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Ohio State Wins 82-60 Over Albany

Eric — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:01:28 +0000

The Buckeyes finally played their first official game of the season today against Albany Great Danes at home. Albany gave a good fight early in the first half before succumbing to OSU’s defensive effort and finally falling 82-60 in Value City Arena. Aaron Craft led all scorers with 20 points on 6-9 shooting for the game. He was tied with Mike Black of Albany, who also scored 20 on 7-13 from the floor. Three other Buckeyes managed to score in double digits today: DeShaun Thomas with 19, Lenzelle Smith with 18, and LaQuinton Ross with 10.

The early parts of the game showed a bit of an up and down battle as Albany took it to the Buckeyes on both sides of the court. Finally, Matta called a timeout late in the first half to chew out his team over their lackadaisical effort on the defensive end. After that, the … [Read More]

BBN Basketball LiveBlog: Albany

Eric — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:05:09 +0000

The Buckeye round-ballers are playing their first official game of the season against the University of Albany Great Danes.

Joining us as usual – and special thanks to all of them for making these such a great success – are the other members of the Buckeye Blogger Network. Make sure to stop by their place and say, “hey”: Our Honor Defend, Men of the Scarlet and Gray, Buckeye Empire, Silver Bullet, The Buckeye Blog, Unscripted Ohio, and Fox Sports Ohio.

The Liveblog kicks off at 1:30 PM eastern, thirty minutes before the game tips-off on the Big Ten Network.

Go Bucks!

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Pregame Glance: Albany

Eric — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 17:33:09 +0000

Last night saw an unfortunate court related fiasco cancel a game most fans had been anticipating for a long while. Thankfully, the weekend is not a total loss. The Buckeyes will be home tomorrow afternoon to play host to the Albany Great Danes. Let’s take a look.

School:	University of Albany
Location:	Albany, New York
Founded:	1844
Student Population:	17,500
School Type:	Public
Division:	NCAA Division 1
Conference:	America East
Stadium:	SEFCU Arena (formerly the Recreation And Convocation Center – popularly “The RACC”)
Seating:	4,538
Opened:	1992
Head Coach:	Will Brown
Experience	12th Year

The University of Albany has only been a member of the Division 1 basketball ranks since 1999, but they’ve already made their mark in College Basketball circles. In 2006, a 21-10 Albany team won the America East conference tournament and secured their first ever bid to the NCAA tournament. Their reward was a #16 seed and … [Read More]