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#6 Tennessee +4.5 vs #2 tOSU (ov/un 134.5 ) Fri 7:07 ET, CBS

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BuckeyeNation27;1681239; said:
well fuck.....now I only have 1 team left :lol:
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And what better team could that one be than THE Ohio State University Buckeyes!?!?

GAMEDAY BOYS! Off to work I go. Luckily I'm off at 7p just in time to shoot over to the bar and start pounding beers like Bucks pounding 3's tonight.

:osu::osu::osu::osu::osu::osu:
 
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Left side of my bracket looks fantastic. I have OSU vs MSU in the Great 8 and Kansas State vs Butler in the bottom. Of course, thats not really offsetting the fact that I lost final 8 teams in South bracket with Villanova vs Louisville. LOL

Ok, for tonights game: This is our trip to the Final Four. NIU doesnt have the horses to get it done with us and without Lucas MSU is in big trouble. I could see NIU in it for 3/4 of a game but in the end we are bigger and more athletic on the wings for them to handle us and their big boys will be in serious foul trouble.

VS Tennessee. If we shoot well, we will win. I feel it is really that simple. Tennessee is going to be all over the passing lanes trying to force turnovers and they'll get some, but they are going to also leave some open shooters doing it. IF we hit those shots, we will win. I think Tennessee's downfall would be that the get very undisciplined at times. Too many players next to each other on both ends and bunching up the court causing confusion for them. If ET stays in control of himself and his team mates step up we should get a double digit victory in the second half.

Tennessee will try to run us and take advantage of our short bench but our guys have too much experience for that. If WB is hot shooting it'll be lights out for the Vols earlier than the second half and we could get a blowout. If Tennessee can get ET into foul trouble, which he does at times trying to do too much, it will be a total dogfight. I have great confidence in big Dallas underneath to keep Tennessee from crashing too hard. Diebler is in his zone and that means big trouble for anyone guarding the Bucks right now.

Gonna be a lot of fun tonight!

GO BUCKS!!!
 
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Previewing Sweet 16 games in St. Louis
March, 26, 2010
By Pat Forde

ST. LOUIS -- Quick previews of the Sweet 16 games here tonight:

Tennessee-Ohio State storylines

? How will J.P. Prince do checking Evan Turner? That?s the marquee individual matchup in a rematch of a thrilling Sweet 16 game three years ago between the Volunteers and Buckeyes. At 6-foot-7, Prince has the length to hinder Turner's passing lanes and shooting looks -- but does he have the mentality for the matchup? Prince has been an up-and-down, hot-and-cold player for four years -- but he played great in the first two rounds of the tourney, averaging 16 points and playing excellent defense against San Diego State and Ohio. But this is Ohio STATE, not Ohio.

? Turner gets the attention for Ohio State -- but that helps guard Jon Diebler get the open shots, and he's been killing it lately. Diebler has made 29 of 61 3-point shots the last six games, and is averaging 21 ppg over the past three games. Diebler's scoring has become progressively more important to Ohio State as the season has gone along. He's scored in double figures in 10 of the Buckeyes' last 11 games, and their record in that time is 10-1.

?Diebler is a guy that you have to respect,? Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl said. ?You have to fear. If he can see it, he can make it. So you?ve got to know where he is on the floor.?

? Will Tennessee be able to force a tempo that wears down the Buckeyes? Ohio State has played a very short rotation all season -- essentially just six guys -- and the Volunteers prefer to play at a frantic pace. Ohio State?s core group of players obviously is in great shape, but this could be their most difficult stamina challenge.
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Previewing Sweet 16 games in St. Louis - College Basketball Nation Blog - ESPN
 
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Now there are countless reasons why Tennessee and anything associated with Tennessee sucks. But for the sake of brevity because our site is just too damn long, here's eleven, in no particular order, off the top of my head. Feel free to add more in the comments. 11. Al Gore, Justin Timberlake, and Shannon Doherty - If you can name three people less deserving to be celebrities, well, I'd like to see you try. 10. Blumpkination of Jonathon Crompton (JCromp) - UT has one of the top QB's in the country in terms of passing efficiency in Erik Ainge, yet some 'insiders' still want to start a redshirt freshman over Ainge. And I guarantee some of these same people mock the Florida fans that boo Chris Leak. Rockhead, thy name is VolNation. 9. Erik Ainge - If for no other reason than the spelling of his name. What is he, some kind of viking? Oh yeah, and in case you didn't know, he's Danny Ainge's nephew. Thanks Verne. 8. Current crap emitting out of Nashville - No, I'm not talking about what is currently passing for a professional football team in The Music City. I'm speaking of the pop music that is being passed off as country music. Instead of Hank Williams or Merle Haggard, Nashville is pimping groups like Big and Rich. You may be coming to my cit-tay, but you're leaving with your asses kicked. 7. Game Maxims - C'mon Tennessee fans, you people make fun of Bama fans all the time for living in the past, yet your beloved Vols still quote a dead, alcoholic coach of your own before each game. And isn't there a certain game maxim that says to 'stress the kicking game'. How's that been working for ya? 6. Pigeon Forge - A poor man's Branson. Where else are you gonna find a store that sells only Dukes of Hazzard memorabilia? 5. The Sting - I think this has been discussed ad nauseum. 4. The 'woo' in Rocky Top - Volfan38742-387 has it covered 3. Rocky Top - Does the band not know any other songs? How many other schools have a fight song about bestiality and chasin' dem cotton-pickin' revenuers off'en my land? Ain't no smoggy smoke on Rocky Top? Hell, ain't no dental care practitioners either. It's a sad, sad day when a 'prestigious' university must steal a hillbilly anthem and use it as their fight song. 2. Fulmer is really fat - While a coach's enormous waistline is normally not a reason a team sucks, Fulmer's lard ass has severely eroded smack talk. It is almost too easy, and really requires little imagination to make fun of. But on the plus side, it does make for some farking goodness. 1. Pick a shade of orange and go with it - This pisses me off to no end. Not only did Tennessee pick one hideous technicolor for the school colors (there's a reason you don't see orange cars on a new car lot, people), but they can't even decide which God awful shade to go with. Never is it more evident than on the sidelines when Fulmer's sweatshirt is about 3 shades darker than the 'T' on his cap. Everytime I see that neon color of urnge, it takes me back to the time I vomited up some bad hot wings.



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