November 15, 2024

ESPN's BPI NCAA Tournament simulation likes Ohio State and the Big Ten

We’ve seen a lot of simulation and opinion pieces out there predicting hypothetical scenarios of what would have happened in the men’s NCAA Tournament. And now we have another one from the worldwide leader in sports programming. © Provided by Buckeyes Wire ESPN BPI NCAA Tournament simulation likes Ohio State, Big Ten We’ve already reported on USA TODAY’s bold move of knocking the Buckeyes out of its mock tournament in the first round, and we’ve also looked at sportsline taking OSU into the Sweet Sixteen. But hey, ESPN’s BPI simulation takes it a step further. According to its model, Ohio State gets all the way into the Elite Eight and almost makes it to the Final Four. Part of it has to do with the BPI’s love affair with the Big Ten, but if you look at almost any modeling out there, the Buckeyes’ metrics put them above the actual AP…

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