This game is going to be incredible! I can't wait!
I think we'll hand it to them, but we've got to hit our outside shots.
We also need to keep Trey Burke out of the lane. He's going to be coming back home to C-Bus for the first time and you know he's going to want to light it up in his first ever game against Sully and Spoon.
Trey's going to try to fill up the stat sheet while playing at home in front of his family. If Craft and Lenzelle can stay in front of him and force him to make tough decisions or settle for outside shots, we'll win going away.
Another x-factor for Michigan is Novak hitting 3's. He always seems to play well against us. Buford has to go over top of thr screens and stay in his face. I swear Novak's been there since before Lighty was at OSU.
Rejuvenation game for William Buford. He's starting to look more confident with his shot in the past 3 games. A few weeks back, he seemed to be short-arming his shot and not following through, especially on his mid-range shots, which is typically one if his best assets.
I think Buford scores 20 tomorrow.
Ultimately I think we will play good enough defense to win the game. The return trip in 3 weeks in Ann Arbor will be tough but this game is ours to lose....
Ohio State 76 | Michigan 66
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Last edited by PHATBUCK13; 01-27-2012 at 01:30 PM.
Men's Basketball
Former Teammates Sullinger, Burke Prepared for First Face-Off
By Ben Axelrod
COLUMBUS, Ohio — During a Wednesday teleconference, Michigan point guard Trey Burke said that he and Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger have played in a thousand games together over the course of their friendship.
If Burke’s estimate is correct, the 1,001st game featuring the friends of 11 years will be the first in different uniforms.
After playing together for three seasons at Columbus’ Northland High School, the past two Mr. Ohio Basketball’s will reunite on Sunday when Burke’s Wolverines head to Columbus to face Sullinger’s Buckeyes in a battle for first place in the Big Ten.
Sullinger said he’s kept in touch with Burke, who’s averaging 14.1 points and 5.0 assists per game as a freshman with Michigan, but Sunday’s match-up has yet to been brought up by either of the former Northland Vikings.
“We just talking basketball at this point,” Sullinger said.
“He’s really not saying nothing about this basketball game and I’m not saying nothing about this basketball game.”
Just because Burke—who’s received several ticket requests for Sunday’s game from friends and family—hasn’t said anything to Sullinger about his homecoming, that doesn’t mean he’s not thinking about it.
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