Indiana men’s basketball’s senior guards made perhaps the two biggest plays in the Hoosiers’ 77-76 overtime win over Ohio State (10-8, 2-5 Big Ten) in Columbus. Goode nailed a game-winning 3-pointer with just over one minute remaining, while Leal blocked Ohio State freshman guard John Mobley Jr.’s mid-range jumper with three seconds left.

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day held court with the media for an hour on Saturday, two days before his Buckeyes face the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the national championship game. There were, naturally,

After sixth-year center Oumar Ballo controlled the loose ball, he looked to one teammate — senior forward Luke Goode. As quickly as the pass arrived in Goode’s hands, it left them. He rose up from the right wing, releasing the orange ball into a backdrop of scarlet and gray.

It took overtime, but the Hoosiers did just that. A defensive stop on the final possession of overtime helped Indiana earn a 77-76 victory at Ohio State – their fourth victory in a row over the Buckeyes. More importantly, it broke that nightmarish two-game losing streak and gave Indiana some positive momentum.

That is precisely what Ohio State and Notre Dame accomplished. Both squads are undefeated in the weeks and months following those upsets. In order to fully avenge the slip-ups, though, they need to win one more game.

The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff is set to crown a national champion on Monday as 7-seed Notre Dame takes on 8-seed Ohio State at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium. This will be the ninth meeting for two of college football's most storied programs and marks the third consecutive season the Buckeyes and Fighting Irish will face off -- the longest such streak in the series' relatively brief history.

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Notre Dame will enter Monday night’s national championship game in Atlanta as a long shot. A team few expect to win. An 8.5-point underdog against Ohio State. Since 2013, the only team that was a bigger underdog in the sport’s final game was TCU two years ago,

Indiana leads the all-time series 112-87. The Hoosiers have won three straight games, including both matchups last season. Woodson is 4-1 against the Buckeyes with a 1-1 record in Columbus. Archie Miller went 1-6. Indiana is 20-23 against Ohio State since 2000.

Ohio State was favored by 20 points over Michigan and Notre Dame was a 28-point favorite over Northern Illinois, a Mid-American Conference team that lost to Buffalo, North Carolina State, Toledo, Ball State and Miami (Ohio).

Southern Indiana 7-10 Southern Indiana is 0-3 against Western Illinois since November of 2022 but things could change on Saturday. Both will face off in an Ohio Valley battle at 4:30 p.m. ET at Liberty Arena.