Leading up to their game against the upstart Northwestern Wildcats last weekend, Ohio State was ascending. They’d won back-to-back games, including overcoming a 16-point deficit to beat then-No. 13 Rutgers at home by 12. Just before that, they knocked off a very talented UCLA squad, 77-70. The Buckeyes were hot and had a chance to move to 8-1 on the season if they could beat the team I picked to finish 13th in the Big Ten before the year started.
But with just over a minute to go in a back-and-forth battle in Evanston, Boo Buie sank a three that twisted the dagger in the hearts of every Ohio State fan, player, and coach.