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Roundball Preview & Game Thread: #3 Ohio State vs. #11 Michigan State

Date: Time: Venue: Location: February 11 7:00 PM ET Value City Arena Columbus, Ohio Overall Record: 21-3 Overall Record: 19-5 Big Ten Record: 9-2 Big Ten Record: 8-3 RPI: 5 RPI: 7 Strength of Schedule: 38 Strength of Schedule: 6 Home: 16-0 Home: 15-0 Away: 4-3 Away: 4-3 Against Top 25: 5-2 Against Top 25: 4-3 ...
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Buckeyes looking for some separation from Spartans

GOING AGAINST THE GREEN: Jared Sullinger #0 of the third-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes looks to do some damage against No. 11 Michigan State, Saturday night. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images) Third-ranked Ohio State hosts No. 11 Michigan State at Value City Arena in Columbus, Saturday night. Tip-off at Value City Arena is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET, and the game will be televised...
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Buford, Buckeyes simmer down Boilers

Were the Buckeyes looking ahead to Saturday’s conference showdown against Michigan State? Apparently so. William Buford scored 21 of his career-high 29 points in the second half that included a key stretch of three-straight buckets with less than five minutes to go as No. 3 Ohio State outdueled Purdue,...
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Roundball Preview: No. 3 Ohio State vs. Purdue

Leading the Big Ten by one game over Michigan State, No. 3 Ohio State hosts Purdue on Tuesday night. Tip-off at Value City Arena is scheduled for 9:06 p.m. ET, and the game will be televised on ESPN. The Buckeyes are coming off of a 58-52 win at then-No....
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Buckeyes secure lead in Big Ten with win in Madison

Jared Sullinger scored 24 points with 10 rebounds as No. 3 Ohio State maintained their slim lead atop the Big Ten Conference standings with a 58-52 over No. 19 Wisconsin at the Kohl Center, Saturday afternoon. At 20-3 overall and 8-2 in league play, the Buckeyes are now one...
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Roundball Preview: No. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 19 Wisconsin

Third-ranked and Big Ten-leading Ohio State travels to Madison to take on No. 19 Wisconsin in a pivotal conference match-up, Saturday afternoon. Tip-off at the Kohl Center is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET, and the game will be televised on ESPN. The Badgers, winners of their last six games,...
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Meyer hauls in 25 on Signing Day

As expected, 17 high school seniors submitted their Letters of Intent to Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer on Wednesday morning to join the six student-athletes that have already enrolled for Winter Quarter for the class of 2012. But there were still a few surprises. Well, actually two...
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State’s top-rated player for 2013 picks Buckeyes

Jalin Marshall, one of the top-rated recruits in the nation and the top prospect from the state of Ohio, pledged his allegiance to Urban Meyer and Buckeye Nation on Monday. Marshall, who attends Middletown High School, led the Middies to a 10-2 overall record, a second place finish in...
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Reeves verbals to OSU, joins high school teammate

Armani Reeves, a four-star cornerback from Catholic Memorial, a prep school in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, pledged his allegiance to Buckeye Nation today. He will join high school teammate Camren Williams, a four-star outside linebacker, who verballed to Ohio State on Jan. 20. Reeves had originally committed to Penn State...
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No. 4 Buckeyes manhandle Michigan, claim first place

Four players scored in double figures led by Lenzelle Smith Jr.’s 17 points as No. 4 Ohio State defeated Michigan, 64-49, in front of a sellout crowd at Value City Arena, Sunday afternoon. With the win, the Buckeyes claim sole possession of first place in the Big Ten at...
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Roundball Preview: No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 20 Michigan

On Sunday afternoon, fourth-ranked Ohio State hosts No. 20 Michigan at Value City Arena with the winner securing sole possession of first place in the Big Ten. Tip-off is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET, and the game will be televised on your local CBS affiliate. The Wolverines, who are...
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Buckeyes easily tame Nittany Lions

