We associate that iconic line from Wide World of Sports –the thrill of victory, the agony of defeat — with ill-fated Olympian Vinko Bogataj, crashing off the ski jump ramp. But it applies just as seamlessly to the NCAA Basketball Tournament’s Sweet Sixteen. The pregnant possibilities of an attainable trip to within one win of the Final Four have been crushed in an eyeblink so many times in the history of the Big Dance. Lingering in a tight game one second, defeated the next…out of the Tournament, banished to the bus home…so seemingly close to your dream, yet so immersed in the instant nightmare of defeat. Ohio State has known both sides of that fate throughout its storied post-season history, but today we celebrate the top Sweet Sixteen triumphs in OSU annals. 5. No. 1 OSU 80, No. 4 North Carolina 73 (1992 Southeast Regional) This one often vanishes into…
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