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Michigan State Defeats Ohio State 59-56 At The Buzzer

Joe Dexter — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:29:37 +0000

Tonight’s B1G collision between Ohio State and Michigan State further proves that the top tier team that wins the most games on the road will win the conference championship. Two very even teams battled at the Breslin Center on Saturday night, but it was the home team that played with more poise, control and urgency in the fourth quarter in a nail-biting 59-56 win.

The Buckeyes became comfortable with shooting from long range, hoisting up 25 threes and leaned on their offensive leader Deshuan Thomas to keep themselves in this one throughout the game. The Train would finish with a player of the year like performance. He had 28 points on six threes and 10/20 shooting overall to pace Ohio State. His fifth straight game of 20 points or more.

Despite hanging tough throughout the night, things didn’t look pretty early for the Bucks early.

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Counting Down the Top Ten Players in B1G Hoops

Tim Shoemaker — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:14:42 +0000

People like lists.

Whether they agree with them or not, people still enjoy reading lists.

Basketball is the ultimate team sport. But, at the same time, it is one that can be taken over by a single player. There have been some incredible individual performances over the past couple of seasons in the Big Ten and this year should bring more of the same.

The 2012-2013 season seems to have the Big Ten as strong as it’s ever been. Three teams (Indiana, Ohio State and Michigan) are all ranked in the top five in preseason polls.

On those great teams obviously are some outstanding players. So here are my top ten players in the Big Ten conference for this upcoming season.

10. Brandon Paul (SG, Illinois)
Those unforgettable individual performances from last season I mentioned earlier in this column? Yeah, Brandon Paul had one of those when he lit up … [Read More]

tBBC B1G Basketball Roundtable – Part One

WVaBuckeye — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:15:24 +0000

With basketball season rapidly approaching and a lot of information to digest from around the conference, I thought it was high time we here from bloggers representing them. We kick off a series in roundtables with our first five today and we are doing our very best to round up the rest of the B1G for you! We hope you enjoy the feature and give us plenty of feedback!

We’re doing our best attempt at giving everyone a good picture of each team with a variety of questions. I want to take this opportunity to thank our first four panelist; Covering Purdue and a great video guy that you can catch here exclusively to tBBC at times, WCBI TV’s own Robby Donoho and his latest video ; covering Spartan Nation is one of the best in that state up north in Hondo Carpenter; taking care of the Hoosiers for us … [Read More]

BBN Tournament LiveBlog: B1G Tourney Finals and NCAA Selection Show

Eric — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 18:17:04 +0000

Ohio State and Michigan State meet today at 3:30 PM EST on CBS for the Big Ten Tournament Championship Game! First seeded Michigan State defeated the Wisconsin Badgers to earn their way into the final game.

After the Buckeyes and Spartans play, we will continue to run the liveblog until and through the NCAA Selection Show! So stick around and share your thoughts about the bracket with us!

While you wait for the game, go check out our friends in the Buckeye Bloggers Network! the Buckeye Blog, OSU Silver Bullet, Buckeye House Call, Our Honor Defend, and Men of the Scarlet and Gray. Fox Sports Ohio also joins us as usual.

Go Bucks!

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Pregame Glance: B1G Tourney Final vs. Michigan State

Eric — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 04:37:50 +0000

Only two teams remain in the season-ending tournament of the toughest conference in the country. The Ohio State Buckeyes, fresh off a strong victory over the Michigan Wolverines, are set to do battle with the Michigan State Spartans for the second time in a week. Again, much like the previous duel, championship implications ride on the result, making the game significantly more important than it already would have been.

Overall, the Spartans have only participated in two Tournament Championship games in the 15 years the tournament has run. Michigan State last played for the championship in 2000 where they defeated the 4th seeded Fighting Illini 76-61. They also won in 1999 over the 11th seeded Illini 67-50. When the Spartans make it to the final game, they certainly make the most of the opportunity.

The Buckeyes are only the third team holding the number three seed to make it … [Read More]

BBN Basketball LiveBlog: Michigan State II

Eric — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 18:11:12 +0000

The Buckeyes and Spartans meet up at 4:00 PM EST on CBS today to play for either a share (for the Buckeyes) or an outright claim (for the Spartans) of the Big Ten Regular Season Championship!

While you wait, go checkout our friends in the Buckeye Bloggers Network! the Buckeye Blog, OSU Silver Bullet, Buckeye House Call, Our Honor Defend, and Men of the Scarlet and Gray. Fox Sports Ohio also joins us as usual. The liveblog will kickoff at 3:30 PM EST.

Go Bucks! Let’s win that ol’ conference now!

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Pregame Glance:MSU Spartans Part II

WVaBuckeye — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 17:00:31 +0000

The 11^th ranked Buckeyes (23-6, 11-5) travel to East Lansing to take on the 5^th ranked Spartans (24-6, 13-4).When the Buckeyes hosted Sparty on February 11^th they were sporting the second longest home winning streak at 39. That went to the wayside as B1G POY contender Draymond Green and his partner in crime Adreian Payne effectively stopped it cold. Let’s take a good look at the Spartans, their program and this match-up.

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School:	Michigan State University
Location:	East Lansing,Michigan
Founded:	1855 – The FIRST agricultural College in theU.S. Originally called the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan
Student Population:	47,800 8^th largest university in the country
School Type:	Public
Division:	NCAA
Conference:	Big Ten
Stadium:	Breslin Center
Seating:	14,759
Built:	1989
Head Coach:	Tom Izzo –Northern Michigan1977
Experience & Accomplishments	17^th Year – 407 wins and 167 losses .4 National COY awards, 6 Final

Basketball LiveBlog: Michigan State

Eric — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 20:00:44 +0000

The Buckeyes and Spartans are butting heads today for the first of two matchups that will likely decide the B1G Championship! ESPN is airing the game today, which is set to tip at 6:00 PM EST in Value City Arena.

While you wait, go checkout our Buckeye Blogger Network friends! the Buckeye Blog, OSU Silver Bullet, Buckeye House Call, Our Honor Defend, Men of the Scarlet and Gray, and Fox Sports Ohio. They will all be joining us at 8:30 PM for the start of our liveblog.

If you’re looking for web-video for the game, try First Row Sports (warning: pop-up ads). Click the basketball tab, and you shouldn’t have any trouble finding the right game.

Go Bucks!

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