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That entire section was wrong when I posted it!

Spoiler alert for when you start watching at 7

Update I forgot to mention Duane Washtington. Oh well.

Ohio St 75 - Nebraska 61

Nebraska Cornhuskers (7-9) at #21 Ohio St Buckeyes (11-5) Date: Tuesday Jan 14th, 2020 Time: 5:30 p.m. Arena: Value City Arena (19,049, 9th largest in D-I) Broadcast: FS1 Ohio State Info Head Coach: Chris Holtmann Location: Columbus, OH Conference: B1G Nickname: Buckeyes Mascot: Brutus Buckeye B1G: 1-4 Typical Rotation Depth: 9-10 Line: Ohio St by 17.5 KenPom rank: 7 Home court advantage: 3.8 (49th in D-I) Offensive Style: Shooting 3s Defensive Style: Giving you little in the paint Players to watch: Kaleb Wesson The 6'9" 270# dominant Junior center has gotten himself into better shape which means he's playing at a high level for longer in games. The rebounding monster is also shooting 42% from 3. The Huskers will have to guard him all over on the court. K. Wesson is foul prone. Roster points PG SG SF PF C Pct 1 13 CJ Walker 6-1 195 Jr 1 Luther Muhammad 6-3 185 So 24 Andre Wesson 6-6 220 Sr 25 Kyle Young 6-8 205 Jr 34 Kaleb Wesson 6-9 270 Jr 7.7 Ohio St's lineup has been in flux because of injuries. Kyle Young had an appendectomy and Duane Washington had a rib injury. Both players are now back. Walker transferred from from Florida St. He's pass first on this team but is losing time to DJ Carton due to an inconsistent shot. Will generate steals with his quickness With Wesson capable of shooting outside, Kyle Young can flourish driving to the rim. A superior rebounder who is shooting 67.8% from 2. Andre Wesson is also a great 3pt shooter and has played well in conference. Muhammad is a defense first shooting guard Frosh guard DJ Carton is shooting 40% from 3 and might get the start tonight. Like Walker he's also been turnover prone. EJ Liddell is 6'6" and functions as backup at forward. The Skinny: Ohio St comes into this game on a 4 game losing streak because of their lack of offense. The Buckeyes are struggling with shooting and turnovers so Nebraska bringing intensity could keep them in a lull. The pack type defenses won't work as well against this 3pt shooting team so look for more of a switching defense tonight with Kaleb Wesson getting an immediate double team from somewhere when on the floor. The Buckeyes have a few guys that you can play off of. Offensive rebounding will be key as Ohio St will certainly be hunting for offensive boards to augment their offense. Defensively though, tOSU has been tough and currently hold the #9 defense in KenPom. The Huskers will need to spam some points off of turnovers and a few off breaks but otherwise will need to hit 3s against this defense oriented team. Look for OSU to control the pace tonight. Prediction: Ohio St 75 - Nebraska 61 View full article

Oh boy..that's why he transferred https://www.stltoday.com/sports/college/mizzou/mizzou-suspends-freshman-mario-mckinney-indefinitely/article_5604c95a-288b-5a08-93a2-4acef75133ba.html

Doesn't hurt that his lead recruiter was probably Gates

Would be surprising to see KC or YO move after this year given their playing time this year.

He's certainly not going to Evansville for the stability. Head coach Walter McCarthy has been under Title IX investigation since Dec 27th. That place is a mess right now.

re: poor defense Best case scenario here is that we're switching and we lost Miller Kopp, their best shooter, on the switches. This was part of Cheatham's bad day.

Cheatham had 10 of our 62 points but was playing so poorly there we pulled him for Kavas at the end...one of the more disappointing parts of this game.

We're talking about a NW team that is about as good if not better than us this season playing at home.

ICYMI in the game thread, we were hosed on that no-call on the Burke attempt to tie the game

You can see Spencer's forearm ricochet off of Burke's elbow

Clearly hit

Pulling Cheatham for Kavas has been the right move

Don't think Kavas will have problems with this defense

Great jinx!

He seems spooked like he does when he misses a couple but he hasn't actually taken any today

Classic jinx

NW has scored 9 points this half. They very much want to let us back in this

Cheatham STRUGGLING today

The power of Thor