Iowa used a quick start and some of Sparty’s own medicine to jump out to a 30-20 lead at halftime.  The Hawkeye’s quick start opened a double digit lead but Michigan State settled down and was able to get the lead trimmed in the middle of the half.  Iowa then used a couple of three points down the stretch to open it back up a bit and take their 10 point lead into the half.

The Hawkeyes have taken a page out of the Spartan’s playbook when it comes to hustle and heart.  Every loose ball seems to going to Iowa and as of right now it just looks like they want it more then Michigan State.  Iowa is copying their first half performance from last night as they have 8 different players scoring again tonight (none have over 6 points) and Michigan State’s … [Read More]

Gary Russell and I are covering the B1G Tourney live again although it’s not actually from Chicago! Some last minute travel plans fell apart and we are hanging out at his house in Zanesville covering the games! Hope you enjoy the updates!

#6 Iowa versus #11 Northwestern

The first half of the day one night cap has been all Iowa.  They hold a 36-22 lead at halftime and the score doesn’t reflect how dominating the Hawkeyes have been.  The Wildcats didn’t score until the 12:30 mark of the first half.  Iowa has been very balanced on the offensive end.  8 different players have scored for the Hawkeyes, and none of socred more than 7 points.  As painful as it is to say, Iowa’s Aaron White leads all scorers with 7 points.  Northwestern is being led by Freshman Alex Olah’s 6 points.

Iowa didn’t quite dominate the second half like they … [Read More]

Buckeye Hoops Thoughts

• Great Value- This was my first trip to Value City Arena, and it was more than fantastic. Great seats (thanks, Joe!) and a good, if ugly win
• All About Timing- Not for the Buckeyes (yet), but just a comment on the 6:30 start… tons of empty seats for a Tuesday night game. I know it’s not a weekend match against Michigan, but c’mon, people!!
• Nuts. Housed.- Couldn’t have been more impressed with the Student Section, some of whom had queued up around 10 or so. Who needs classes, right? While the game was low on energy overall, the Nuthouse certainly didn’t reflect
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Joining us for the game are our friends from the BBN: The Buckeye Blog, Buckeye Empire, Men of the Scarlet and Gray, and Buckeye Ninja. Make sure to swing by their place and say hello.

Today’s game is scheduled for 6:00 PM EST. The LiveBlog is scheduled to start 15 minutes before tip.

Go Bucks!

Ohio State vs. Iowa- Shootyhoops live chat… [Read More]

School: University of Iowa

Location: Iowa City, IA

Founded: 1847

Student Population: 31,498 total, 20,574 undergrad

School Type: Public

Stadium: Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Seating: 15,500

Opened: 1983

Head Coach: Fran McCaffrey

Experience: 3rd year

Here we go, another ‘Before we get started‘ commentary. Actually, I don’t have anything, so on to the Preview. Information will be pulled from the excellent site at Statsheet . I‘ll measure of teams capabilities that I will refer to will be the Four Factors; effective FG%, TO%, Off Rebounds Rate and FT Rate, as well as a couple other metrics just to flesh out the teams performances.

Iowa

Iowa is coming off an impressive take-down of Wisconsin 70-66 on Saturday. They … [Read More]

Nerds @ Sparty.  Prediction Sparty 23 to 20; Right score, WRONG team, Nerds 

Hawkeyes @ TTUN.   Prediction Hawkeyes 21 to 17; WRONG TTUN 42 to 17

Hoosiers @ Penn State. Prediction PSU 34 to 32; RIGHT PSU 45 to 22

Purdue @ Illinois.  Prediction Boilers 26 to 13; RIGHT Boilers 20 to 17

Minnesota @ Nebraska. Prediction Cornhuskers 39 to 13; RIGHT 38 to 14

#6 Ohio State @ Wiscy. Prediction Buckeyes all the way; RIGHT 21 to 14 OT

It is rivalry week this week all across the B1G and there’s really … [Read More]

#24 Northwestern @ TTUN. Prediction Nerds 21 to 17; WRONG TTUN 38-31 

Purdue @ Iowa.  Prediction Iowa 16 to 10; WRONG BOILERS 27 TO 24

Minnesota @ Illinois.  Prediction Illinois 31 to 14; WRONG MINNY 17 TO 3

Wiscy @ Indiana.  Prediction Hoosiers 21 to 20; WRONG WISCY 62 TO 14

Penn State @ #16 Nebraska. Prediction Nebraska 31 to 17; RIGHT NEBRASKA 32 TO 23

Here’s one last look at the national race prior to the toppling of . . , oh wait, BAMA really didn’t fall out of the top five like they should have after losing at home to a new SEC team. aTm may … [Read More]

The best game of the weekend was played in Ann Arbor as Michigan scored a 38-31 overtime victory against Northwestern.

The Wolverines’ prayers were answered as Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner–who was filling in for the injured Denard Robinson–heaved a 53-yard pass to Roy Roundtree to set up a game-tying 26-yard field goal with just two seconds remaining.

In overtime, Gardner scored on a 1-yard touchdown run as Michigan got the ball to being the extra period. The Wolverine defense held Northwestern on its possession to earn the win as Northwestern blew the game in the most Northwestern way possible.

Indiana’s dreams of playing in the B1G Championship Game were dashed rather quickly as Wisconsin buried the Hoosiers, 62-14. With both Ohio … [Read More]