Slogging through Ohio State's thrilling 71-70 win over a 14-win Penn State squad on Tuesday night, I spent some time perusing the entirely useful NCAA stats site and Ohio State stats from previous seasons.
Last week I went on a numbers hunt and ended up writing a piece evaluating the statistical improvement (or regression) of Thad Matta's returning players and examined how those stats impacted the overall team stats in search of some answers for why this 17-13 team with virtually no shot at an NCAA tournament bid ended up being so damn underwhelming.