Ohio State vs. Minnesota @ MSG, Saturday, 12 PM, BTN

[brodybuck21]

Ohio State plays Minnesota this Saturday at Madison Square Garden tipping off at high noon on BTN. Im guessing we will see full court press most of the game from the gophers

 

[LitlBuck]

Might see a zone defense from these guys as well besides the full-court pressure. Another aspect of this game to watch is the physicality of the little twerps from gopherland. If we thought the boys from Rutgers were physical, we really need to put on our big boy pants for these losers.

 

[nomatta]

I think Minny wins this game back when they had Coffey and Lynch, as those guys help them do what they want to do on D (lots of length to press and trap with a legit rim protector inside), and would make life pretty miserable for our Buckeyes as we're not really equipped to handle that type of D. Coffey and Lynch were also good scorers and rebounders.

Mason will be the best guard on the court and Murphy is one of the few combo forwards in the league that can hang with KBD, but at the end of the day I think we will prevail. It will be tough, though. Both teams will be tired but especially Minny since they play at Maryland tonight. Let's see who comes in with the better plan and execution.

 

[Steve19]

Luke Witte. Fred Taylor.

To hell with Minnesota basketball forever.

 

[starBUCKS]

I think I missed it, why are they playing at MSG?

 

[Buckeye513]

I think I missed it, why are they playing at MSG?

Wondered that myself.

On Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, Madison Square Garden will host an incredible day of Big Ten action. In the third annual Big Ten “Super Saturday – College Hoops & Hockey” doubleheader, Ohio State and Minnesota will tip off on the hardwood, while Minnesota and Michigan State face off in hockey!

The basketball teams will start the day off with a noon tip, and the hockey teams will continue the excitement by facing off at 8 p.m.

 

[OhioState001]

The thing I don't understand is, if they are going to do a double header with a hockey game why didn't they do OSU vs. Minn in hockey too?

 

[DZ83CK]

The thing I don't understand is, if they are going to do a double header with a hockey game why didn't they do OSU vs. Minn in hockey too?

Haven't researched it but my guess is one school had to lose a conference home game to play there, and having that school being the only one involved in both ends of the double dip may attract more of their fans proportionally. At least that is the logic I am attaching to it.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Luke Witte. Fred Taylor.

To hell with Minnesota basketball forever.

And FUCK Dave Winfield, Bob Nix, Corky Taylor, Ron Behagen, Clyde Turner, Jim Brewer, and Bill Musselman.

 

[OSU_Buckguy]

let no one ever forget.

 

[OHSportsFan]

A nooner at MSG doesn’t sound like much of an atmosphere one way or the other. Buckeyes are the better team and better-coached team, but the Gophers can play high pressure. Could be a weird one.

 

[nomatta]

Assuming the team stayed out east/NYC after Rutgers?

Huh? We played at Northwestern after Rutgers.

After this game Saturday we head back home for a game against a surging Nebraska team on Monday.

Incredibly tricky stretch of lots of travel and short turn-arounds.

 

[OHSportsFan]

Huh? We played at Northwestern after Rutgers.

After this game Saturday we head back home for a game against a surging Nebraska team on Monday.

Incredibly tricky stretch of lots of travel and short turn-arounds.

Wow. Friday morning brain dead.

 

[ScriptOhio]

 

[ORD_Buckeye]

The thing I don't understand is, if they are going to do a double header with a hockey game why didn't they do OSU vs. Minn in hockey too?

I'm guessing to get four alumni groups involved rather than two.