That is how you play Big Ten basketball. With the Selection show coming up here soon, people will be glued to their TV sets as everyone wants to see who goes where, and with what seed. The Golden Gophers started out well, as in the first half they stayed with the Buckeyes, always within 2 or 3. The Buckeyes were led by Evan Turner, but also David Lighty stepped up and had 3 or 4 straight three's. Minnesota will still be looking for the NCAA tourny, but Ohio State is looking for a 1 seed, but Duke and Syracuse are favored for it. This was a big win for the Buckeyes, as the Football, Basketball, and Women's basketball teams won the Big Ten Championship. It's a great time to be a Buckeye, and now we will wait to hear where everyone is going. Jon Diebler and William Buford both topped double digits with 19 and 13 respectively.
Buford throws the hammer down.
The Buckeyes as a team shot 58.6% (34-58) from the floor and 57.1% (12-21) from three in route to the massacre. The Bucks also out-rebounded the Gophers 18-7 in the second half, completely shutting down the 2nd chance buckets for Minnesota through the end of the game. Evan Turner also had a double double, and played outstanding. The Buckeyes managed to play Kecman, PJ Hill, Jeremie Simmons and Zisis Sarikopoulos for the last minute and a half to give them some floor time during the championship. The Buckeyes next find themselves in the NCAA Tournament with what will very likely be a 2 seed. Those games start on Thursday, March 18th at Noon on CBS. Go Bucks!
Finally, this is your last chance to sign up for the Bracket Challenge on ESPN. The link is http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=10767&entryID=153062
Go there, sign up, and the password is insidetheshoe. If you win, you get a free item of your choice from the ITS shop. Finally, congrats to everyone on the wins in the Big Ten Tourny for the GPC. Here are the standings as of now.
Writer - Ian: 10-3 - 1st
Writer - Chris: 2-0 - 5th
Reader - Ken: 9-3 - 2nd
Reader - Doug: 1-0 - 6th - tied
Reader - Sebastian: 8-2 - 3rd
Reader - Eric: 5-4 - 4th
Reader - Todd: 1-0 - 6th - tied
Reader - T. Reigle: 0-0 - 7th
The Bracket challenge will shoot these records wayyy up, and we wish everyone luck.
Finally, this is your last chance to sign up for the Bracket Challenge on ESPN. The link is http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=10767&entryID=153062
Go there, sign up, and the password is insidetheshoe. If you win, you get a free item of your choice from the ITS shop. Finally, congrats to everyone on the wins in the Big Ten Tourny for the GPC. Here are the standings as of now.
Writer - Ian: 10-3 - 1st
Writer - Chris: 2-0 - 5th
Reader - Ken: 9-3 - 2nd
Reader - Doug: 1-0 - 6th - tied
Reader - Sebastian: 8-2 - 3rd
Reader - Eric: 5-4 - 4th
Reader - Todd: 1-0 - 6th - tied
Reader - T. Reigle: 0-0 - 7th
The Bracket challenge will shoot these records wayyy up, and we wish everyone luck.
