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Silver Bullet Points Loves The Nightlife

MaliBuckeye — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:54:40 +0000

Welcome to Wednesday, the first of May… it’s officially grilling season (unless you live in California, where it’s always that time). Here’s today’s soundtrack; if you don’t know why, then… well… keep reading.

Buckeye 411

Is The Right Time- The ABC/ESPN/Disney schedule for college football came out on Monday, the the Buckeyes will get to show their stuff in prime time on at least three occasions this upcoming season: Against Wisconsin, at Northwestern, and again when Penn State comes to town. Some interesting history with those teams- Obviously, the Badgers and Buckeyes have loads of fun under the lights, and I think Jim Tressel is still trying to run up the score for the last night game in Evanston. The Lions were gracious hosts last year for a late game, certainly a payback for the darkness in the ‘Shoe back in 2008. While

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Duke Outlasts Ohio State 73-68

Eric — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:47:17 +0000

Participating in the ACC/B1G Challenge, the Buckeyes traveled for their first ever game at Cameron Indoor Stadium against the Duke Blue Devils. The result was the ultimate game of runs as Duke put together a long come-back in the second half to pick up the 73-68 win. DeShaun Thomas finished with only 16 points, his lowest scoring output of the season so far. He was joined in double digits by Lenzelle Smith and Aaron Craft with 11 a piece. Duke’s Mason Plumlee lead all scorers with 20 points and a ludicrous 17 rebounds, and was joined in the double digit club by Rasheed Sulaimon with 17, and Ryan Kelly with 15.

The Buckeyes dominated the first half, finishing with a 31-23 lead to go into intermission. That was made primarily possible by the total lack of scoring from Duke, caused at least in part by the excellent Buckeye defense in … [Read More]

BBN Basketball LiveBlog: Duke

Eric — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:30:14 +0000

The B1G went 4-2 in the B1G/ACC Challenge last night, and the B1G needs only to go 3-3 tonight for a win. Hopefully one of those wins comes for the Buckeyes as they take on the Duke Blue Devils

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”: Buckeye Ninja, Our Honor Defend, Men of the Scarlet and Gray, Buckeye Empire, Silver Bullet, The Buckeye Blog, Unscripted Ohio, and Fox Sports Ohio.

The Liveblog will tip around 9:00 PM EST, with the Basketball game starting at 9:30PM on ESPN.

Go Bucks!

Ohio State vs. Duke – Shootyhoops live chat… [Read More]

Buckeye Basketball Breakdown: Exhaustion

Eric — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:00:34 +0000

After the November 29th game against the Buckeyes, Duke Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski discussed the reasons he believed lead to his team losing the game.

“I thought Ohio State played a great game against us. They were a fresher team; I thought our team played tired. They are very athletic, together and they played with a great verve. Obviously they are deserving of the win, but they were a lot fresher than we were. We could never get into the ballgame.”

So Krzyzewski believes that his team was tired after their three games in as many days against Tennessee, Michigan, and Kansas last week in the Maui Invitational. That’s certainly possible considering the quality of the teams, the rate they played the games, and the chance of jet lag.

But is there any way we could tell for certain if they actually were suffering from exhaustion? You’re probably thinking I … [Read More]

Ohio State Dominates #4 Duke 85-63

Joe Dexter — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:44:27 +0000

If there was anyone in Buckeye Nation still questioning whether the Ohio State Buckeyes could compete with the top teams in the nation, tonight was a true testament to what Ohio State basketball is about when it’s clicking all cylinders. In tonight’s 85-63 win it became apparent that there is nobody as dynamic as the Ohio State Buckeyes when they are on their A game.

Whether it was scoring in the post, hitting the outside shot, or running the floor, The Buckeyes had it Tuesday night against the Duke Blue Devils. After starting the game on a 11-0 run, The Blue Devils fought back with a 13-2 tear of their own. It looked like we had one of the most competitive games of the season between these two teams.

Early in the first half though,tonight’s hosting team put on a clinic for NBA superstars Dwayne Wade and LeBron James in … [Read More]

Basketball LiveBlog: Duke

Eric — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:00:12 +0000

For tonight’s LiveBlog we have a special treat – the Duke Blue Devils themselves are gracing the court of the Value City Arena to take on our #2 ranked Buckeyes.

Chatting about it with us are our best buddies: Men of the Scarlet and Gray, Our Honor Defend, OSU Silver Bullet, Buckeye House Call, the Buckeye Blog, and Fox Sports Ohio.

Come say hello and watch your Buckeyes take on the Blue Devils with your favorite bloggers!

Go Bucks!

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Pregame Glance: Duke

Eric — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:57:09 +0000

The now #2 ranked Buckeyes get set to take on the #3 ranked Duke Blue Devils in Value City Arena for their part of the B1G/ACC Challenge. Let’s take a look at the Dookies!

School:	Duke University
Location:	Durham, North Carolina
Founded:	1838
Student Population:	14,248
School Type:	Private
Division:	NCAA DIV I
Conference:	Atlantic Coast (ACC)
Stadium:	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Seating:	9,314
Built:	1940
Head Coach:	Mike Krzyzewski
Year:	32nd

This is a rare treat for Buckeye fans. It is not often that a team as historically excellent as the Duke Blue Devils has graced the basketball court in Columbus, and you know for a fact that it will be a raucous crowd. It also finally brings in a top ranked team to build excitement for the basketball program, something that fans have been clamoring about for a long time.

Mike Krzyzewski has to be one of the single … [Read More]

Branding basketball and the selection of coaches

Jay — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 10:00:51 +0000

As the NCAA Tournament and the 2010-11 college basketball season wound down these past few days (and boy did it wind down last night), the annual movement of coaches among the college ranks started to pick up. Teams are scrambling to fill vacancies with the best talent on the market, and while some coaches have indicated an intent to stay put despite recent attention (see Shaka Smart), others seem to have entertained the possibility of moving elsewhere (see Matt Painter). Then there are those coaches who have already put pen to paper and signed on the dotted line, thus sealing their future (at least for the next few years) as the new head coach for a program.

One such coach is Archie Miller, who just signed on as the new head coach for the Dayton Flyers. The Flyers’ former coach, Brian Gregory, made the decision to leave for Georgia Tech, … [Read More]