Ohio State Remains Unranked In Final Associated Press Top 25 Men's Basketball Poll

The last time the Buckeyes were unranked heading into the NCAA Tournament was 2019, when they lost to Houston in the second round.

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.

POLL ALERT: Gonzaga lands at No. 1 in final AP Top 25 for 2nd straight year; top NCAA Tournament seeds ranked 1-4.

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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.

1. Gonzaga (54)
2. Arizona (7)
3. Kansas
4. Baylor
5. Tennessee
6. Villanova
7. Kentucky
8. Auburn
9. Duke
10. Purdue
11. UCLA
12. Texas Tech
13. Providence
14. Wisconsin
15. Houston
16. Iowa
17. Arkansas
18. Saint Mary’s
19. Illinois
20. Murray State
21. Upon
22. USC
23. Boise State
24. Colorado State
25. Texas

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