Ohio State at Iowa, Thursday, 7 PM, ESPNU

[LitlBuck]

The Buckeyes head to Iowa City in the hopes of maintaining their unblemished Big Ten record. In order to do that, it is my belief that they have to play with the same intensity they played when they visited Wisconsin in early December.

IOWA BREAKDOWN

* Full Iowa stats

The Hawkeyes had a five-game winning streak snapped on Tuesday night in a 75-68 loss to Michigan. Iowa is in the middle of a stretch in which it will play three games in six days ... Iowa lost both of its December Big Ten games at home against Penn State and at Indiana ... The Hawkeyes are No. 4 in the Big Ten in scoring offense (81.2 ppg) and No. 14 in the conference in scoring defense (72.p ppg). Iowa is top-five in the conference in 3-point percentage (5th, 37.5 percent); 3-pointers made per game (5th, 8.1); rebounding margin (5th, +6.6); assists per game (2nd, 19.5) and defensive rebounds per game (4th, 28.8) ... The Hawkeyes are also among the worst teams in the conference in free throw shooting (12th, 66.7 percent) and turnover margin (12th, -1.4) ... In eight home games, 6-foot-11 freshman forward Luka Garza is averaging 14.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 2.1 blocks. He's been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice this year ... Iowa is 8-0 when it scores 80 points or more ... Iowa is No. 82 overall in the KenPom ratings, No. 73 in adjusted offensive efficiency and No. 119 in adjusted defensive efficiency.

Ohio State basketball vs. Iowa preview: TV info, key players, stats, prediction

 

[buckeyemania11]

Iowa is not a good team.....if this team wants any chance to make the tourney, these are the types of games that they can't afford to lose.

 

[brodybuck21]

Go Bucks!!!!

 

[OHSportsFan]

Watching pieces of the Hawkeyes game against Michigan, Cook down low seemed to be their only real threat.

Fuck a Hawkeye, go Bucks

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

i will be dumbfounded if no point guard joins the 2018 class. ohio state ain't so bad that a decent floor general can't be attracted by the minutes guaranteed to be available to him as a freshman.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

good flop.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

cook out. jackson out. i'd call that a wash.

 

[Jake]

Silly reach in foul by Jackson to pick up his 2nd with 14 minutes left in the half.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

kam needs to be heat-checked.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

kam should be touching the ball every possession.

 

[Jake]

Bucks got it cookin' a bit right now, playing good defense 23-13.

 

[buckeyemania11]

The constant "Addiction Network" Commercials on the Watch ESPN app are annoying as hell.

Andy Richter put it best



Good start to this game though.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

iowa player off-balance. falls over. foul on potter.

 

[buckeyemania11]

Kam is on fire

 

[dragurd]

iowa player off-balance. falls over. foul on potter.

Why I hate basketball. He was stuck Potter stood still so he takes a wild flailing shot that had no chance but since he flailed near someone he gets a foul call.