Sweet Sixteen Countdown
Friday, March 25th, 2011Get pumped up!
(Thanks as always to MannyCincy)
So I mentioned earlier this week that I had some big news to announce concerning the Final Four. This is it. Buick (the official NCAA partner of Human Achievement) is choosing fan sites of teams with a chance to make it to the Final For and offering them two tickets to the Final Four if their team of choice makes it.
This is just the kind of data people like me find interesting. It doesn’t really mean anything, but still…
Among the BCS conferences:
Conference: Teams remaining in NCAA tournament/teams originally in tournament (percentage); Total wins – wins/team
ACC: 3/4 - 75%; 7 total wins – 1.75 wins/team
SEC: 2/5 – 40%; 4 total wins – 0.8 wins/team
Big Ten: 2/7 – 28.6%; 7 total wins – 1 win/team
Pac 10: 1/4 – 25%; 4 total wins – 1 win/team
Big XII: 1/5 – 20%; 4 total wins – 0.8 wins/team
Big East: 2/11 – 18.2%; 9 total wins – 0.65 wins/team
So at least the ACC has basketball going for it.
Normally we’d direct you over to The BBC who has been graciously hosting these chats for like ever, but for a game of this magnitude we figured we could keep things “in-house” on this Championship Afternoon.
B1G Conference Championship
Also, feel free to use this as an open thread for any comments on the announcement of the NCAA Tournament brackets.
Ohio State beat Michigan at sports. Again.
With today’s 68-61 victory over the bad guys, the Buckeyes moved to 35-5 against the Wolverines in the top three sports (Football, Men’s Basketball and Women’s Basketball) under current coaches. Even if you’re one of those people who want Michigan to be good for the sake of the rivalry, you’ve got to admit that’s pretty awesome.
One year ago today, arch-rivals Ohio State and Michigan met in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament. With 2.2 seconds left to play, the Wolverines’ Manny Harris hit a jumper to take a 68-66 lead, securing the upset for 8-seeded Michigan over the Big Ten’s top team.
North By Northwestern
It was so suspenseful, I’m pretty sure I saw Alfred Hitchcock stroll nonchalantly past the Buckeyes bench at one point. Ohio State’s second game against the Wildcats looked frighteningly like its first. First things first, hats off to Northwestern for controlling the tempo so masterfully.
In the inaugural contest of the 2011 Big Ten Tournament, the Wildcats pulled away and secured a 75-65 victory, despite the Gophers keeping pace for the majority of the game. Northwestern’s Michael Thompson set a new Big Ten Tournament record with 35 points hitting 11-26 from the floor and all eight of his free throws.
I made this little video in honor of Threebler’s fantastic outing at “Happy” Valley. Enjoy!
2/20/2011 (3) Ohio St 63, (11) Purdue 76 (25-2, 13-2 Big Ten)
2/22/2011 (3) Ohio St 89, Illinois 70 (26-2, 13-2 Big Ten)
Regression to the mean There are times when you take, full force, a Daisy Cutter of a performance by an opposing player right to the face.
Another week of Buckeye Basketball and another week I’m racing to get it out before the next game and the next “week” starts. I don’t want to fall behind again.
This week was kind of a downer, what with the Buckeyes losing to Wisconsin Saturday afternoon.
We missed last week’s wrap-up, so were covering two week’s worth of exciting Ohio State basketball. 24-0 baby!
First, let’s take a break to consider how cool college athletes can be. Jared Sullinger is one of the most recognizable college basketball players and is currently living quite the charmed freshman life.