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Ohio State 48, Iowa 53 (Final)

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Stats below are through 1/30:

RPI (From Pomeroy)
Ohio State: 19 (up from 21 vs. Penn State)
Iowa: 146

Pomeroy (Strength/Power Rankings)
Ohio State: 20 (up from 21 vs. Penn State)
Iowa: 106

Pomeroy projects an Ohio State 59-52 victory and gives Ohio State a 81% chance of winning.

Ohio State RPI Strength of Schedule: 8
 
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Tough loss for Iowa last night....it will be tough game for Ohio State on Saturday....Iowa and their coach will not want another 30+ point loss to Ohio State.....

Purdue 51, Iowa 50 -- Keaton Grant made the winning free throw with 1.4 seconds left and Purdue (16-5, 7-1) held off Iowa (10-12, 3-6) in a Big Ten game in West Lafayette, Ind.
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If we dont roll in this game and win by double digits then the doubts about how far this team might go this season will start to steamroll. They've had enough time to gel and mature, the time is now to start the marked improvement by winning these games they should definitely win.
 
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Bestbuck36;1080601; said:
If we dont roll in this game and win by double digits then the doubts about how far this team might go this season will start to steamroll. They've had enough time to gel and mature, the time is now to start the marked improvement by winning these games they should definitely win.
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I agree , kinda , sorta , but Just how far did you expect them to go?
 
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Bestbuck36;1080601; said:
If we dont roll in this game and win by double digits then the doubts about how far this team might go this season will start to steamroll. They've had enough time to gel and mature, the time is now to start the marked improvement by winning these games they should definitely win.
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I disagree...It is a road game...young teams on the road is always a solid win...I would think that we could get a double digit win, but if it is close game that doesn't mean that we can't continue to get better...

Heck Purdue barely won at Iowa, and that means nothing about them...Close wins on the road can be confidence builders...
 
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Lickliter's team wants payback



Charlie Kautz - The Daily Iowan

Issue date: 2/1/08 Section: Sports


On a night when history takes center stage at Carver-Hawkeye Arena and a near-capacity crowd celebrates Iowa's hardwood heroes in a pregame ceremony, it would be easy to overlook perhaps the worthiest of rooting causes Saturday in Iowa City.

That would be head coach Todd Lickliter's current group of Hawkeyes, who at 10-12 overall have fought valiantly to respond to big-time adversity with Big Ten success, a task not unlike the one they face this weekend against Ohio State.

Five seconds, one point, and a poorly designed defensive possession away from a .500 overall record, the fact remains that the whiteboard from Wednesday's last-second loss at Purdue has since been washed, the final time-out huddle hopefully forgotten.

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Dispatch

OSU-Iowa preview

Saturday, February 2, 2008 2:54 AM
By Bob Baptist


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Game preview

OHIO STATE VS. IOWA

6 tonight
? Where: Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
? TV: Big Ten Network
? Radio: WBNS-AM (1460), WBNS-FM (97.1)
? Records: Ohio State 15-6 overall, 6-2 Big Ten; Iowa 10-12, 3-6
? Matchup to watch: Othello Hunter has been quiet offensively since his 17-point, 14-rebound outbreak at Tennessee two weeks ago. Against Iowa on Jan. 9 in Value City Arena, he had 12 first-half points inside the Hawkeyes' zone and the Buckeyes outscored Iowa 20-4 in the paint en route to a 45-17 lead.

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OSU rematch tall task for Iowa
Buckeyes could take advantage of high Hawkeye turnover ratio



DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- All season, Iowa coach Todd Lickliter has implored his team to protect the basketball. It just hasn't sunk in yet. The Hawkeyes are last in the Big Ten in turnover margin and assist-to-turnover ratio. Iowa's turnover problems reared their ugly head again Wednesday against Purdue, when the Hawkeyes turned the ball over 22 times.

The Boilermakers needed a free throw with one second left to squeak out a 51-50 win, and it's fair to say Iowa (10-12, 3-6 Big Ten) likely would have won the game had it not committed 10 more turnovers than Purdue. Protecting the ball will, once again, be a major theme for the Hawkeyes on Saturday when they host surging Ohio State (15-6, 6-2). The Hawkeyes are turning it over four more times than their opponents, by far the worst ratio in the conference.

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Improved Hawkeyes get second shot at upset of Ohio State.

"We are a lot better team than we were against Ohio State," Freeman said of what matched the 14th-worst loss in Iowa men's basketball history. "Seth's playing good. J.J.'s found his stroke. We're playing team defense, and we're playing a lot tougher."

Seth Gorney has averaged 7.3 rebounds and 5.3 points since grabbing three rebounds and scoring only a point the first time Iowa met Ohio State.
Justin Johnson made 5-of-11 shots, including 4-of-7 from 3-point range, Wednesday against Purdue. He scored nine points on 3-of-13 shooting against the Buckeyes.

"When we went to Ohio State, we just laid down," Freeman said. "They dictated everything.
 
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