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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Join us and The Buckeye Blog, Buckeye Empire, Men of the Scarlet and Gray, and Buckeye Ninja as we cheer on the Buckeyes in tournament time!

A bit late getting to this today due to “St. Patrick’s Day” festivities (that’s what we’re going with).

Go Bucks!

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#1 Indiana versus #4 Wisconsin

The first ten minutes of the first half has been back and forth with neither team wanting to pull ahead.  However, back to back three pointers by Indiana’s Watford and Abell helped pushed the Hoosiers to a 5 point at the under 8 media timeout.  But the Badgers refused to back down thanks to the efforts of Ryan Evans on the offensive boards and key three point shots by Ben Brust and Mike Bruesewitz that put them ahead 26-22 at the final media timeout of the first half.  Wisconsin was able to sustain a late flurry by Indiana to hold a 34-31 lead at halftime.  Evans leads all scores at the half with 10 while Indiana’s Watord and Oladipo both have 8.

 The first ten minutes of the second half were nothing but a game of runs.  Wisconsin opened the half with a 6-0 run … [Read More]

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]

After shooting 3/3 from the floor to start the game at the Kohl Center, Wisconsin took over defensively, offensively and in every single facet of the game.

After an 18-0 run was silenced by a Deshaun Thomas jumper in the first half, the Buckeyes were down 24-8 and dumb founded.

The Badgers responded like the did all night. With an answer. The cheese state phenom Sam Dekker nailed a three pointer to silence any Buckeye fan with hope in the first half with just 3:46 to play in the opening frame.

The Buckeyes would head into the locker room lacking any defensive effort minus Aaron Craft, a shooting percentage under 25% and their best scorer starting out 1/7 from the floor.

Thomas would start the second half ⅚ from the field, but Ohio State’s woes on the defensive side of the floor would continue.

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Join us and The Buckeye Blog, Buckeye Empire, Men of the Scarlet and Gray, and Buckeye Ninja as we help our good friend Bo Ryan learn to Deal With It.

Today’s game is scheduled for 1 PM EST on the CBS. The LiveBlog is scheduled to start 15 minutes before tip.

Go Bucks!

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The 14th ranked Ohio State Buckeyes host the unranked, but always tough, Wisconsin Badgers Tuesday. At 5-2, both teams are tied for 4th in the conference a half game behind MSU and a full game behind Indiana and Michigan.

I’ll pull together a few stats, with commentary, and then on to Bryce Jordan Center. Information will be culled from the excellent site at Statsheet. You’re familiar with the drill by now.

Wisconsin

The Badgers (15-6, 5-2) are not an exciting team to watch, just maddeningly efficient. They plod along with the relatively few … [Read More]

Ohio State got off to a good start, scoring the first seven points of the game on the way to taking an early 10-2 lead.  Wisconsin quickly responded though, scoring 9 straight points, helped in part by a pair of costly Buckeye fouls, to take an 11-10 lead about eight minutes into the game.  After exchanging a few baskets … [Read More]