tOSU +5.5 at Duke (ov/un 142.5) Wed 9:30 ESPN

[scott91575]

FYI, 6-6 isn't really a "win"

You're drawing conclusions against OSU in a game they were pressing, early in the season in their first really big game, against a team with a 96-game nonconference home win streak?

Actually the B10 wins 7-6 vs. 5-6

see what I did there?

 

[scarletmike]

Well, I don't know what the fuck happened to our offense in the 2nd half, but it wasn't pretty, and it definitely lost the game.

Oh well, on to the next one.

 

[Bucknut24]

lol, even that takes a long bounce right to a duke player, unbeleiveable

 

[Tanner]

Credit to Duke...they throughly outplayed the Bucks the last 8 minutes and deserved to win the game

 

[Bestbuck36]

Dook possibly #1 now? Beat Louisville, Kentucky and Ohio State all in the same week. Pretty impressive even though I hate these motherfuckers.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

despite the imminent loss, i take a ton of positives from today's game. we're far from a finished product but still took it to the nation's arguably #1 team on their own court, where they haven't lost to a non-conference foe in a long, long time.

we have soooooo much room for improvement. that's a good thing. you won't want to face us in march.

 

[Mac]

Its not over yet fellas...

 

[Bucknut24]

when I looked at the box score with 12 min left, duke was shooting at 37% they are now at 48%

 

[Mac]

Quick foul here

 

[buckeyesin07]

Shooting % has gotten any better this half.....still at 32%.

Duke must be shooting 60% this half...

OSU was also crashing the boards like mad in the 1st half. 32% isn't bad when you shoot 30+ shots in a half. 32% is bad when you shoot 15 shots in a half. It's all about points.

 

[Mike80]

Right now, OSU has exactly one scoring option. When Thomas isn't hitting or even taking shots, like he wasn't in the second half, there is no other option (at least, not with Ross sitting on the bench). I honestly think that on an off day for Thomas, this OSU team would be lucky to make it to the Sweet 16. Just not enough weapons on offense.

Which has been the story of every Ohio State team except for last year and 2006 under Matta. Even when they have the weapons, it's all perimeter oriented for some odd reason and eventually everyone will go cold. When they have a plus player in the post, that's when they tend to thrive both in the Big Ten and in the NCAAs. I don't see that they have a plus player in the post this year. This might only be a sweet 16 team, but time will tell.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

Dook possibly #1 now? Beat Louisville, Kentucky and Ohio State all in the same week. Pretty impressive even though I hate these motherfuckers.

they deserve the ranking, but i definitely think indiana and possibly ttun are better.

 

[Bestbuck36]

Probably could have used Q's offense earlier in this second half.


Too bad that 3 couldnt go down for DT.

 

[buckeyesin07]

despite the imminent loss, i take a ton of positives from today's game. we're far from a finished product but still took it to the nation's arguably #1 team on their own court, where they haven't lost to a non-conference foe in a long, long time.

we have soooooo much room for improvement. that's a good thing. you won't want to face us in march.

Going into the game, I was worried about who would score outside of Thomas--where else would the offense come from?

After tonight, that concern is still there, if not more so.

 

[OhioState001]

It's not over lol