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#5 Ohio State 93, #10 Florida 75 (Final)

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Best Buckeye;1812153; said:
The first game with some competition for the new Buckeyes. The game is slated for 6pm est on espn

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:io: Been waiting for this game for quite awhile now. Hopefully Thad played a tape of the last time we played Florida in the regular season as the bucks got blown up. Lighty should remember that though!

This is their only real competition for the next few weeks so a win tomorrow would be awesome!!! Go Bucks!!!
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1812157; said:
I wonder how many times those swamp jacks will chant "Just like football" or "S-E-C!" when they score a bucket...
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I can't blame them; our fans would be just as merciless if our teams beat UF for 2 major championships.


Hopefully our boys win... I have a bet on the line w/ the UF alum g/f. For now all I have is the men's tennis team knocked UF out of the NCAA tournament last year.
 
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kentuckbuck;1812176; said:
:io: Been waiting for this game for quite awhile now. Hopefully Thad played a tape of the last time we played Florida in the regular season as the bucks got blown up. Lighty should remember that though!

This is their only real competition for the next few weeks so a win tomorrow would be awesome!!! Go Bucks!!!
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http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200712220443
 
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Got my tickets and I'm amped for tonight. Living in Gainesville sucks enough as it is, but it's almost unbearable when they knock off the Bucks. Here's to hoping I'm the one running my mouth tomorrow at work. :biggrin:

Go Bucks!
 
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OSU men's basketball: Rookies to face veteran Gators | BuckeyXtra

Tuesday, November 16, 2010 02:53 AM
By Bob Baptist
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Four years ago, David Lighty wore the shoes six of his teammates will wear tonight.

He was a freshman in the O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Fla., where a record crowd of Gator-chomping Florida fans reveled in the defending NCAA men's basketball champions slicing Ohio State's fab freshmen into so much bait. The final was 86-60.

"I really didn't know what to expect going down there my first time," Lighty said. "I'd heard about it, and with them coming off a national championship and knowing the team that they had coming back, we knew they were good.

"But when you get down there, it's kind of unreal, the support that they have from all their fans."

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Men's hoops ready for Ohio State, physical challenge | GatorSports.com

By Kevin Brockway
Staff writer

Published: Monday, November 15, 2010 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 12:06 a.m.

With an all-senior starting frontline and more depth in the frontcourt, No. 9 Florida is more prepared than in previous seasons to handle a physical challenge.

Yet even with the added bulk, the Gators will have their hands full matching up with No. 4 Ohio State.

If Florida's frontline is the heavyweight heading into today's showdown at the O'Connell Center, then Ohio State is the super heavyweight. Led by 255-pound senior forward Dallas Lauderdale and 6-foot-9, 280-pound freshman Jared Sullinger, Ohio State out-rebounded North Carolina A&T 60-22 in its season-opening 102-61 win. The Buckeyes grabbed 30 offensive rebounds. Lauderdale had all of Ohio State's eight blocked shots.

"I think 30 offensive rebounds in a game is impressive regardless of who you are playing against," Florida coach Billy Donovan said. "They are a team that probably a year ago wasn't quite as good of a rebounding team and I think now they have the potential to be one of the best rebounding teams in the country with Sullinger and Lauderdale and (Deshaun) Thomas."

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Quick observations

Florida's center Macklin at 6'10" 240lbs has TWO rebounds in the one game Florida has played this season. TWO bounds and no blocks. In comparison Dallas has 13 rebounds and 8 blocks in one game this season. Heck Sibert had 4 bounds in the opening game. Hmmmm.....Im thinking there not a physical team at all.

Also their starting guard is 5'8". The other guard is 6'2". Our shortest starter is Buford at 6'5". If we can keep our handles bringing the ball up court we should be able to back these dudes down and have some great looks at the hoop.
 
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lord vegas;1812428; said:
Florida's center Macklin at 6'10" 240lbs has TWO rebounds in the one game Florida has played this season. TWO bounds and no blocks. In comparison Dallas has 13 rebounds and 8 blocks in one game this season. Heck Sibert had 4 bounds in the opening game. Hmmmm.....Im thinking there not a physical team at all.

Also their starting guard is 5'8". The other guard is 6'2". Our shortest starter is Buford at 6'5". If we can keep our handles bringing the ball up court we should be able to back these dudes down and have some great looks at the hoop.
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Good observation. The issue here is matching up with Kenny Boynton's quickness. When he gets to the basket, and he will try, our bigs will need to clean that shit up, and not get into foul trouble. I think were going to be good here, and be able to go 9 deep. If Craft doesnt score a point, but holds Boynton to 16-18 pts., we'll win!
 
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