60 minutes before tip-off...

Six o’clock. One hour to game time and despite Ohio State finishing the season with the number one power ranking and the Blue Devils ending at 178 (power rankings include league, point differential, strength of schedule and more), students and alumni have already entered Elmer’s Place, 1433 East St. in New Britain, with high hopes and anticipation of a potential upset. There has never been a #16 team that has won in the first-round of the tournament.

Staff here at Elmer’s have decorated their faces with paint, fans are wearing their favorite blue-and-white memorabilia and are praying for a victory. Knowing they are a serious underdog, several have even entered shouting “I feel an upset!”