Final: #14 Michigan State 53, #3 Purdue 44

• osu45804

  

  Sparty up 9 with 50 seconds left!!
• osu45804

  

  GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO SPARTY!!!!! 53-44 FINAL
• mallymal614

  Ball game! Michigan State 53, Purdue 44. Ohio State is a win away from a Big Ten title.
• swamisez

  

  That is why I just can't get into big ten basketball.
• Scarlet_Fever

  

  swamisez wrote: That is why I just can't get into big ten basketball.

  Well the Big 10 does score higher when they play out of conference teams. Look at Wisconsin.
• stephen3108

  What should the Buckeyes be ranked nationally this week?
• mallymal614

  stephen3108 wrote: What should the Buckeyes be ranked nationally this week?

  Probably about the same. I don't think they will get no higher than #7 in both polls.
• Mulva

  

  swamisez wrote: That is why I just can't get into big ten basketball.

  Every conference has ugly games. For example, currently airing...
  
  Florida State 21
  Clemson 19
  
  Halftime.
  
  Clemson shooting 23%, Florida State shooting 33%.
  
  Just saying.
• Automatik

  

  swamisez wrote: That is why I just can't get into big ten basketball.

  Not a fan of half court sets and good defense?
• ts1227

  

  No one ever said Big Ten basketball was sexy, but it is proving to be quite effective this year.
• Hb31187

  

  Yeah thats why the big 10 usually does good come tourny time...Because believe it or not teams all D up during tourney time. And the Big10 is used to grind it out hard fought games, not games where its "Ok you scored, now its my turn"
• centralbucksfan

  There are two of the better teams defensively, in the country. Both play hard nosed man to man, and play it physically. Its the second time around they play..they know eachother very well. Well, when you have this, this is the kind of game that develops. Call it Big Ten basketball if you like...but its also the kind of basketball thats needed to advance come NCAA. At some point, all teams are forced to play half court..so you better be able to defend on defense, and execute on offense.
• swamisez

  

  The Florida State Clemson game is ugly because neither team can shoot the basketball outside of the paint.
  
  The reason the Purdue Michigan State game was so low scoring was because the officials allow defenders to be so aggressive on guards. They deter offense with such suffocating defense 28+ feet from the basket. In leagues like the big twelve, acc, big east officials don't allow defenders to be so aggressive on the ball. They really call the hand checks and blocking fouls when players can't get fully in front of their man.
  
  It is that kind of basketball that I grew up playing, and I am just sick of. It feels more like football on hardwood with every inch of the floor being battled for. Personal preference is a a more open movement type game. What Wisconsin, Purdue, Illinois do defensively thwarts all evidence of that. I am just not a fan. It is a style I just don't like watching.