Buckle up, it's about to be a busy weekend in Ohio State sports.
With the men and women's basketball teams, the men and women's hockey teams and the wrestling team all in postseason action while a number of former Ohio State football players participate in the NFL Scouting Combine,
It's a crazy weekend, and even the loyalist of Buckeye fans could lose track of everything going on. Thankfully, we've put together a handy preview of everything going on to get you ready.
NFL Combine
Coverage: @DanHope
11 former Buckeyes will look to improve their draft stock at the NFL Scouting Combine.
J.T. Barrett, Jamarco Jones, Billy Price, Jalyn Holmes, Sam Hubbard, Tyquan Lewis, Jerome Baker, Chris Worley, Denzel Ward and Damon Webb will each take part in various tests, workouts and drills in an effort to impress NFL scouts.
NFL Network will have coverage all weekend beginning at 9 a.m. on Friday through till Monday. It will also be streamed on NFL.com.
Men's Basketball – Big Ten Tournament
Coverage: @JGrega11 @AndrewMLind
After a remarkably overachieving regular season that earned them a second-place finish and the No. 2 seed in the conference tournament in New York City's Madison Square Garden, the men's basketball team is looking for its first Big Ten Tournament championship since the 2012-13 season.
The road to the championship starts with Penn State at 6:30 p.m. – the only conference team the Buckeyes failed to beat during the regular season.
A win would then set up a semifinal matchup with either Rutgers or Purdue at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. A win in that game would send them to Sunday's semifinal game at 4:30 p.m.
The quarterfinal games will be broadcast on BTN while the semifinal and championship games will be broadcast on CBS.
Women's Basketball – Big Ten Tournament
Coverage: @Kevinish
The Ohio State women's hoops team has won back-to-back regular season conference titles, but hasn't won a Big Ten Tournament championship since the 2010-11 season. The Buckeyes are looking to change that this year.
Led by the program's all time leading scorer, Kelsey Mitchell, Ohio State will look to solidify its claim as the Big Ten's top team by earning a conference tournament title to go along with its regular season championship.
The Buckeyes begin Big Ten play on Friday at noon when they face Rutgers in Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. With a win on Friday, Ohio State would play in Saturday's semifinals at 6 p.m. A win there would send the Buckeyes to Sunday night's championship game at 7 p.m.
The quarterfinal rounds will be broadcast on BTN to Go, then the semifinal and final rounds will be on BTN.
Wrestling – Big Ten Championships
Coverage: @AndyVance
This weekend is about revenge for the wrestling Buckeyes.
As a team, Ohio State is looking to take another crack at toppling Penn State after the Buckeyes narrowly fell to the Nittany Lions in the regular-season dual. Individually, Kyle Snyder is looking for revenge after suffering his first loss at any level of wrestling since 2015 to Michigan's Adam Coon.
Session I matches begin on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. followed by Session II at 6 p.m. The even continues on Sunday with Session III matches beginning at 12 p.m. followed by Session IV – the Championship rounds – at 3 p.m.
Matches will be broadcast on BTN to Go.
Men's Hockey – Big Ten Tournament Semifinals
The No. 6 Ohio State men's hockey team hosts a best-of-three Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal series against Michigan State this weekend.
The Buckeyes are looking for their first Big Ten Tournament championship since winning the conference tournament during the 2004 season.
Ohio State beat Michigan State three times on four tries during the regular season. If the Buckeyes can win two out of three this weekend, they will advance to next weekend's single elimination bracket.
Women's Hockey – WCHA Tournament
No. 5 Ohio State is playing for their first-ever WCHA title this weekend.
The Buckeyes take on No. 7 Minnesota in the conference tournament's semifinals on Saturday at 6 p.m. Ohio State went undefeated against Minnesota during the regular season, winning three times and tying once – though the Buckeyes won in a shootout.
With a win on Saturday, the Buckeyes would advance to Sunday's WCHA Playoff championship at 3:00 p.m. with league's automatic bid into the 2018 National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship on the line.
