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Half the fun of earning an NCAA Tournament bid is contemplating the possibilities of an extended run through the bracket. Those hopes burn hottest among teams with designs on winning it all, but it’s both the charming and devastating nature of March Madness that it can crush those expectations before they fully develop. Ohio State hasn’t known that fate often in its 33 career NCAA trips, as might be anticipated from the Buckeyes’ all-time record of 57-32 and their nine Final Four appearances. But even while it hasn’t been slain by a seemingly-hopeless underdog in a fashion that lives forever in the annals of NCAA lore, OSU hasn’t been immune from suffering a trio of first-round upsets since the Selection Committee began seeding the field in 1980. Here’s the progression of those dream-killing exits from most-to-least palateable: 3. No. 12 Utah State 77, No. 5 OSU 68 OT There’s a…
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