COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State men’s basketball’s resurgence to the top tier of the national rankings may remind some Buckeyes fans of the recent past. Ohio State is and always will be a football school. Yet it is also one of few schools who can aspire to simultaneously also be a power in hoops as well. You can find the proof without even crossing over the 2000s threshold. Beginning with That Matta’s second season in 2005-06, the basketball Buckeyes averaged a 28-8 record over the next 10 years. They went to four Elite Eights, three Final Fours and reached the national championship game in 2007. In the same stretch, the football Buckeyes compiled a 110-21 record. (The winning percentage jumps to .881 if you toss out the 6-7 blip under Luke Fickell.) Ohio State won the 2014 national championship game and lost two others. Such extended runs of national championship…
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