Buckeyes meet Minutemen for NIT Title

New York, NY (My Sportsbook) - The NIT title is up for grabs this evening in New York City, as the Massachusetts Minutemen and the Ohio State Buckeyes battle in the Championship Game at famed Madison Square Garden.

The Minutemen are seeking their fourth national title in any sport in school history and are making their deepest postseason run ever in basketball. The team has lived dangerously however in tournament play this year, as UMass has won the last three games of this event in come-from-behind fashion, including knocking off two-time national champion Florida on Tuesday in the semifinals, 78-66. Other tournament wins for the Minutemen include topping Stephen F. Austin (80-60), Akron (68-63) and Syracuse (81-77).

The Buckeyes on the other hand, have been dominant in this event, including an 81-69 win over Ole Miss on Tuesday. OSU also posted double-digit victories over UNC Asheville (84-66), California (73-56) and Dayton (74-63). With the win over the Rebels, the Buckeyes are now 1-1 in games played in the month of April, having lost to Florida in the NCAA Title game on April 2nd of last year. This is Ohio State's third NIT Final, winning the event in 1986. The Buckeyes are now 17-7 all-time in NIT play.

This game is the third all-time meeting between these two teams, with OSU claiming victory in both the 2000-01 season and the 2001-02 campaign.

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