#1 Ohio State 63, Purdue 52 (Final)

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Dispatch

OHIO STATE 63 PURDUE 52
Ohio State runs down Purdue
Buckeyes answer challenge in second half
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

• Ohio State runs down Purdue
• Notebook: Butler likes OSU?s No. 1-seed chances
• Bob Hunter commentary: It?s a sight to see: Oden elevates his game
• OSU-Purdue box score
• OSU-Purdue game photos
• View and purchase our Greg Oden poster!

NEAL C . LAURON DISPATCH Ohio State?s Ivan Harris helps teammate Ron Lewis after Lewis was fouled in the second half. Lewis had 13 points in the win.

NEAL C . LAURON DISPATCH Ohio State?s Greg Oden whoops it up after a monster dunk against Purdue?s Carl Landry.

CHICAGO

Two games in two days, not to mention three in three, is a different animal this time of the season than it was the second week in November in the BCA Classic.
The Ohio State men?s basketball team found out how different against Purdue in a Big Ten tournament semifinal yesterday in the United Center.
"There wasn?t a lot of juice there," coach Thad Matta said. "We really had to challenge our guys at halftime. It was really simple. We had to get a little bit more active defensively ... and (in) probably the coaching move of the year, I said we?ve got to make some shots." One led to the other yesterday for the Buckeyes, who used their defense to trigger a 13-2 run midway through the second half that carried them to a 63-52 victory over the Boilermakers and set up a rubber match against Wisconsin today in the championship game.

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ABJ

Scream and spin cap Oden's fantastic slam

Freshman not known for emotion surprises friends, national TV audience

By Marla Ridenour

Beacon Journal sportswriter

CHICAGO - Calling it ``The Dunk'' seems inadequate.
A crowd of 20,471 Saturday in the United Center and a national-television audience might have witnessed the defining moment in Greg Oden's Ohio State basketball career.
The outcome was virtually decided in top-ranked OSU's 63-52 semifinal victory in the Big Ten Tournament, when the 7-foot freshman rebounded Jamar Butler's missed jumper with 2:42 remaining and ``tip-dunked'' it viciously through the hoop. The sensational slam gave the Buckeyes an 11-point lead.
In Oden lore, that was the ordinary part.

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CPD

BIG TEN TOURNAMENTTV: Ohio State vs. Wisconsin, 3:30, WOIO Ch. 19 OHIO STATE 63PURDUE 52
Oden's message, OSU win clear


Sunday, March 11, 2007 Doug Lesmerises
Plain Dealer Reporter
Chicago -- Greg Oden didn't know what he was doing, didn't know what he was say ing.
"I was out of my body," Ohio State's 7-foot freshman center said.
No one could hear what he yelled after a thunderous rebound dunk in Ohio State's 63-52 Big Ten Tournament semifinal win over Purdue on Saturday, but it might as well have been this:

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My suggestion for the "dunks" is ODENJAMMMM :tongue2:

 

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DDN

BIG TEN TOURNAMENT
Oden fires up Buckeyes in 63-52 win

Freshman's 17 points and 19 rebounds put Ohio State in the Big Ten title game vs. Wisconsin.

http://www.daytondailynews.com/s/content/oh/story/sports/college/osu/2007/03/10/ddn031107osubb.html#​

By Mark Gokavi
Staff Writer

Sunday, March 11, 2007

CHICAGO ? This was the Greg Oden the Buckeyes had in mind.
Ohio State's 7-foot freshman showed Purdue and everyone else Saturday what he can do with an ever-improving right wrist.
Oden had 17 points, a career-high 19 rebounds, four blocks and two assists in Ohio State's 63-52 Big Ten tournament win at the United Center. OSU (29-3) battles Wisconsin (29-4) for a third time at 3:30 p.m. today for the tourney title.

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