Ohio State Advances To Face No. 3 seed Wisconsin – Ohio State Buckeyes
3/11/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
March 11, 2005
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Date March 11, 2005
Opponent Wisconsin (20-7, 11-5)
Site United Center, Chicago
Game Time 8:10 p.m. CST
TV ESPN Plus
Local TV WBNS 10 TV
TV Talent Steve Larrivee, (P-by-P), Greg Kelser, Expert Analysis
Radio OSU Radio Network (59 stations)
Local Radio WBNS FM-97.1 AM-1460
Radio Talent Paul Keels (P-by-P), Ron Stokes (Expert Analysis)
Ohio State at the Big Ten Tournament
The Buckeyes are 8-6 all-time in Big Ten tournament play since the event began in 1998. Ohio State has one tournament title (2002) and one second-place finish (2003). The Buckeyes are the No. 6 seed in 2005. The No. 6 seed has the second best record in the tournament at 12-5 overall. The No. 2 seed is 14-3. Ohio State is 6-3 vs. lower seeded teams in Big Ten tournament play and 2-3 vs. higher-seeded teams.
Year (seed) W/L Opp. (seed) Score 1998 (11) L Indiana (6) 78-71 1999 (2) W Michigan(10) 87-69 L Illinois (11) 79-77 2000 (1) L Penn State (9) 71-66 2001 (3) L Iowa (6) 75-66 2002 (2) W Michigan (10) 75-68 W Illinois (3) 94-88 W Iowa (9) 81-64 2003 (8) W Iowa (9) 66-64 W Wisconsin (1) 58-50 W Mich. St. (5) 55-54 L Illinois (2) 72-59 2004 (9) L Indiana (8) 83-69 2005 (6) W Penn State (11) 72-69
The Wisconsin Series
Ohio State fell twice to the Badgers in 2005 during the Big Ten regular season. Ohio State leads the overall series 80-60 with a 1-0 record in the lone neutral-site meeting. The Buckeyes knocked off the Badgers 58-50 in Chicago in the semifinals of the 2003 Big Ten Tournament. The Badgers were the No. 1 seed that year. Wisconsin is the No. 3 seed this season. The Buckeyes won as the No. 8 seed in 2003 and face Wisconsin as the No. 6 seed this year.
Sullinger, Dials Lead OSU in UW Series
J.J. Sullinger leads Ohio State with an average of 13.7 points a game vs. Wisconsin in three career meetings. Terence Dials averages 12.3 points in four career games vs. UW. Sullinger and Dials both average 7.0 rebounds a game to lead Ohio State. Brandon Fuss-Cheatham has played the most games vs. Wisconsin on the OSU roster with five. Dials shoots 61 percent from the field in games vs. UW.
OSU Improves Rcd. vs. Big Ten in Neutral Games
Ohio State is 9-11 all-time in neutral-site games vs. Big Ten foes. The Buckeyes are 3-1 vs. Iowa, 2-1 vs. Michigan, 1-0 vs. Wisconsin and Michigan State, 1-2 vs. Illinois and Penn State and 0-5 vs. Indiana.
Noting the Penn State Game
Ohio State improved to 20-11 on the season. The win total givesthe Buckeyes the 20th, 20-win season in the history of the program.Ohio State head coach Thad Matta has won at least 20 games everyyear as a head coach, including one at Butler, three at Xavier.Matta’s 20 wins as a first-year coach at Ohio State ties the recordfor wins by a rookie Buckeye coach. Gary Williams was 20-13 in hisfirst season in Columbus in 1986-87. The score was tied at 54-allat the 5:00 mark of the second half. Ohio State is 18-2 on the yearwhen leading or tied at the five-minute mark in the game. OhioState is 8-6 all-time in Big Ten Tournament play. The win over theNittany Lions snapped a two-game losing streak in BTT play. OhioState, the No. 6 seed, is 7-2 in the last nine BTT games. OhioState improved to 18-13 over Penn State, with wins in the last fourmeetings and in seven of the last eight matchups vs. the NittanyLions. Senior Tony Stockman scored 25 points off the bench in thewin over PSU. It’s the second highest scoring game of his OhioState career. He had 26 earlier this year vs. Delaware. Stockmanalso had a 25 points in win over PSU a year ago in Columbus.Stockman’s four made 3-pointers give him 66 on the season, tied forthe No. 5 spot all-time in a single season by a Buckeye. SeanConnolly made 66 in 2003. Stockman owns two of the Top 5 spots forsingle season 3-pointers made at OSU. His 73 made last year rankesthird. Stockman is No. 6 in career 3-pointers made with 143. As ateam, Ohio State has made 257 of 696 3-point shots this season,both are school records. Jamar Butler’s six assists tied his careerhigh, which he set Feb. 12 vs. the Nittany Lions in State College.Ohio State committed just one turnover in the second half vs. PSU.Ohio State had no turnovers in the second half in the upset winover No. 1 Illinois in Columbus Sunday. The Buckeye bench producedtwo 25-point scorers in the last two games. Matt Sylvester led OhioState with 25 Sunday vs. Illinois. Stockman led all scorersThursday vs. PSU off the bench. Ohio State’s bench outscored PSU33-7. The Ohio State bench has outscored the opposing bench 65-23in the last two games. Ohio State entered the game vs. IllinoisSunday 0-7 when trailing at the half. The Buckeyes trailed by 11 atthe half in each of the last two games, both come-from-behind OhioState victories. Je’Kel Foster scored 13 points, including nine onthree first half 3-pointers. In games in which Foster scores 10 ormore points the Buckeyes are 10-1. Ohio State is 11-2 when Fosterconnects on at least three 3-pointers. Ohio State downed the sameteam in the same season three times for only the second time. TheBuckeyes swept Penn State this year and did the same vs. Michiganin 2002.
