Ohio State 63 Michigan State 54 (Final)

[buckeyes_rock]

I think the frustration many have expressed this season was from knowing they were capable of playing like this. It is wonderful to see that potential finally come to fruition.

I agree

 

[BuckeyeMafia]

I think the frustration many have expressed this season was from knowing they were capable of playing like this. It is wonderful to see that potential finally come to fruition.

Time to use that potential.

Lets win the Big Ten Tourney.

Then.. that other one.

 

[jazzman]

*cough* :tongue2:




How about that defense though?

Yeah man! Our D stepped up for us! Great day for our seniors man! I love it!

I think that we're in the bracket....and I will love the tag of underdogs...it's gonna suit us!

 

[MD Buckeye]

Lunardi has them in already, while Florida is more on the bubble.

Kentucky won 75-70

 

[BuckeyeMafia]

Doesn't that hurt us? UF being on our RPI?

If nothing else, I hope those bastards don't get in. That'll be a fun Monday at work.

 

[Tonyank]

Kentucky won 75-70

Golf clap ??

 

[bucknutz]

Great second half, driving to the bucket was huge and where did Othella come from? Nice to see him stepping up and playing like we all knew he could.

Great win buckeyes!

 

[MD Buckeye]

Doesn't that hurt us? UF being on our RPI?

If nothing else, I hope those bastards don't get in. That'll be a fun Monday at work.

Pretty much a no win situation really. If Florida would've won, then it would've improved their resume, which could possibly hurt us.

Either way, our win today was bigger than the Florida loss

 

[jwinslow]

I also like David for MVP.

His 3 was the biggest shot of the game (other than Hunters follow maybe). Got us back into the game, huge momentum swing.

Also had an enormous block to re-energize the team/crowd after the clock malfunction.

 

[keeganbrick]

Is the Big Ten Tournament all on the BTN or is ESPN picking up some games?

 

[OmahaBeef]

Also had an enormous block to re-energize the team/crowd after the clock malfunction.

What is the deal with the clocks the last couple games? I thought the stoppage might kill our momentum (although it obviously didn't ).

Great win today, and the Schott was rockin. It feels good to know that the seniors got sent out in style.

 

[Best Buckeye]

The whole team played well from about the halfway point of the game, when we started using the press. Doing that tilted the game in our favor and all of our team caught on to the emotion and pace of the game.

 

[BengalsAndBucks]

Huge win for the Bucks. We played with intensity and emotion throughout the game, and it showed. Lighty hit big shots, Turner's late drive was huge, KK stepped up in the second half, Diebler didn't score but his contributions are always there. But most especially, props to the seniors. Butler hitting shot after shot to keep us in the game early, and then hitting his free throws when it felt like no one else could. Hunter with the offensive rebounding and huge dunks to get the crowd into the game. Twiggy with his defense and poise. This squad fought hard for 40 minutes and earned this win.

Also, props to Thad. I was hard on him after the IU game earlier this year, and rightfully so. But his adjustments today were excellent. The Spartans got off to a a great start in the first 10-12 minutes because they were so effective with the double back screens for their shooters. Thad made the adjustment, and they went 0-5 from three land in the second half and had 4 shot clock violations. Great coaching adjustments, way to go Thad.

And for the record, I tried multiple times to get a "Thank you, Seniors!" chant going in the student section, but it just never picked up. I was very disappointed.

 

[MD Buckeye]

Is the Big Ten Tournament all on the BTN or is ESPN picking up some games?

From what I remember, ESPN usual covers the Big East Tourny. I guess it all depends on the time of the games

 

[LitlBuck]

Thank goodness they came through in the second half. As I kept watching the first half, I kept on getting madder and madder. It seemed like the team didn't even want to be there. Sloppy ballhandling and no recognition on defense. I could not believe what I was seeing on Senior Day. They looked bad and were not even recognizing the shooters on defense. They also looked like they didn't know what they were supposed to do when they had the ball.

Even at the beginning of the second half, they still looked a bit lazy but finally started to pick things up. What more can be said about Butler? He certainly will be missed hopefully we will see him for about 10 more games Maybe if he doesn't sign a professional contract he can come back and teach our guys how to shoot free throws. Very miserable performance from the free-throw line. We also made some pretty dumb mistakes near the end of the game but fortunately they do not come back to haunt us. Lighty really stepped up his game and played with a loud more intensity today then I have thought he has played for in awhile. I was also very happy to see him and Turner take it to the basket quite a bit more than they have in the past few games.

I thought perhaps that they should have gone more to KK down low but a lot of the times he didn't seem to get deep enough and sometimes he shoots his hook shot from a little too far out. Hunter needs to be a little more aggressive on the defensive boards but he came through when it counted.

They really played well in the second half and it will be very interesting to see what adjustments Izzo makes for Friday's game. In the second half, they almost seemed lost on offense. I think if we play with the same intensity Friday as we did today we will have a good shot and then we can take Bucky Badger down also.