first weekend. If they get the overall 1 seed, they should be sent to Cleveland. If they lose early in Big 10 Tourney and Pitt wins Big East, I could see Pitt gettting the convienient pod and going to Cleveland. Your buddy should just take Thursday and Friday off and do it right.

  
  Even if OSU and Pitt are both #1 seeds there's still the possibility that both will play their second and third round games in Cleveland. The region names really only matter for the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight. Second and third round sites usually host games that are part of two different regions.
• wildcats20

  

  krambman;705878 wrote:Even if OSU and Pitt are both #1 seeds there's still the possibility that both will play their second and third round games in Cleveland. The region names really only matter for the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight. Second and third round sites usually host games that are part of two different regions.

  
  I'm assuming you are referring to the First Four or whatever as the 1st round?
• wildcats20

  

  My mistake, I didn't realize the First Four was actually being called the First Round.
• TBone14

  

  wildcats20;705886 wrote:My mistake, I didn't realize the First Four was actually being called the First Round.

  
  Yea..it is dumb. So 60 teams get a first round bye.
• krambman

  

  wildcats20;705886 wrote:My mistake, I didn't realize the First Four was actually being called the First Round.

  
  Correct.
  

  TBone14;705960 wrote:Yea..it is dumb. So 60 teams get a first round bye.

  
  Yes.
• khujo

  krambman;705878 wrote:Even if OSU and Pitt are both #1 seeds there's still the possibility that both will play their second and third round games in Cleveland. The region names really only matter for the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight. Second and third round sites usually host games that are part of two different regions.

  
  Exactly, it's basically already locked in that OSU and Pitt will both play in Cleveland. The only way one of them wouldn't, is if they somehow slipped to a 3 seed, which obviously isn't going to happen.
• Sonofanump

  Still trying to figure out the time of the game.
• CinciX12

  

  Probably about 10pm tonight or so they will announce times. You're out of luck until then.
• se-alum

  

  Really hope it's after 4pm.
• wildcats20

  

  How often do the 1 seeds play before primetime on the first weekend?
• wes_mantooth

  

  wildcats20;710897 wrote:How often do the 1 seeds play before primetime on the first weekend?

  
  I am pretty sure it is a mixed bag. I think it is just a guess when they will play.
• dave

  wildcats20;710897 wrote:How often do the 1 seeds play before primetime on the first weekend?

  
  Pretty much never the first 2 days.
  
  Add in Nova/GMU being the other game and those 2 will be the evening session.
  
  Marquette/Xavier has no national appeal so they should be in the afternoon with the Cuse game.
• killer_ewok

  

  I have something to do at noon on Sunday so I'm praying that Syracuse isn't the noon game Sunday if they make it past Indiana State.
  
  Sorry for the off-topic comment but OSU's game times are important to me for this reason so I'll be checking this thread frequently.
• CinciX12

  

  I think X/Marquette and Syracuse/Indiana St will be session 1.
  
  Unless of course they want to guarantee the highest ratings for #1's across the board. Then they might go those games session 2 and guarantee OSU with tons of ratings during the afternoon/early evening.
• CinciX12

  

  killer_ewok;710915 wrote:I have something to do at noon on Sunday so I'm praying that Syracuse isn't the noon game Sunday if they make it past Indiana State.
  
  Sorry for the off-topic comment but OSU's game times are important to me for this reason so I'll be checking this thread frequently.

  
  Ohio State will definitely be the 2nd game on Sunday. They would never roll X and Syracuse out after them lol.
  
  Do you mean you hope they start at 2:30 or 4:30?
• se-alum

  

  OSU @ approx. 4:40 on Friday on TNT.
  
  Gus Johnson will be doing the game!!
• CinciX12

  

  se-alum;711090 wrote:OSU @ approx. 4:40 on Friday on TNT.
  
  Gus Johnson will be doing the game!!

  
  Where did you find that
• killer_ewok

  

  CinciX12;711048 wrote:Ohio State will definitely be the 2nd game on Sunday. They would never roll X and Syracuse out after them lol.
  
  Do you mean you hope they start at 2:30 or 4:30?

  
  Wait, so the Cleveland games are 2:30 and 4:30 on Sunday? I'll jump out of my fuckin' skin. I thought there might be a noon game and was praying that the Orange wouldn't be the early one. 2:30 or later and I'm good.
• se-alum

  

  CinciX12;711102 wrote:Where did you find that

  http://twitter.com/#!/CBSSports
  
  X plays at 7? on TruTV.