Ohio State basketball has many heroes spread throughout the 119-year history of the program. That comes with the territory of being a major brand in any sport, specifically a college sport. When you’re popular enough for long enough, people will take notice, and when people take notice of a sports team, more often than not, they fall in love with the team, and the players that make it up.
Ohio State fans have fallen in love with quite a few basketball players and coaches over the years. Columbus first caught basketball fever in the early 1960s when Fred Taylor led Ohio State to its only national title, and the town, state, and university have been chasing those ghosts ever since.