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That’s just the way it is Bulldogs, Buckeyes Win 90-72

Eric — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:01:23 +0000

Keith Hornsby led the UNC Asheville Bulldogs into Columbus but wasn’t able to do enough to keep the Buckeyes from running away with this one by a score of 90-72. Hornsby was an unstoppable shooting machine today, hitting a ridiculous 9-12 from the floor, 6-8 from three, for 26 points to go with 4 rebounds. That’s an incredible game from the young guard. He was joined in double digits by Jeremy Atkinson (11), and Will Weeks (10). The Buckeyes saw four players break double digits including: Sam Thompson (18), DeShaun Thomas (17), Lenzelle Smith (16), and Evan Ravenel (12).

Not surprisingly, the Buckeyes also ran away with the Bruce Hornsby puns – Keith Hornsby is the son of the famous grammy winning artist. That leads us to the musical selection for this recap.

No, seriously. Do yourself a favor and read through the LiveBlog transcript. The puns are gloriously horrible.… [Read More]

BBN Basketball LiveBlog: UNC Asheville

Eric — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:19:57 +0000

UNC Asheville is in town tonight to take on the Ohio State Buckeyes

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 11:30 AM EST, with the Basketball game starting at Noon on the BTN.

Go Bucks!

Ohio State vs. UNC-Asheville – Shootyhoops live chat… [Read More]

Pregame Glance: UNC Asheville

Eric — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:10:20 +0000

Ohio State welcomes the next pre-conference foe – the UNC Asheville Bulldogs. The Buckeyes and Bulldogs have not met since just about two years ago, when the Buckeyes sent UNCA packing with a 96-49 loss on December 21st, 2010. It might not be quite that easy again this time, though. Let’s take a look.

School:	University of North Carolina at Asheville
Location:	Asheville, North Carolina
Founded:	1927
Student Population:	3,609
School Type:	Public
Division:	NCAA Division 1
Conference:	Big South
Stadium:	Kimmel Arena
Seating:	3,200
Opened:	2011
Head Coach:	Ed Biedenbach
Experience	17th Year

Asheville is no stranger to surprising ranked teams on their home floor, so the Buckeyes could be in for a fight. On November 23rd, the Bulldogs nearly caught #16 NC State napping, eventually falling 82-80. Now, it’s important to point out that (now #25) NC State hasn’t lived up to their billing this season. They … [Read More]