The men's basketball team opened and closed its season winning five of seven games.
That's not terrible! Unfortunately they were bookends for a 6-15 stretch which included injuries, curious substitution patterns and a litany of lousy, forgettable moments we're better off not rehashing.
How the Buckeyes finished the season fished our basketball optimism out of the trash and kicked it down the calendar into the next academic year. This was a lost season right up until the moment Ohio State created an intriguing trailer for the next one.
The football team's journey was much different, but its disastrous penultimate outing is also not worth rehashing.