The Big O's 2nd and 3rd Senior Seasons Were Amazing!

Last night my Cincinnati Bearcats (Yes, MY BEARCATS) beat Florida State in the NCAA tournament to earn their first trip to the Sweet 16 in over a decade.  While basking in their reflected glory, I decided to hop on over to espn.com (my first mistake) to see what the "experts" had to say about their victory (my second mistake).  While perusing the game recap, I stumbled upon the following gem:

"Cincinnati (26-10) will play No. 2 seed Ohio State in Boston on Thursday night in the East Regional, joining Xavier and Ohio in the second weekend. The Bearcats and Ohio State last played on Dec. 16, 2006, when Ohio State won 72-50 in Indianapolis in the Wooden Tradition. That was the only time the former state rivals have played since Cincinnati's championship game wins with Oscar Robertson."

 "Two national championship wins in absentia.  Hot damn, I was good!"

Cool story, but there's one little problem.  When the Bearcats defeated Ohio State for the national championship in 1961 and 1962, Oscar was busy playing in the NBA with the Cincinnati Royals.

This brings to mind one question; Does ESPN utilize some sort of screening process when hiring fact-checkers, or is breathing pretty much the only requirement?  At least they didn't refer to him as Oscar Robinson...