GT: #11 Ohio State at Nebraska - 6PM - BTN

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February 2, 2013

6:00PM CT - BTN (Announcers: Kevin Kugler, Jim Jackson)

Bob Devaney Sports Center (13,595) - Lincoln, NE

#11 Ohio State Buckeyes 16-4, 6-2 (Last: W 58-49 vs Wisconsin)

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Nebraska Cornhuskers 11-11, 2-7 (Last: L 84-65 vs Minnesota)

Previous 2012-13 Meeting

January 2, 2013: Ohio State 70 Nebraska 44

Big Ten Standings

#1 Michigan 7-1, 20-1

#3 Indiana 7-1, 19-2

#13 Michigan State 7-2, 18-4

#11 Ohio State 6-2, 16-4

Wisconsin 5-3, 14-7

#23 Minnesota 4-4, 16-5

Purdue 4-4, 11-10

Iowa 3-5, 14-7

Northwestern 3-6, 12-10

Illinois 2-7, 15-7

Nebraska 2-7, 11-11

Penn State 0-9, 8-13

Head Coaches

Ohio State Thad Matta (339-100, 237-69 at Ohio State)

Nebraska Tim Miles (294-230, 11-10 at Nebraska)

Injury Report

Ohio State

No injuries to report

Nebraska

G - Mike Petlz - Knee - Out for season

Scouting Ohio State

The Buckeyes brought back three starters from a team that won 31 games and shared the Big Ten regular-season title last year. OSU has won five of its last six games, including a win over now-No. 1 Michigan in Columbus on Jan. 13. Ohio State is tied for third in the Big Ten with a 6-2 record, one game behind co-leaders Indiana and Michigan. The Buckeyes are coming off a 58-49 win over Wisconsin on Tuesday night, as Deshaun Thomas led all players with 25 points on 10-of-17 shooting. Aaron Craft had 13 points and seven rebounds, as OSU held the Badgers to 36.5 percent shooting.

As a team, The Buckeyes are fifth in the Big Ten in scoring offense at 72.2 points per game, but have been stout on defense, ranking second in the conference in scoring defense (57.3) and field goal defense (.379).

Ohio State features one of the nation's top players in Thomas, as the first-team preseason All-American leads the Big Ten in scoring at 20.3 ppg and is the only player averaging 20.0 points per game. In Big Ten play, he is up to 21.0 ppg, nearly three points higher than any other player. Lenzelle Smith Jr. joins Thomas in double figures, as he averages 10.0 ppg. The Buckeyes also have two of the nation's top point guards in junior Aaron Craft (9.0 ppg, 4.6 apg, 2.0 spg) and Shannon Scott (5.5 ppg, 4.2 apg, 1.8 spg), as both guards rank among the top five in the Big Ten in both assists and steals.

 
Great article in S.I. Jan 28th edition on OSU guard Craft's approach to defense (B1G defender of the year) and how much effort he puts into knowing his man's moves, fighting through screens, etc. On a metric invented by a S.I writer (the turnometer), he causes a turnover on almost 7% of opponents possessions. (steal, charge, moving screen, trapped in the corner or sideline, etc.)

It will be interesting to see how Talley (who has a propensity to pick up his dribble anyway) gets stymied by Craft. Or, will he be assigned to hound Ray because of the game he just had?

With our sluggish offense, we certainly can't afford to give away many possessions.

 
February is usually the month we pull a win we have no business getting out of nowhere. I don't think this will be it, but who knows.

 
Played terrible to the first media timeout. Much better to the second timeout. Hopefully we can break that pattern.

14-12 OSU

 
Haven't watched many games but I did not realize how quick Parker was with the ball. Kind of reminds me of a poor mans Ty Lawson

 
The defense is really playing a lot well today comparing to ealrier in the year. Really like what i'm seeing from Almeida, he is actually using his body well tonight.

 
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