Big Ten Champions, Ranked 7th in the Nation, AND started the season unrated, what more can a Buckeye want? And to think, we have the best incoming class next year, I am feeling Final Four next year. Go Bucks! 1. Connecticut (30) 27-2 773 2 Last Week: Def. South Florida 66-53 (3/1), Def. Louisville 84-80 (3/4) This Week: No Games Scheduled Tickets 2. Villanova 24-3 733 4 Last Week: Def. St. John's 65-52 (3/1), Def. Syracuse 92-82 (3/5) This Week: No Games Scheduled Tickets 3. Duke 27-3 676 1 Last Week: Lost to Florida State 79-74 (3/1), Lost to No. 15 North Carolina 83-76 (3/4) This Week: No Games Scheduled Tickets 4. Gonzaga 26-3 665 5 Last Week: Def. San Francisco 75-72 (2/27), Def. San Diego 96-92 (3/5) This Week: Def. Loyola Marymnt 68-67 (3/6) Tickets 5. Memphis 27-3 661 3 Last Week: Lost to UAB 80-74 (3/2), Def. Houston 69-62 (3/4) This Week: No Games Scheduled Tickets 6. George Washington 26-1 613 6 Last Week: Def. St. Bonaventure 89-78 (3/1), Def. Charlotte 86-85 (3/4) This Week: No Games Scheduled Tickets 7. Ohio State 23-4 599 8 Last Week: Def. Northwestern 56-53 (3/1), Def. Purdue 76-57 (3/5) This Week: No Games Scheduled Tickets 8. Texas 25-5 549 7 Last Week: Lost to Texas A&M 46-43 (3/1), Def. No. 17 Oklahoma 72-48 (3/5) This Week: No Games Scheduled Tickets 9. Illinois 25-5 537 10 Last Week: Def. Minnesota 71-65 (2/28), Def. No. 23 Michigan State 75-68 (3/4) This Week: No Games Scheduled Tickets 10. North Carolina (1) 21-6 458 15 Last Week: Def. Virginia 99-54 (3/1), Def. No. 1 Duke 83-76 (3/4) This Week: No Games Scheduled Tickets
Hopefully Iowa will get them in the Championship game this week. Go HAWKS! Once the tourney starts - I'll root for all the Big 10 teams, I'm excited to see how we do this year.
Bucks down 3 at the half. Miami leading Duke by 6 at the half. UT & TT in a tight game so far. EDIT: Not so close anymore... http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=2362496 OSU receives three years' probation for violationsAssociated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State was placed on three years' probation Friday, a ruling that wipes out records from four NCAA Tournament appearances by the men's basketball team -- including a trip to the 1999 Final Four. The decision by the NCAA does not affect this season's team, which is 22-4 and ranked seventh in the country. The announcement came about two hours before the top-seeded Buckeyes' quarterfinal game against Penn State in the Big Ten tournament in Indianapolis. The Buckeyes won't be barred from postseason play as a result of using an ineligible player from 1999-2002 under former coach Jim O'Brien. However, the school will have to repay tournament revenues, likely around $800,000, for the four years in which Boban Savovic played. He received improper gifts, including housing and cash, from a booster. Ohio State must take down the 1999 Final Four banner which hangs from the rafters in Value City Arena. "The positives are closure," Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith said in Indianapolis. "We're going into the Big Ten tournament and we want our student-athletes to have the opportunity to participate in this tournament understanding there won't be any sanctions they have to deal with. ... They can play without that stress." The NCAA came down hard on O'Brien and former assistant coach Paul Biancardi, now the head coach at Wright State. If O'Brien gets a job at another college in the next five years, he and his new school must appear before the NCAA's infractions committee to discuss whether he will face additional limitations. Biancardi was prohibited from recruiting until Oct. 1, 2007. If he does, Wright State could face NCAA sanctions. Ohio State had acknowledged eight of nine violations alleged by the NCAA. The school fired O'Brien in June 2004 and held last season's team out of the postseason to try to avoid any additional penalties. The Buckeyes also limited their men's basketball scholarships to 11 this season, instead of the allowed 13. Other penalties include a public reprimand and a reduction in on-campus visits by basketball recruits next year. Seven violations involved the men's basketball program under O'Brien. The other two involved women's basketball and football. Messages seeking comment were left for O'Brien's attorney and Biancardi. O'Brien was fired after he told then-athletic director Andy Geiger that he gave a recruit $6,000 five years earlier. Last month O'Brien won his lawsuit accusing the university of wrongfully firing him. Ohio State could have to pay him as much as $9.5 million. O'Brien, the Buckeyes coach for seven years, said the loan of his own money to Aleksandar Radojevic, a 7-foot-3 prospect from Serbia, was not a violation because he knew Radojevic already had forfeited his amateur status by playing professionally. "The $6,000 payment was a blatant violation," NCAA infractions committee vice chairwoman Josephine Potuto said in a news release. "The circumstances surrounding this violation are especially troubling because the former coaches concealed the cash payment from administrators at the institution for over five years." The payment became public amid a court battle over another situation that led to three other violations. Kathleen Salyers had sued two prominent boosters, saying they failed to pay her the $1,000 a month they promised to feed, house and support Savovic. Salyers also said she did schoolwork for Savovic. The NCAA said the player committed academic fraud and the university did not adequately monitor his living situation. In addition, five women's basketball players received free dental work totaling $13,760 in violation of NCAA bylaws. Troy Smith, the star quarterback in the Buckeyes' victories over Michigan the past two years, received $500 from a booster. Smith was suspended for the team's 2004 bowl game and the 2005 opener.
The Buckeyes are draining threes with ease. Under a minute to go, up by 5. Duke v Miami still a one point game. Tech climbing back into their game.
3 years probation, reduction of scholarships, your 1999 trip to the final four erased, and having to pay back nearly $1 million in revenue....AND possibly having to pay the coach who got you into this mess $9.5 million yeah, what more could a buckeye want?
That was a very tough loss for IU. I guess it really doesn't matter since they will be starting over again next year. On the second try, the guy missed a 4 footer!
I really wanted Davis to get to the final game. The lousy year he's had at Indiana might have ended a little better. That's what you get for following Bobby Knight. Ok championship game so far. Horrible court awarness by the Hawks on that inbound pass that got picked. Dials looks like a giant out there. Refs need to loosen up a bit and let them play.
Kiss that #1 seed in the brackets buh-bye. ``In heaven, there is no beer. That's why we drink it here. And when we're gone from here, all our friends will be drinkin' all the beer.'' GO HAWKS!
