IUFLA Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 (edited) When: Monday, February 21, 7 PM EST Where: Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohi0 TV: FS1 Record: 16-6 (9-4, 4th in Big Ten) Ohio State is coming off 2 straight wins (@Michigan and at home VS Minnesota). They had Rutgers beat a little over a week ago in Piscataway but frittered away an 8 point lead in the last 3:48. They also played Purdue tough in West Lafayette. They do have a game in between now and IU...At home vs Iowa on Saturday. Iowa likes track meets, so that may work in our favor. Here are the players' conference stats... We won the game in Bloomington for two reasons...TJD had a big game (27 points, 12 boards) and withering defense. We held a team that normally shoots 54% overall and 35% from 3 to 30% for both in the first game. We held Big 10 POY candidate EJ Liddell to 11 points (9 points below his conference average). The only other player in double figures for the Buckeyes was freshman Malaki Branham with 11... The Bucks have been without part time starter guard Meechie Johnson (leg injury), and sharpshooter Justin Ahrens has struggled shooting 15-56 from 3 (27%) over his last 13 games. Eugene Brown has been in the starting lineup the last 2 games for Ahrens.(Brown, Branham, Key, Liddell, and Wheeler have been their starters the last 2). We have to have another strong effort on Liddell. Race did a great job on him last time. We were physical and played decently on the offensive end (41% overall, and only 2 3s, but 83% from the line) and out boarded the Buckeyes by 8 and forced 15 turnovers while only committing 9. Along with Trayce, Galloway had a big game with 9 points and providing a huge spark off of the bench. They are 11-0 at Value City arena this year... Edited February 17, 2022 by IUFLA 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyhoosier29 Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 OSU 69 IU 54 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 On the positive side,, between Race and Geronimo we match up really well with Liddell. Otherwise, the team will really need to focus and play much better then we have been. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parakeet Jones Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Might as well go win it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobSaccamanno Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 (edited) It's not against the law to win a road game against a good team. It's the same court. Go out and play with mental and physical toughness. I think we can all see that we lack talent with upside after a few players. We also have some quality role players. But we have significant holes and not a lot of synergy with what we have. The last five minutes against Wisconsin tell you exactly what ails this team. It wasn't a fluke; it wasn't an underachievement; it's what this roster is. Our recruiting the next couple of months is critical because we aren't there yet with what we have coming in, and we might have some key departures. Edited February 17, 2022 by BobSaccamanno 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, BGleas said: On the positive side,, between Race and Geronimo we match up really well with Liddell. Otherwise, the team will really need to focus and play much better then we have been. We match up well with Zed Key too...They really don't have much length inside... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BGleas Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, IUFLA said: We match up well with Zed Key too...They really don't have much length inside... Agree. Though I think their freshmen wing has an advantage against us. Bottom line it will come down to our defensive intensity, taking care of the ball, and which team can hit open shots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Just now, BGleas said: Agree. Though I think their freshmen wing has an advantage against us. Bottom line it will come down to our defensive intensity, taking care of the ball, and which team can hit open shots. Branham is going to be a star in our league if he hangs around long enough...I think Trey matches up with him though...Johnson being out hurts them a little in their backcourt depth but Cedric Russell has been better of late, and Jimmy Sotos has his moments...I think Sotos is one of the better passers on the team...but he's not a good shooter and a liability on defense... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 I don't feel good about this one. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxnJxn Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 I'm hoping we catch them at a good time - in between a quick turnaround from a Saturday game against Iowa, and a big matchup with Illinois next Thursday. Not the best of situations when you're crossing your fingers on something like that, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, AxnJxn said: I'm hoping we catch them at a good time - in between a quick turnaround from a Saturday game against Iowa, and a big matchup with Illinois next Thursday. Not the best of situations when you're crossing your fingers on something like that, though. "Trap Game" for the 'Nuts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierDPU95 Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 I don't see how this team (I don't care how we match up on paper or what we did to them when they came to AH) walks away with anything other than a 15pt loss. OSU hasn't lost a home game all year, we are a mental mess, and it's still February the last time I checked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IowaHoosierFan Posted February 17, 2022 Report Share Posted February 17, 2022 Does anyone know our record over the last decade when we don't play for more than 5 days? I feel like we never play well when we're well rested. Oh i think we're going to be getting the best of the buckeyes. They are at home, in the final stretch, and probably remember what we did to them in AH. If they play tough and mean, we will wither and fade away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Bawls Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Freakin MONDAY????!!! We gotta wait til Monday!?!?...ugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach1K Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 The night of my birthday so please win. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCHoosier32 Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 this is a L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotIThatLives Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 16 minutes ago, NCHoosier32 said: this is a L 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jefftheref Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Ohio State 86 Indiana 57 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 13 hours ago, Coach1K said: The night of my birthday so please win. The night before mine. Happy early birthday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 13 hours ago, NotIThatLives said: Ayden begged and begged for us to take him to see Metallica in Vegas, he does not hear no very often but this time he did. Hoping to go see them maybe in Boston end of May Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaloisGroupe Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 19 hours ago, BobSaccamanno said: It's not against the law to win a road game against a good team. ... Are you sure about this? That does not sound correct. 2 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Just now, GaloisGroupe said: Are you sure about this? That does not sound correct. Maybe it's not against the law but very high frowned upon for our Program. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud2BAHoosier Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 13 hours ago, Coach1K said: The night of my birthday so please win. The eve before mine, so yeah, let's win this thing!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted February 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 I don't think there's any way we get beat by double figures here, if at all... We match up too well with OSU...Race on Liddell was a killer to them last time...Liddell is a great player, but he's made to order for Race...Zed Key is a poor man's Trevion Williams, but last time out he was no match for TJD on either end...And we know what happened when they brought Brunk in... XJ seems to have regressed after the Illinois game where Trent Frazier lit him up and then the suspension...We get a good game from him and I think we'll be in this all the way... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13th&Jackson Posted February 18, 2022 Report Share Posted February 18, 2022 Ahrens has been in a major shooting slump that I expect will end Monday 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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