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Big Ten Tournament Day 3 OpenThread
by Eric at the BBC on Mar 13, 2010 4:30 PM EST
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Here's an OpenThread for the second game of the day, the battle between #2 Purdue and #6 Minnesota. Should be an interesting game, so feel free to stick around and leave your thoughts!
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Buckeyes advance to Big Ten Championship game, beating Illinois 88-81 in double OT
by Eric at the BBC on Mar 13, 2010 4:15 PM EST
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The Fighting Illini did everything they could to win the game, but the Buckeyes simply wanted it more as they fought through a double overtime battle for the 88-81 victory in the Big Ten Tournament Semi-final. Evan Turner lead the way with 31 points and 10 rebounds for a double double, and William Buford joined him on the double double with 22 points and 10 rebounds for the game.
The Buckeyes got it started early down low in the paint. First Buford and then Lauderdale benefited from good passes down low to find easy baskets that Illinois was clearly not paying attention for. The Buckeyes defense was a big key to the great opening as the Bucks forced 4 quick turnovers in the first few minutes of the game. That defensive effort also led Illinois to shoot a measly 1-7 from the floor for the first few minutes putting themselves into a little hole.
Illinois' shooting woes weren't to last however. After taking a 6 point deficit early, the Illini began to find their stroke and started to keep pace with the Buckeyes. With a couple solid buckets Illinois began to gain some confidence and started to take it to the Bucks on both ends of the court. Solid defense managed to completely shut the Buckeyes down on the offensive end and allowed their offense to begin to take control. With the improved defense, Ohio State started to play sloppy, out of control basketball that cost them several turnovers and allowed Illinois to go on a 12-0 run to take a 4 point lead with 8 minutes left in the game.
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Illinois GameThread: Big Ten Tournament Edition
by Eric at the BBC on Mar 13, 2010 12:30 PM EST
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Here is your GameThread for the second day of action for the Buckeyes! The Bucks and the Illini have faced each other twice so far this year, so here are our Pregame and Postgame coverage for those matchups.
It's going to be interesting to see what the complexion of this game is. The Buckeyes whipped Illinois both times they faced them this year (in fact, it was by almost precisely the same score) and may be coming out hot after that spectacular finish yesterday against the Wolverines. Incidentally, here's a detriot radio broadcast from after that game. Listen and enjoy!
As for the Illini, they are coming of a very good win over a hot Wisconsin team. Up 10 at the half, they managed to withstand a Badger run over the last couple minutes to escape with a 4 point victory.
Here are some things to watch for:
- How hot will Illinois be after probably securing their spot in the NCAA Tournament yesterday? Will they be emotionally drained, or will they play out of their minds?
- Essentially the same question for the Bucks. Will Evan Turner's big shot have drained the Buckeyes, or will they be playing with renewed energy and focus?
- How does Demetri McCamey play? He's been so very cold against the Buckeyes this year.
- Does Evan Turner try to take over the game earlier, in fear that his team is going to let it slip towards the end? (this would not be a good thing)
- Does William Buford play better? He ended with 12 points on 6-13 shooting, but he started out fairly poorly.
- And a bonus! Dallas Lauderdale disappeared yesterday scoring only 2 points and grabbing 5 boards. Does he return to the end of season form we were enjoying?
The game is at 1:30 PM Eastern Time on CBS. Hope to see everyone here!
Go Bucks!
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Big Ten Tournament: Day 2 Recap
by Eric at the BBC on Mar 12, 2010 11:40 PM EST
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Talk about an exciting day of basketball! All of the games were in question at some point near the end of the second halves and, in one very important one, it came down to a last ditch near half-court shot to secure the win. You just know that tomorrow's semi-final games are going to simply not live up to the expectations after these battles.
#1 Ohio State escapes #8 Michigan 69-68
The Buckeyes seemed to spend the day toying with their food as they started out the first half down 19-10 and then built a 25-6 run to close out the half up 10. They then proceeded to let the lead slip, build it back to 10 and then repeat throughout the entirety of the second half until finally Michigan managed to tie it up at 66 with seconds on the clock and managed to secure the ball and get a timeout with 9 seconds left. On the inbounds, Michigan found Manny Harris for a floating 2 pointer over the hand of Dallas Lauderdale to give Michigan the 68-66 lead with 2.2 seconds that should have sealed the victory.
But Michigan forgot that Ohio State had Big Ten Player of the Year Evan Turner on their side. Michigan chose not to defend the inbounds pass which immediately went to the Villain. Evan Turner drove it past the half court on the right side and jacked up a pretty shot with mere tenths of a second left. The ball tickled the twine as easy as if Turner had dunked it.
