Ohio State and Illinois will play in the Big Ten Championship Game on Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis, capping off a remarkable college basketball season in the best conference in the country. As it turns out, Sunday’s contest will be the fifth time the two programs have met in the Big Ten Tournament. They have split the previous meetings, two wins apiece. Ohio State and Illinois haven’t met since the 2010 semifinals, when the Buckeyes won 88-81 in double-overtime. The Buckeyes went on to win the league title that year over Minnesota. The 2003 Big Ten Championship Game marked the only previous time these two teams have played with a title on the line. Illinois ended Ohio State’s remarkable run as the No. 8 seed, and denied the Buckeyes a fourth win in four days with a 72-59 victory. Ohio State will try to accomplish that very same feat on Sunday…
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