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A Sweet Sixteen Rooting Interest Guide for the Discerning Ohio State Men's Basketball Fan

I'll admit, I had my moments of weakness after Ohio State lost to Oral Roberts.

"Why," I asked myself as I angrily stewed on my couch in the immediate aftermath of the Buckeyes totally beefing it in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, "would anyone subject themselves to this stupid, stupid game made of up bad charge calls and players jacking up threes from halfcourt down by two?"

My abstention from collegiate men's basketball lasted as long as it took another nationally known and highly-ranked brand to get ethered by a double-digit seed, which this year was approximately four hours as the North Texas Mean Green beat 4th-seeded Purdue by nine that night.