Now that it’s been over a month since Ohio State’s historic NCAA Tournament loss, I’m hoping our very calm and rational fanbase will listen to this and at least consider what I’m about to say. Last month, the Ohio State men’s basketball team became just the ninth 2-seed ever to lose to a 15-seed in the NCAA Tournament’s opening round. No, I will not try to defend the team or say this loss was justified in any way. I will not dignify the “bad matchup” excuse, even if Max Abmas and Kevin Obanor were the highest-scoring duo in all of college basketball last season. The Abmas and Obanor duo was as great as advertised against the Buckeyes, scoring 59 points on a combined 19-45 shooting. However, we mustn’t forget that Oral Roberts was also the 219th-best defensive team in the country last season (according to KenPom), and that was while…
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