Why Michigan's championship may have been the boost Ohio State needed
Ohio State has a strong history of basketball and it's time for the program to wake from its slumber.
The Big Ten has officially taken the crown as the king of college sports. It would be hard to argue, as the conference has won three straight championships on the gridiron ( Michigan , Ohio State , Indiana) and now boasts both the men's (Michigan) and women's ( UCLA ) basketball champions. Ohio State has been a large part of that hostile takeover on the football field, but on the basketball side of things...
not so much. Conference supremacy aside, can Buckeye Nation really be happy about Michigan hoisting the trophy as the best college basketball team in the land? That's a tough pill to swallow.
But maybe it's just the punch in the gut OSU needs to wake a sleeping giant. Ohio State has always been one of the blue bloods on the football field, but the Buckeyes have quite the basketball history as well. Despite having just one national championship on the hardwood and recent early exits in March, the Scarlet and Gray have historically shown well in the NCAA Tournament.
Did you know that officially, Ohio State is tied with Michigan State for sixth all-time with 10 Final Four appearances ? The number is actually 11 appearances if you count the vacated 1999 season. That was tops in the conference until UCLA jumped to the Big Ten.