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Ohio State 60, #11 Michigan State 66 (Final)

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Stats below are through 1/9:

RPI (From Pomeroy)
Ohio State: 23 (down from 15 vs. Purdue)
Michigan State: 8

Pomeroy (Strength/Power Rankings)
Ohio State: 27 (down from 18 vs. Purdue)
Michigan State: 19

Pomeroy projects a Michigan State 65-60 victory and gives tOSU a 30% chance of winning.

RPI Strength of Schedule: 16

Interesting tidbit: Ohio State is the highest rated 4-loss team in the RPI.
 
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Tom Izzo: State of urgency, not panic time, for Spartans

1/14/2008, 4:09 p.m. EST
The Associated Press
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) ? Tom Izzo ripped his basketball team after a 40-point win four weeks ago but couldn't fault Michigan State's effort in a humbling 43-36 loss at Iowa on Saturday.
The Spartans (14-2, 2-1 Big Ten) fell from sixth to 11th in the rankings this week and slipped a game behind Indiana and Wisconsin in a bid for their first Big Ten title since 2001.
But Izzo isn't changing his lineup or installing a different offense for Tuesday's visit from Ohio State and Saturday's rematch with Minnesota.

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This could be a season changing type win if we can get this one or the one at UT...

I would rather get this one, tho as it counts in the big ten...

I think that we match up well here, with MSU big guys being of the foreign variety much like KK...Morgan and Hunter is a solid matchup...I just hope that we can shut down Neitzel and control the paint...

Also we need to shoot the ball well from the outside...
 
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crazybuckfan40;1065978; said:
This could be a season changing type win if we can get this one or the one at UT...

I would rather get this one, tho as it counts in the big ten...

I think that we match up well here, with MSU big guys being of the foreign variety much like KK...Morgan and Hunter is a solid matchup...I just hope that we can shut down Neitzel and control the paint...

Also we need to shoot the ball well from the outside...
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Teams really haven't had that much trouble shutting Neitzel down so far this year, he's been a big disappointment's. Most of his stats have went up, but he's just not the same scoring threat that he was last year. Granted, maybe he'll go off on OSU like he did in the second half last year, but I really just don't see it. It seems like he's just worn out.
 
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Ohio State Buckeyes try to win at Michigan State again



Tuesday, January 15, 2008 Doug Lesmerises

Plain Dealer Reporter
Columbus- The Breslin Center is the litmus test. Win at Michigan State, the Ohio State Buckeyes have found, and you can handle anything.
Two years ago, the Buckeyes broke a 10-game losing streak in East Lansing, Mich., with an 11-point win on their way to the Big Ten title. Last year, the Buckeyes grabbed a nine-point win against the Spartans on the way to another conference crown.
Since the start of the 2005-06 season, Michigan State is 40-1 against the rest of the basketball world at the Breslin Center and 0-2 against Ohio State. If the freshman-heavy Buckeyes are tough enough to handle a Big Ten run again this year, they'll have to prove it tonight against some angry Spartans.




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ep50;1066158; said:
Teams really haven't had that much trouble shutting Neitzel down so far this year, he's been a big disappointment's. Most of his stats have went up, but he's just not the same scoring threat that he was last year. Granted, maybe he'll go off on OSU like he did in the second half last year, but I really just don't see it. It seems like he's just worn out.
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Still scares me. I swear when the kid gets hot, he can fill it up from the bus..
 
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OSU-Michigan State preview

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:40 AM
By Bob Baptist


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
OHIO STATE AT NO. 11 MICHIGAN STATE

7 tonight
? Where: Breslin Center, East Lansing, Mich.
? TV: ESPN
? Radio: WBNS-AM (1460), WBNS-FM (97.1)
? Records: Ohio State 12-4 overall, 3-1 Big Ten; Michigan State 14-2, 2-1
? Matchup to watch: Michigan State will dog Jamar Butler as much as if not more than Purdue did. The Spartans have a deep bench and play a faster pace than the Boilermakers. Butler's teammates need to step to the fore and balance the Ohio State offense. Who will it be?
? Noteworthy: Ohio State has won back-to-back games in the Breslin Center. Illinois (2005-06) and Wisconsin (2002, '04) are the only other Big Ten teams to do that in the past 10 years. . . . Ohio State's .355 field-goal percentage at Purdue was the third time all season it has shot under 42 percent. ... Matt Terwilliger matched his career high with six rebounds at Purdue. . . . The 36 points Michigan State scored in a loss at Iowa on Saturday were its fewest in a game since 1952.
? Next up: at Tennessee, 3:30 p.m. Saturday
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