Mercer at Ohio State, 9:00, 12/22/15, ESPNU

[Jake]

It may not look big on the schedule but coming off Saturday's upset of Kentucky I think this is an important game for our young Bucks. Will there be a letdown? It's probably inevitable, but it can't be so much that you drop a game at home to Mercer. The Bears aren't horrible. They beat Arkansas on the road Saturday and perennially contend in their conference. It wasn't that long ago that they shot Dook out of the tournament, either. I have to like them for that, if nothing else.

Looking forward to the tip off tonight.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Man I was about to say the same things. I would put this as a 'must win' game tonight. I only say that because these guys have to have some kind of confidence builder. If they get on a streak, who knows what it might do for them but if they drop this game, all of the momentum from the Kentucky win will dissipate and some of them may not regroup mentally. Need this game for the rest of the season, imo. Let's go get em Bucks!!!

 

[LitlBuck]

I think we are all looking at if they can continue how they played against Kentucky and do not think that just because they beat Kentucky that the Bears will not show up. Keep that intensity level up and play with enthusiasm and rebound rebound rebound.

 

[Jake]

Bucks are expected to wear these throwbacks tonight. They remind me of when we got screwed out of the Final Four by the Fraud Five.

 

[Jake]

Naturally, the Sparty game is running long. It's ridiculous that a 40 minute game routinely takes 2 and a half hours to play.

 

[buckeyesin07]

Going to have to get the ESPN app fired up to watch the beginning of this one.

 

[Bestbuck36]

This fucking game still has almost 6 minutes left! Bullshit.

 

[buckeyesin07]

This fucking game still has almost 6 minutes left! Bull[Mark May].

On ESPNEWS starting at 9:09.

 

[Jake]

This fucking game still has almost 6 minutes left! Bull[Mark May].

40 minutes of play, 100 minutes of stoppages. But how could those poor coaches do their jobs without 20+ time outs, combined?

 

[Jake]

You can tell the students are gone. Empty seats and not much noise.

 

[buckeyesin07]

You can tell the students are gone. Empty seats and not much noise.

The 9:00 pm start on a Tuesday night (especially when against a non-conference opponent) never helps.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Absolutely love the throwbacks! TT doing work underneath. FT will tie it at 3. Live on ESPNNews right now

 

[buckeyesin07]

Yikes--Loving with a couple brutal looking threes, and then he gives up a layup on the defensive end.

 

[Jake]

Throwing up a lot of bricks from behind the arc early.

 

[Jake]

So far it's what I feared - flat as hell. Need a spark soon because Mercer is good enough to win against a lackluster performance.

9-3 Mercer