Chris Holtmann was in the opening stages of his first run in Big Ten play when Michigan State came to Value City Arena. It was early January, 2018, and Ohio State was a surprising 12-4 and perfect in three league games as the top-ranked Spartans came to town. With multiple recruits in attendance and a soldout crowd filling the arena to the rafters, Ohio State closed the first half with a bang, rode four starters in at least their third years of college basketball and set off a court storming with a decisive, 80-64 win that on the day felt like a long time coming after consecutive years of missing the NCAA Tournament in the final seasons of Thad Matta’s celebrated tenure. On Super Bowl Sunday, the two programs met once again on Ohio State’s campus. The similarities to what transpired Sunday afternoon and the game played five years prior…
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