The advance from the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament to the Sweet 16 brings either a sigh of relief or a shriek of sheer joy, depending upon a team’s likely fate given its seed entering the Big Dance. Ohio State has never known the unbridled joy of being an underdog that pulled off two consecutive upsets, because the Buckeyes have rarely been placed in that situation. But in a storied tournament history that numbers 33 career appearances, OSU has had its share of second-round adventures. Here are the Top 3 since the field began applying seeds in 1980, ranked least-to-most riveting, based upon expectations for the team or the circumstances that applied. 3. No. 4 OSU 89, No. 5 Arizona State 75 (1980) The Buckeyes’ pairing in West Regional was so unfair the Selection Committee doesn’t allow such things any longer. OSU, which lost at Indiana in overtime on…
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