#4 Gonzaga Clashes with #5 Ohio State Today

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The #4 Gonzaga Bulldogs and the #5 Ohio State Buckeyes play today in one of the most even match-ups of the second round of the 2018 NCAA Tournament. The game tips off at 6:45pm Central Standard Time and can be seen on National Television on CBS. It will take place at the Taco Bell Arena in Boise, Idaho. Gonzaga is favored by 4 points and the over/under is 142.5 points.

Gonzaga almost had an early exit when they played UNC Greensboro on Thursday. They barely escaped with the 68-64 win and should be thankful for the W. Head coach Mark Few knows that his team has to play drastically better today if they want to survive and advance. Johnathan Williams was fantastic on Thursday but the rest of the team struggled. After an incredible hot streak from the 3 point line over the last month of the season, Killian Tillie was brutal in the last game. He knows that this simply cant happen again today.

Ohio State got a great game from their stud Keita Bates-Diop on Thursday against South Dakota State. Most experts thought that game would be trouble for the Buckeyes but they managed to win 81-73. Head coach Chris Holztman won the coach of the year award in the Big 10 in his first year in the conference and might be the best coach in the country. He won the same award last year at Butler in the Big East.

This game is going to be decided by the 3 ball. If Gonzaga is heating it up from down town, then it will be lights out for Ohio State. But if Tillie and company struggle to shoot from outside again, then the Zags season will come to a crashing halt.