Since the Ohio State basketball season has been over for some time for intents and purposes, let’s take a look back on some better days. Back to a time when the shorts were much longer and the Buckeyes were on top of the basketball world and the polls with the “Thad 5”. February 25, exactly 16 years ago to the day, Thad Matta’s No. 1 Ohio State squad took on No. 2 Wisconsin at Value City Arena. It was a back-and-forth affair seeing OSU in unfamiliar territory, down a point with just 16 seconds left on the clock. Buy Buckeyes Tickets The ball would end up in eventual first-round pick, Mike Conley Jr’s. hands. Conley would split a pair of Badgers to put a running floater in the air that rattled home to give the Buckeyes the win. With not much in the way of highlights this year, you can…
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