Northwestern vs. Michigan - 2016 Big Ten Men"s Basketball Tournament Highlights
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Ohio State basketball team continues Big Ten Tournament play on Friday against Michigan State.
Who: No. 7 Ohio State Buckeyes (20-12) vs. No. 2 Michigan State Spartans (26-5) in the quarterfinal round of the Big Ten Tournament
When: Friday, 6:30 p.m.
Where: Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis)
TV: Big Ten Network
What"s next: The winner will advance to Saturday"s semifinals to play the winner of the game between No. 11 Nebraska and No. 3 Maryland. That game will tip at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Ohio State projected starters: G JaQuan Lyle (Fr., 6-5, 10.8 ppg); F Keita Bates-Diop (Soph., 6-7, 12 ppg); F Marc Loving (Soph., 6-7, 13.8 ppg); C Trevor Thompson (Soph., 6-11, 6.8 ppg)
Michigan State projected starters: G Denzel Valentine (Sr., 6-5, 19.6 ppg); G Bryn Forbes (Sr., 6-3, 15.1 ppg); G Eron Harris (Jr., 6-3, 9.3 ppg); F Deyonta Davis (Fr., 6-10, 7.3 ppg); F Matt Costello (Sr., 6-9, 10.5 ppg)
Breaking down the Buckeyes: Ohio State is coming off a 79-75 win over Penn State in the second round of the Big Ten Tournament on Thursday. The Buckeyes have won six of their last eight games. Both losses have been to Michigan State ... This will be the third meeting between Ohio State and Michigan State in 18 days. The Spartans won the previous two meetings by an average of 17 points ... The Spartans eliminated the Buckeyes in the quarterfinals of the 2015 Big Ten Tournament. Ohio State is looking for its first trip to the conference semifinals since 2014 ... Junior forward Marc Loving scored 24 points in the win over Penn State. Loving is averaging 23.3 points per game in his last three games ... Freshman guard JaQuan Lyle had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists against Penn State. That was only the fifth 20-10-5 game in Big Ten Tournament history ... Michigan State is the best 3-point shooting team in the Big Ten, and on Thursday the Buckeyes allowed an opponent to shoot 40 percent or better from deep for the third time in the last four games ... Ohio State is 10th in the Big Ten in scoring offense (70.9 ppg), and 7th in scoring defense (67.6 ppg) ... The Buckeyes are 9th in the Big Ten in field goal percentage (44.5 percent), and 4th in field goal percentage defense (40.2 percent) ... Ohio State is No. 65 in the KenPom ratings, and No. 76 in the RPI.
Buckeyes gearing up for Spartans ... again
Breaking down the Spartans: Michigan State is coming off a 91-76 win over Ohio State on March 5. The Spartans earned a double-bye in the Big Ten Tournament after winning their final six games of the regular season ... Michigan State and Ohio State are tied for the most Big Ten Tournament titles with four ... The Spartans have reached at least the semifinals of the last four Big Ten Tournaments ... Michigan State has been the No. 2 seed in the Big Ten Tournament three times, losing in the quarterfinals twice. The Spartans also reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in all three of those seasons ... Senior guard Denzel Valentine was named Big Ten Player of the Year this week. He is on pace to become the first player to average 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists since the NCAA started keeping assists as an official stats in 1983-84 ... Senior guard Bryn Forbes leads the country in 3-point shooting at 50.5 percent ... Valentine, Forbes and senior forward Matt Costello landed on at least one All-Big Ten team this week ... Michigan State is 90-35 (.720 winning percentage) in March since the 1998-99 season ... The Spartans are 2nd in the Big Ten in scoring offense (80.7 ppg), and 1st in scoring defense (63.8 ppg) ... Michigan State is 3rd in the Big Ten in field goal percentage (48.8 percent), and 1st in field goal percentage defense (37.7 percent) ... The Spartans are No. 3 in the KenPom ratings, and No. 14 in the RPI.
Bill"s prediction: Michigan State 80, Ohio State 69
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/osu/index.ssf/2016/03/what_time_which_channel_is_the_26.html
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