Wednesday's Buckeye Bits

Good morning, Buckeye fans! 

We are one day away from the all-Ohio Sweet 16 matchup we all have been looking forward to since the Bearcats took down Florida State in the Round of 32. 

The winner of the Ohio State/Cincinnati game will take on the winner of the early game in Boston, No. 1 Syracuse vs. No. 4 Wisconsin.

Also playing tomorrow are Michigan State/Louisville (7:47 p.m. ET) and Marquette/Florida (10:17 p.m. ET).

Buckeyes, Bearcats unlikely to meet outside of tournament.  Ohio State and Cincinnati will have met just one time on the basketball court in the last 50 years, an Ohio State victory in the 2006 Wooden Classic, before squaring off in Boston Thursday night. 

Many fans of both teams have called for an in-season game between the two schools, but it remains highly doubtful that they will meet any time soon.

Buckeye Seniors Take Their Last Fall

When Brandon Knight let the ball go from his hands, with less than 10 seconds in the game, Buckeye fans shuddered with the possibility of a loss to our beloved Buckeyes. Aaron Craft would be guarding, so we knew we could trust him to try and make a play. So when Knight let the ball go, and the ball made that dreadful "swoosh" noise, we all knew, truly, that our season was done. 


Of course, when bad things like that happen, there is always that small glimmer of hope. So when we inbounded it with about 6 seconds left in the game, we all were thinking the same thing "Please let some Madness magic come to this team". Buford was 2 for 19 on the night. He ended up taking the shot that would careen off the rim, and be knocked away before anyone else could try and make a put-back.


Ohio State's Jon Diebler hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 60 with 21 seconds remaining, but rather than call timeout Kentucky coach John Calipari opted to trust his players.

Knight, who knocked down a winner in Kentucky's second-round victory over Princeton, drove to his right then hit a silky 15-foot jumper. Ohio State coach Thad Matta has called this team a special one capable of getting the program back to the Final Four for the first time since 2007. Yet it ended with the Buckeyes trudging off the floor in disbelief. Sullinger led Ohio State (34-3) with 21 points and 16 rebounds, but the Buckeyes fell in the regional semifinals for a second straight season. Sullinger said in the aftermath he expects to return for his sophomore year, if only to wash out the taste of a bitter end to an otherwise spectacular season.

"I'm definitely coming back next year," Sullinger said. "I need to work on a lot of things. I have to come back. I'm coming back to win."

To the Sweet 16 we go...

And so we go!! Great game by the Buckeyes, played exceptional as a team today!