Sometimes, one small decision can lead to unexpected consequences — a cascading series of events that would not have otherwise occured. I assume there’s a fancy psychological or sociological term to describe that, but this is a sports website, so we’ll just leave it at that.
For new Ohio State forward Evan Mahaffey — a transfer who played his freshman season at Penn State — one decision in one particular game last season may have completely changed the landscape of Big Ten basketball for years to come.
On March 1, Mahaffey’s former team, Penn State, was playing at Northwestern in a game that had gone to overtime.