It’s easy to look at a game in hindsight and say that one side dominated the other. The end result can skew a performance in the direction of the winning side. With the Ohio State Buckeyes victory over the LSU Tigers, it was as dominant during the game as it looks on the scoresheet.
Ohio State entered the Pete Maravich Assembly Center as 4.5-point underdogs to the LSU Tigers for good reason. Although the Buckeyes were Big Ten regular-season co-champions, their few losses on the year featured teams with a dominant presence in the paint.