#17 Ohio State 69 ,#9 Illinois 53 (Final)

[crazybuckfan40]

Helluva a drive by Butler.

Keep the pressure on tho.

Dials has been huge since coming back in too.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

We are holding our own on the boards....21-23.......that has been huge.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

65-49....5:29 left.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dials has 19 points and 12 rebounds....HUGE.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dials just picked up another foul on a questionable call in my opinion...we need to hang tough now....

 

[scarletngrey11]

How the hell was that a foul on Dials? The kid ran into Dials and didnt see the screen, so its a foul on Dials?

 

[Steve19]

Gotta admire Brown. Plays without gloves when he's that cold!

 

[crazybuckfan40]

We got 3 guys with 18 or more pts.

Foster 18
Dials 19
Butler 20

Now that is just crazy.

Just work some clock get a couple baskets and we should be out of here with a win.

 

[buckeyeinfla]

wow...some questionable calls on ohio state..and we are at
home today..geez!!

 

[thackattack]

I don't know if anyone's said this, but...we were talking about which is more important, great guard play or a big man inside. I think Dials has shown that the big man is a huge key to what great teams have. Our guards are playing lights out right now, and still, when Dials goes to the bench, the Illini make their big 12-0 run. Now Dials comes back in and we build the lead back up. Dials has shown in this game that our offense, while featuring great 3-point shooting, is dependent on a great big man.

 

[crazybuckfan40]

Gotta admire Brown. Plays without gloves when he's that cold!

HAHAHA now that is funny.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Calls go either way every game....overall its been a very good officiated game in my opinion.

 

[BB73]

How the hell was that a foul on Dials? The kid ran into Dials and didnt see the screen, so its a foul on Dials?

That looked like a legit call for Dials 4th to me, he wasn't set soon enough.

These refs are OK, we had just got the charge on the other end when Foster got bumped.

With under 4 minutes to go, a 16-point lead is safe. Deron Williams isn't there anymore.

Now will the voters explain why tOSU doesn't deserve a top-10 ranking now?

 

[crazybuckfan40]

I don't know if anyone's said this, but...we were talking about which is more important, great guard play or a big man inside. I think Dials has shown that the big man is a huge key to what great teams have. Our guards are playing lights out right now, and still, when Dials goes to the bench, the Illini make their big 12-0 run. Now Dials comes back in and we build the lead back up. Dials has shown in this game that our offense, while featuring great 3-point shooting, is dependent on a great big man.

And the fact that we have X number of 3's has opened up the middle for Dials. It goes both ways.

 

[OSUBasketballJunkie]

Dials comes back in with 2:56 left.