Ohio State 80 Purdue 77 (Final--OT)

[osugrad21]

Dispatch

MEN'S BASKETBALL
Late rally lifts Buckeyes over Boilermakers
Overtime win keeps fragile NCAA tournament hopes alive
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 9:46 PM
By Bob Baptist


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

RENEE SAUER | DISPATCH
Othello Hunter goes for the dunk.

Jamar Butler scored 23 of his 25 points after halftime tonight, and the Ohio State men's basketball team rallied from a four-point deficit in the final three minutes of regulation to beat Purdue 80-77 in overtime in Value City Arena. The victory ended a four-game losing streak for the Buckeyes and kept alive their fragile hopes for an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament in two weeks. They had lost six of their previous eight games.
Ohio State (18-12, 9-8 Big Ten) regained sole possession of fifth place in the conference at least temporarily over Minnesota, which plays Wednesday at Indiana. The Buckeyes and Gophers are competing for the No. 5 seed in the conference tournament, which is worth a first-round bye.
E'Twaun Moore led Purdue with 16 points.



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[osugrad21]

Scout--The Streak Is Over

BN--Quality Wins? Ohio State (Finally) Has One

BN $--Final Analysis: Ohio State 80, Purdue 77

BN--OSU-Purdue Photos

Rivals$--Buckeyes make their own luck

Rivals $--Bucks finally get past the hump

 

[osugrad21]

OZone

Men's Basketball
Buckeyes Break Losing Streak with Win over No. 15 Purdue
Note and Quotebook
By John Porentas
Just when you've seen enough to become convinced that this Buckeye team has no one to step up and make plays at crunch time in big games, two of them do and they knock of the No. 15 team in the nation. Go figure.
Jamar Butler scored 25 points, 23 of them in the second half and in overtime, and both Evan Turner and Othello Hunter added 15 each as Ohio State (18-12, 9-8 Big Ten) gutted out an overtime win over No. 15 Purdue (23-7, 14-3 Big Ten) by a final of 80-77 at Value City Arena.
The win avenged a 75-68 loss to the Boilermakers at West Lafayette on January 12. The Boilermakers used that win to springboard themselves to a run at the regular-season Big Ten championship. The loss started a three-game losing streak for the Buckeyes and helped lead them to a season of frustration. Some of that frustration was relieved with the payback to the Boilermakers that took them out of first place in the Big Ten race.
"We had billboards up in our locker room since the first time they beat us, what some of their players said, so we got sick of hearing about that so we had to take them out," said Butler.




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[osugrad21]

OZone

Photo Gallery

 

[MaxBuck]

If the team can continue to play this well and pull off another big upset against MSU and then wins at least two games in the BTT, I'll be ready to pull myself up to the table for a big plate full of crow when we get an NCAA bid...

Order the plate that serves two; I'll join you.

 

[jimotis4heisman]

...oh my...shame on me for spelling his name wrong...lol @ me getting bad rep for my comment...it's not like i said he was a effin moron or anything...goodness...but notice Bucks went on their run with KOUFOS on the bench...




What are you talking about?

its basektball its a game of runs and matchups. i dont think you can point to one game, or one run and jump to a conclusions. kof has averaged 14 and 7 for the year and it was the first time he was held to single digits points since 1/15

the team won, thats the most important thing.

 

[buckeyes_rock]

[FONT=arial,helvetica]Purdue's Robbie Hummel (4) has his shot blocked by Ohio State's Othello Hunter, right, during the first half of their basketball game Tuesday , March 4, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State's Kosta Koufos, left, helps defend on the play. (AP Photo/Terry Gilliam)[/FONT]

That picture is awesome! Hunter and KK look so intense...get that weak crap outta there!!!

 

[JCOSU86]

I absolutely stand corrected. This team showed a lot of heart and determination last night, qualities that I feel were lacking in the second half of the season. A win over MSU and maybe one or two in the BTT and the Buckeyes can make a case.

Great job, men.

 

[osugrad21]

Dispatch
Ohio State 80 | Purdue 77, OT
Out of their rut
OSU adjusts to Purdue, frees Butler to snap skid
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 6:50 AM
By Bob Baptist


THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

RENEE SAUER | Dispatch
Ohio State's Matt Terwilliger, left, and Evan Turner can celebrate after the Buckeyes beat Purdue to end their four-game losing streak.


Purdue thought it was taking Jamar Butler out of the game. As it turned out, it was only saving him for when it mattered.
"They denied me," Butler said. "As soon as I got rid of the ball, they made sure I didn't get it back.
"At one point, one of their point guards, Tarrance Crump, told me, 'You're going to be playing four-on-four all night because you're not going to get the ball.'
"Our coaching staff made an adjustment at halftime to find other ways to get me the ball and put me in position to score."
Butler did the rest, and his teammates followed his lead.
Butler, in what could have been his next-to-last game in Value City Arena, scored 23 of his game-high 25 points after halftime last night to rally the Ohio State men's basketball team to an 80-77 victory over Purdue in overtime and end a four-game losing streak.
Butler and Evan Turner combined for 12 of the Buckeyes' 16 points in overtime. Turner, who committed a turnover on a play that could have won the game at the end of regulation, scored all 15 of his points after halftime. Othello Hunter also had 15 points.

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Box Score

 

[UpNorthBuckeye]

hey --- not so fast. If we get 5th place in the standings, we get a first round bye in the BTT --- but wouldn't it look better if we finish with 22 wins instead of 21? (check my math). and we would have a longer winning streak.

This is all based on us beating MSU. See their Iowa game -- they are very beatable.

 

[mooktarr]

This was a good win for us , man we needed it. Go Bucks

 

[Tlangs]

Order the plate that serves two; I'll join you.

I won't be eating any crow.... I was already punished by the basketball gods for saying I would watch American Idol instead of this game.

With about a minute to go in overtime, the power went out...for about 4 hours. I tried to log onto ESPN.com on my cell phone and no signal. Tried to call some friends....no signal. I didn't know that we won until 2 a.m.

 

[TRON]

I won't be eating any crow.... I was already punished by the basketball gods for saying I would watch American Idol instead of this game.

With about a minute to go in overtime, the power went out...for about 4 hours. I tried to log onto ESPN.com on my cell phone and no signal. Tried to call some friends....no signal. I didn't know that we won until 2 a.m.

That's what you get for watching
American Idol.

 

[osugrad21]

I won't be eating any crow.... I was already punished by the basketball gods for saying I would watch American Idol instead of this game.

With about a minute to go in overtime, the power went out...for about 4 hours. I tried to log onto ESPN.com on my cell phone and no signal. Tried to call some friends....no signal. I didn't know that we won until 2 a.m.

You said Big Brother but after your ordeal, Tabula Rasa.

:)

 

[BB73]

hey --- not so fast. If we get 5th place in the standings, we get a first round bye in the BTT --- but wouldn't it look better if we finish with 22 wins instead of 21? (check my math). and we would have a longer winning streak.

This is all based on us beating MSU. See their Iowa game -- they are very beatable.

Getting an extra win as the 6th seed in the Big Ten Tournament would mean virtually nothing to the selection committee, since it would come against Northwestern, who has only won 1 conference game all year.

The numbers of wins and losses don't mean that much, it's who those wins and losses come against.