Throughout the year, we will be asking and answering questions about various Ohio State teams, the players, and anything else on our collective minds of varying degrees of importance. If you have a question that you would like to ask, you can tweet us @LandGrant33 or if you need more than 280 characters, send an email HERE.
As we wind down March, there is only one weekend of Madness left. But with the culmination of the college basketball season, Buckeye fans are no doubt left with a bitter taste in their mouths. Not only did Ohio State get bounced from the Big Dance in the opening round, but the Michigan Wolverines have advanced to the Final 4 and are two wins away from a national title.
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So, we wanted to check in with Buckeye Nation to see how they were feeling about the remaining options. In addition to TTUn, fellow Big Ten brethren Illinois is still in the mix, as are Arizona and UConn. So, in this week’s fan survey, we have two questions about your thoughts and emotions surrounding OSU’s rival and the remainder of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament.
If you want to expound on your pick, feel free to head down to the comments at the bottom of the page and write in your pick. Then, before the action resumes on Friday, check back with LGHL to see the results. Also, if you want to flex your basketball knowledge muscles as the Final 4 approaches, you should absolutely be doing it on the FanDuel Sportsbook, since they are sponsoring this article.
Question 1: Would you rather have Michigan win the national title or one of the non-B1G teams?
Look, if I don’t have a dog in the fight, I will always root for the Big Ten team, if for no other reason than why the hell not. But I am not one of those people who believe in conference pride, and I will never unironically cheer “B1G! B1G! B1G!” in a public (or private) setting.
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So, for me, this is an easy question. I want nary a good thing to ever happen to Michigan athletics or its fanbase. Not only would it give them something else to puff their chests out about, but I just can’t stand anything or anyone in Maize and Blue. So, it’s easy, if it’s Michigan or a non-Big Ten team, I will happily hand either UConn or Arizona the scissors to cut down the nets in Indy.
Question 2: Who do you think wins the men’s national title?
Here’s where it gets tricky for me, because, as stated above, I absolutely do not want Michigan to win the national title, but amongst the four remaining teams, I would probably give them the edge. If, gun to my head, I had to bet a not-insignificant amount of money on who would win it all, I would go for them.
That being typed, in terms of who I am rooting for, I will pull for the Illini as long as humanly possible, given this quartet of options.
