henry_muto said:

Well considering after the beat down at home vs Michigan and then again at Iowa things were looking bleak just to get a tournament bid things have really turned around. From likely not making the tournament to firmly in and not even in Dayton is a pretty great last 3 weeks.

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Finally things broke OSU's way after years of things going the wrong direction after New Year's Day. This is the rare year that it looked like they weren't going to be good enough in November and December but they grew into a competitive team through conference play. It used to be OSU's only tourney hopes hinged on a run in the B1G tourney (sometimes BTT championship was needed), at least now they aren't going to miss it because of a tough draw. Hopefully this is a sign things are finally on the right track moving forward.

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Fuck M*ch*gan. Pricks

Well considering after the beat down at home vs Michigan and then again at Iowa things were looking bleak just to get a tournament bid things have really turned around. From likely not making the tournament to firmly in and not even in Dayton is a pretty great last 3 weeks.

The end of the 1st half was a net negative 4 pts came back to haunt.

ttun as always a bunch of arrogant bitches

Ohio State remained at 26 in the KenPom ratings after today's game. The net rating went up a bit, but still 1 spot behind Iowa, who we just beat. We will see where we end up after all the games have been played.

It was interesting to hear the BTN / Fox Sports crew harp on Ohio State finally moving up to be a #9 seed. That's not how we at ESPN, your worldwide leader in sports, would treat a similarly situated SEC team. We'd have moved them up to a #5 seed.

Probably should have tried more perimeter shots instead of challenging Mara again and again toward the end. Nice effort, though, by the Buckeyes.

These games come at you fast day after day after day to even let these wins and losses sink in but this one going to hurt until Selection Sunday.

henry_muto said:

I think Ohio State will be in the dreaded 8/9 game if you win that 1st round game it will mean a 2nd round game vs one of Duke, Arizona or Florida (since they can't play Michigan in the 2nd round)

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Hoping for Duke. Starting PG is out, starting C was wearing a walking boot yesterday. That being said, they have to win the 8-9 first.

Also good to see the refs still let the perceived "moral physical team" get away with anything.

That uncalled blatant shove to the back on Tilly in the final minutes was a complete joke.

OHSportsFan said:

Man that one stings. Showed they could be right there with a really really good team (#1 Seed) but just couldn’t get the key shots to drop. It’s still a lot of little things this team doesn’t do right on a consistent basis. But they fought.

Pissed it was vs. That Team but otherwise no disappointment with this week. Let’s get dancing.

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If it was another team, it would be whatever, but it really sucks that we let this team off the hook

I think Ohio State will be in the dreaded 8/9 game if you win that 1st round game it will mean a 2nd round game vs one of Duke, Arizona or Florida (since they can't play Michigan in the 2nd round)

Mara killed them. Ohio State makes half of those missed layups and they win comfortably.

Heck of an effort but damn so many missed chances in the final 4 mins. Had the lead by 2 and it all started with a missed FT.

If Mobley could have connected on that 3 ball up 1 with that foul on the screen of Tilly's would have led by 5 instead of 2.

A couple missed layups at the end doomed us.

A win could have pushed Ohio State to a 7 seed now I fear Ohio State will be an 8 or 9 seed.

Well that means if they win the 1st round they will play vs one of Duke, Arizona or Florida.

Fuck michigan

The team showed that they can play with anybody.

How about a turnover for them and a walk off 3 ball ?