The Ohio State Buckeyes and Arizona Wildcats are playing live on the NCAA tournament third round schedule for the Round of 32 and the matchup in the west region is from the Moda Center in Portland and it starts up past 5:15 pm ET on CBS and comes as Arizona is the number 2-seed and OSU is a number 10-seed and the game is streaming live from the March Madness website.
Arizona comes in as a team that could have been a number one seed and they could be a Final Four team out of the west depending on how things play out. Ohio State comes in after winning a close matchup against VCU and that was by three and now D'Angelo Russell will try and lead the team into the Sweet 16. The team went 24-10 this season and 11-7 in the Big 10 and they had a tough conference to deal with and that experience could help them in the tournament.
Russell scored 28 points and was very impressive during the game against VCU and the team was very good on offense, averaging 75 points per game. Arizona has been excellent and OSU could give them a tough test. The team is 25th in assists per game and they are 11th in field goal percentage and they come in after winning against VCU and losing against Michigan State in the conference tournament.
Arizona comes in after easily winning against Texas Southern and they are looking very good heading into the matchup against OSU. The team went 32-3 this season and 16-2 in the Pac-12 and they are looked at as a national title contender. President Obama has them making a final four run and the team has the chance to push into the Sweet 16 with a win against Ohio State.
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has been great this season and he comes in after putting up 23 points and 10 rebounds in the first matchup against Texas Southern. The team is ranked sixth in field goal percentage and 22nd in scoring in the nation and they also played great defense, averaging 60 points allowed this season. The team has won 12 in a row including the conference tournament and they won over UCLA previously along with Oregon on the way to the title.
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