#5 Ohio State (24-8) vs #12 South Dakota State (28-6) - Thursday, March 15 @ 4:00 ET (TNT)

[OSU_Buckguy]

Considering expectations coming into the year getting to the 2nd round of the dance is great.

it's a good feeling that everything from here on out is icing. second place in the conference and a first-round win are well beyond the expectations that i had before the season started. heck, after the clemson loss, i thought an nit berth was a good outcome.

 

[Jake]

Bucks only made 4 of their last 23 three point attempts, and may not have won without that 4th one (and one!) by Kam.

Won the game we were "supposed" to win. On to the bonus round.

 

[NFBuck]

it's a good feeling that everything from here on out is icing. second place in the conference and a first-round win are well beyond the expectations that i had before the season started. heck, after the clemson loss, i thought an nit berth was a good outcome.

Hell just about everything from mid-Feb on has been icing for me. Last year this time i was expecting this season to be on par with the mid-90s "suckeyes" teams. Once Holtmann came on, I thought an NIT or last 4 in tournament berth was the ceiling. 25 wins, 15 in conference, and a tournament win is a huge accomplishment. Anything here on out is gluttony.

 

[OHSportsFan]

140 minutes to play 40. NCST finally waved the white flag.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Crazy we didnt even make it to 33% from 3 and still won the game.

 

[Tanner]

Solid win today. Bates-Diop's rebounding was huge, to allow the small lineup to work. Still don't understand why 28-4, 6th-ranked Gonzaga is a 4 seed, but whatever---basically playing with house money at this point, let's mess around and get another win

 

[DZ83CK]

Never forget, Daum raised the roof.

 

[OhioState001]

71 combined 3 point attempts in this game is an NCAA Tournament record.

Makes this win even more impressive because that's not our style of play

 

[buxfan4life]

it's a good feeling that everything from here on out is icing.

Had to remind my father of this a couple of times today. This team has way exceeded expectations this year.

 

[Dryden]

71 combined 3 point attempts in this game is an NCAA Tournament record.

Was that both teams or just Andre and Dakich?

 

[Systems_id]

Edit: Wrong thread

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

Are we going to start a new thread for the next round robin or just keep this one rolling?

In any event, I hope the Zag players are as cocky as their fans. Just perused their board, and almost all are predicting a double digit win.