Ohio State Remains Unranked In Final Associated Press Top 25 Men's Basketball Poll
With its only game over the last week being a loss to Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament, Ohio State remains unranked in the final Associated Press Top 25 Poll of the season, which was released on Monday afternoon.
The Buckeyes now head into the NCAA Tournament as a No. 7 seed, where they’ll face No. 10 seed Loyola Chicago. Tipoff of the first-round game against the Ramblers is set for 12:15 p.m. on Friday.
If Ohio State advances, it will face the winner of No. 2 seed Villanova and No. 15 seed Delaware. Both games would be played at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh as part of the tournament’s South Region.
That said, the full AP Top 25 can be found below, with first-place votes in parenthesis. The Buckeyes received just seven total votes, down from 16 last week.
- Gonzaga (54)
- Arizona (7)
- Kansas
- Baylor
- Tennessee
- Villanova
- Kentucky
- Auburn
- Duke
- Purdue
- UCLA
- Texas Tech
- Providence
- Wisconsin
- Houston
- Iowa
- Arkansas
- Saint Mary’s
- Illinois
- Murray State
- Upon
- USC
- Boise State
- Colorado State
- Texas
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