Jared Sullinger scored 20 points and pulled down 13 rebounds in 27 minutes of action as fourth-ranked Ohio State had an easy time defeating Penn State, 78-54, in front of 16,907 fans at Value City Arena in Columbus, Wednesday night. The Buckeyes scored the game’s first eight points and...
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My final thoughts on Joe Paterno

On Saturday night when the rumors of Joe Paterno’s death were all over the internet, I made an inappropriate comment (joke) which I posted on Twitter. Here’s how I really feel: One of the many things legendary Penn State head coach Joe Paterno will be remembered for are the...
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Roundball Preview: No. 4 Ohio State vs. Penn State

Fourth-ranked Ohio State returns to the friendly confines of Value City Arena for the first of four home games in a span of five as the Buckeyes host Penn State, Wednesday night. Tip-off is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET, and the contest will be televised on BTN. The Nittany...
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Ohio State moves up in both polls

Ohio State moved up three spots to No. 3 in the USA Today/ESPN top 25 men’s college basketball poll, which is voted on by 31 head coaches from across America that was released earlier today. The Buckeyes big jump in the rankings was due to the fact that three...
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Buckeyes shuck Cornhuskers

Entering Saturday’s slate of games in the Big Ten, the home team was winning at an 85 percent clip during conference play. To win a league title, Ohio State has to become road warriors. Before the trip to Lincoln, the Buckeyes were just 1-2 in Big Ten contests away...
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Roundball Preview: No. 6 Ohio State vs. Nebraska

Sixth-ranked Ohio State travels to Lincoln for the first time since 1987 as the Buckeyes take on Nebraska, Saturday night. Tip-off at Bob Devaney Sports Center is scheduled for 8:00 p.m. ET, and the game will be televised on BTN. The Buckeyes had six days off since defeating the...
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The Urbanator reels in Williams, is Reeves next?

As reported yesterday here on BuckeyeBanter.com, following an unofficial visit with his mother to the Ohio State campus on Wednesday and Thursday, Camren Williams, a four-star outside linebacker from Catholic Memorial, a prep school in West Roxbury, Massachusetts, pledged his allegiance to Buckeye Nation today...
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Meyer: In pursuit and taking your recruits

Urban Meyer has only been the head football coach at Ohio State for 52 days, yet he’s making just about every other head coach across the country sweat, particularly in the Big Ten and in the Midwest. It’s pretty safe to assume that Meyer is not on Notre Dame...
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Meyer hits another home run with Perkins

Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer once played minor league baseball and it shows, because he definitely knows how to knock them out of the park. Granted, Meyer hit just one home run in 44 games over a span of two seasons as a utility infielder, most notably for...
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Meyer snags another offensive lineman

Joey O’Connor, an offensive lineman from Windsor High School in Windsor, Colorado, who originally committed to Penn State only to reopen his recruitment in November following the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, pledged his allegiance to Ohio State on Monday night after a weekend visit to Columbus. O’Connor, who...
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The Defense Rests

The big sports betting question heading into the NFL playoffs was whether or not pro football had been transformed into basketball on a field and if defense really mattered anymore. The best teams in football were not playing much, if any defense and experts were touting a new era...
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After .500 week, Buckeyes slip one spot in polls

After a road loss to unranked Illinois last Wednesday and a home win over No. 7 Indiana on Sunday, Thad Matta’s basketball Buckeyes slipped one spot in both the Associated Press and USA Today/ESPN top 25 college basketball polls that were released Monday afternoon. This week, Ohio State checks...
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Decker flips commit, chooses Ohio State instead

Offensive lineman Taylor Decker from Butler High School in Vandalia, Ohio, who originally committed to Notre Dame last March, flipped his verbal and pledged his allegiance to Ohio State and head coach Urban Meyer on Sunday after a weekend visit. Decker, who is listed at 6-foot-8, 313-pounds, is rated...
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Smith, Buckeyes crush Hoosiers

So far this season, Ohio State had three legitimate scoring threats in the starting five with senior guard William Buford, sophomore forwards Jared Sullinger and Deshaum Thomas, while sophomore point guard Aaron Craft’s role has been as a distributor. The fifth starter, sophomore guard Lenzelle Smith Jr., cracked the...
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