COLUMBUS – Ohio State, Michigan, Gonzaga and Baylor, Michigan are the top seeds in the initial rankings released Saturday by the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee as a snapshot of the top 16 seeds in the 68-team championship tournament field with a month to go before Selection Sunday.
E.J. Liddell scored 19 points and Justice Sueing had 16 as fourth-ranked OSU pulled away to rout Indiana 78-59 for its sixth consecutive victory.
Ohio State (17-4, 11-4) used a 19-0 run in the first half to begin the rout.
The Buckeyes have won nine of their last 10.
They shot 48% against Indiana and had 21 points on the Hoosiers’ 15 turnovers.
Trace Jackson-Davis scored 23 points and Jerome Hunter added 10 to pace Indiana, which saw a two-game winning streak snapped.