Ohio State basketball under Thad Matta has been better than good. On his way to becoming the winningest coach in Ohio State history, it’s become easy to take big wins, as well as Big Ten titles, for granted.
In the vast majority of those wins, the Buckeyes have been the favorites -- and that’s a credit to Matta. But just as Saturday’s win over Kentucky showed, The Buckeyes have been capable of pulling big wins out of the air when you least expect it more than once in the Thad Matta era.
March 6, 2005 vs. #1 Illinois
The one that started it all.