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tOSU 70, at Purdue 66 (Jan 12, 2010, 7 ET, ESPN)

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I will try my reverse psychology bet for the benefit of the team:)

? Matchup to watch: Minnesota alternated defenders on Evan Turner, picked him up full-court to try to tire him and trapped him to get the ball out of his hands. Purdue's standard ploy is to belly up to the point guard at midcourt and not allow him to initiate the offense. How will the Buckeyes counter and get good shots?

? Notable: Ohio State started Big Ten play 1-4 in Thad Matta's first season as coach in 2004-05. The Buckeyes have lost two games in a row in Mackey Arena after winning six of seven there. Purdue fell from No. 4 to No. 6 after losing at Wisconsin on Saturday. In conference play, Purdue ranks first (.278) and Ohio State last (.397) in three-point field goal defense.

? Next: Wisconsin, 8 p.m. Saturday, Value City Arena

-- Bob Baptist
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Kramer is one of the best defenders in the country. Pretty sure he'll be matched up on Turner (?). Their whole team defense is one of the best I've seen. They get into you and really have a great concept of help defense. This is my biggest worry. I just don't see where Ohio State (who already tends to struggle with scoring) will get their offense from. Turner has the problem of turning his back a lot on the offensive end and then trying to spin back...Minnesota adjusted well with their man/trapping press and I expect Purdue to be all over that as well. He's going to need to face the basket more and be able to see where the double team is coming from.

I really like this Purdue team. They seem to have a complete game. Great big man that can hurt you from inside and out. Solid point guard play (though, injured PG Lewis Jackson would help this even more!). Moore is a great wing player. And then Hummel can do a bit of everything. Barlow (freshman PG) has been a surprise.

Overall, color me pessimistic. I think Purdue covers this, but I'll be rooting them on nonetheless! It would be a pretty darn good upset. :wink2:
 
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Overall, color me pessimistic. I think Purdue covers this, but I'll be rooting them on nonetheless!
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Unfortunately, I agree. OSU hasn't played well on the road this year, and last year's game at Purdue was a tough one. To make matters worse, Purdue likely will be focused and hungry after choking one away against UW the last time out.

To win this one, we'll really need to get after it on the defensive end and especially on the boards. Regarding rebounding, we were only winning the Minnesota game by a point at halftime, despite the fact that we were out-shooting Minnesota from the field to the tune of 60% to 30%. The reason? They were killing us on the boards. We'll have to limit Purdue's second chance points.

Go Bucks. :osu:
 
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