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#15 Indiana 81, #18 Ohio State 79 (final)

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No Vegas odds out yet. The computers are mixed but generally make it out to be a very close game.

Jeff Sagarin (http://www.kiva.net/~jsagarin/sports/cbsend.htm) Indiana -1.5
Mike Greenfield's (http://teamrankings.com/ncb/ohspower.php3) Indiana -5.5
Ken Pomeroy (http://www.kenpom.com/rate.php) Ohio State -1.5

What to worry about. Last five games, Indiana has played just about the roughest schedule in college basketball and gone 5-0. They are the toughest team we have faced this year.


Away game, one of the most storied programs in basketball history, less than 25% chance of winning - looks like another win for the Buckeyes!
 
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Well now that football season is officially over it is time to concentrate solely on bball.

I think that if our outside game is half as what it was against PSU, we will be able to pull this one out. I know they have the inside presence, but if we keep the ball around the arc and hit our shots they are not going to be able to play both of them and match up and if they go zone, hopefully we can shoot them out of it. Also we need Dials to stay out of Foul trouble as he is going to be key in stopping the bigs on the other end.

I think it will be close and if we are hitting our shots, I think we pull it out.
 
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1/7/06

On short rest, OSU has tough test at Indiana

Saturday, January 07, 2006

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When the Big Ten was piecing together its men’s basketball schedule last summer, it encouraged schools to avoid playing their conference openers on Wednesday, the night most Big Ten teams play their midweek games.

The conference office told schools that no television coverage would be available that night because of college football’s championship game .

Ohio State was among three schools to move their home games to Thursday and keep them on local television.

Not long after the schedule was announced in August, CBS moved Ohio State’s second game of the season, at Indiana, from Sunday to today.

The network apparently was not concerned that it gave the No. 18-ranked Buckeyes (11-0) one day between their opener against Penn State and their game against the No. 16 Hoosiers (9-2).

OSU coach Thad Matta’s reaction when he found out about it?
"Oh, (bleep)," he said yesterday.

Even if it was not planned this way, though, the Buckeyes are not unprepared for going into Assembly Hall on short rest. Three times this season they have played twice in three days, and all three times they have won. They turned back Butler in overtime two days after their season opener, made quick work of Norfolk State two days after being tested at St. Joseph’s and barely had enough left to beat Belmont two days after the Norfolk State win.

"The toughest part is just being focused and having a mind-set," guard Ron Lewis said. "There’s no time right now to be tired. We’re not looking at that. We’ve got to stay focused and just get our rest when we can get it and just be ready to play. We’re not thinking about being tired."

The Buckeyes helped themselves Thursday by quickly disposing of Penn State, building a 58-29 halftime lead en route to a 104-69 victory. It allowed Matta, who has only 11 players on his roster, to sit his regulars almost half the game or more. Center Terence Dials, who has a load on his hands today in 268-pound Marco Killingsworth, played only 13 minutes.

"I’d have rather been in the game regardless of how bad we were beating them," Dials said. "But it’ll help me. Coach knew what he was doing getting me some rest."

Indiana has not played since Tuesday, when it beat Michigan at home.
The Hoosiers also were scheduled to open Wednesday but moved their game to Tuesday. All schools had that option, Big Ten associate commissioner Mark Rudner said.

But OSU spokesman Dan Wallenberg said "that option was not given to us as an alternative to playing on Wednesday."

It’s a moot point now. Now, the Buckeyes must summon not only the abilities they have shown but the intangibles that have been instrumental in their best start in 15 years. In wins against the four best opponents on their nonconference schedule — Virginia Tech, St. Joseph’s, Iowa State and LSU — they showed a mettle in winning close, competitive games they might have lost in recent years.

Indiana will be the first ranked team Ohio State has faced, and "top to bottom, they may be the most talented team in the Big Ten," Matta said.

Dials called the onset of the Big Ten schedule "the toughest test yet."
"That’s when you find out your true identity," he said. "You see who is the toughest team. That’s when it really counts."

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