Michigan most likely ends their season with the loss. They finish 15-17 overall and 7-11 in conference.
The Buckeyes next face Illinois, who won the next game on our list.
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"The Shot" - here's the video
by Jeff at the BBC on Mar 12, 2010 2:41 PM EST
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Here it is, for those looking around....
Now, we've gotta do two things with this....
1) Celebrate the awesomeness that is Evan Turner. He deserves the National POY and he'll get it.
2) Wonder what the HELL Michigan was thinking! How do you NOT pressure the inbounds pass? How do you allow the Big Ten POY to dribble the ball uncontested and allow him to launch a relatively unguarded shot at the rim to win?
Once again, on behalf of all of us here in Ohio, THANK YOU for hiring West Virginia rejects to coach your teams. We appreciate it.
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UPDATE - When watching the replay tonight on various sports channels, watch the reaction of Stu Douglass (the Michigan player closest to Turner). His right arm went up in the air to "defend" Turner's shot, and it stayed in the air, motionless, for at least ten seconds after the shot went in.
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Big Ten Tournament Day 2 OpenThread
by Eric at the BBC on Mar 12, 2010 2:30 PM EST
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Holy crap what an ending! The Buckeyes win on a fantastic one-third court three-pointer from Evan Turner! Give him the Wooden Award now, please.
Here is your OpenThread for the remainder of today's games! Hopefully they turn out as excited as the one you just watched.
I will have another recap of the game later tonight, but for now Jim has an excellent recap of the game.
Game 2: 25 Minutes after the conclusion of Game 1
#4 Wisconsin Badgers - Bucky's 5th Quarter
#5 Illinois Fighting Illini - Hail to the Orange
Game 3: 6:30 PM Eastern Time
#2 Purdue Boilermakers - Hammer and Rails
#7 Northwestern Wildcats - Sippin' on Purple
Game 4: 25 Minutes after game 3 (Approx. 9 PM Eastern Time)
#3 Michigan State Spartans - The Only Colors
#6 Minnesota Golden Gophers - The Daily Gopher
Enjoy the rest of the games today!
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Michigan GameThread: Big Ten Tournament Edition
by Eric at the BBC on Mar 12, 2010 11:00 AM EST
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Welcome to what will hopefully be the first of several Buckeye gamethreads this weekend!
If you're interested in learning more about this Michigan team, and the Buckeyes previous meetings with them, check out our previous pregame and post game articles!
Ohio State and Michigan split their games during the season. Don't forget, though, that the Wolverines pulled out the win while Evan Turner was still riding the pine. The Buckeyes have a chance here to literally end Michigan's season (that would be 2 sports in the same academic year!) as a measure of revenge for that loss.
Here are some things to watch for:
- Does Matta dip further into his bench with the prospect of having to keep his players fresh for a potential 2 more games?
- Does Dallas Lauderdale take care of business down low on defense like he did the last time against Michigan?
- Will Jon Diebler ever find his consistent shot again? (As I said, probably in the NCAA Tournament)
- Do Harris and Sims show up for this one? They were noticeably absent in the previous game.
- Will the Buckeyes be able to get up for this one? Michigan has challenged them the last two times, it shouldn't be hard for them to expect to have to play.
Enjoy the game!
Go Bucks!
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Big Ten Tournament: Day 1 Recap
by Eric at the BBC on Mar 11, 2010 9:25 PM EST
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That wraps up the first day of games in the Big Ten Tournament. Overall, the games did not live up to their billing. It was expected coming into the day that Indiana and Penn State would give their opponents a severe fight in an attempt to continue their seasons. Indiana did make Northwesterns' lives miserable briefly, but weren't able to hold on and ended up getting blown out in the end. Here's how the games finished.
Michigan defeats Iowa 59-52.
As close as the score appears, the actual game never really seemed that close. Michigan jumped out to a big lead and simply kept Iowa completely out of their game in the first half. At the beginning of the second, Iowa began to close the lead as Michigan shot a horrendous 2-12 over the first 8 minutes. Eventually, Michigan got things going and began to improve their lead again, but in a fit of desperation Iowa managed to close the gap to 5 at 57-52 with a minute left. On their last worthwhile possession, Iowa tried desperately to get the ball to drop and were unable to find the bottom of the basket on 4 separate shot attempts. Michigan walked away with the victory, having never really been challenged.
Iowa ends their season with a 10-22 record, with a 4-14 record in conference.
Michigan will next face Ohio State at Noon tomorrow.
The other recaps come below the break.
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