Buckeye Preview

Not to be forgotten, the Falcons will battle Ohio State on the hard wood on Monday night. Obviously, for our guys, this is an opportunity to play on the big stage. If you are interested, the game is going to be on the Big 10 network, live, Monday night, in HD.

We've already played one Big 10 team, and played them pretty tough, so what can we expect from the Buckeyes?

I do think we will keep the score closer than Michigan did...ba ba dump.

So far this season, no clues. OSU has beaten Walsh (ex) and Delaware State easily, as you would expect.

Obviously, Ohio State didn't have the year last year that they would like, especially since the year before that they played for the title. They did get 24 wins, but needed the NIT to do it. Their top three scorers are gone from THAT team (that did win the NIT). There are no scholarship seniors on the club.

The Bucks feature 8 new players on their roster...4 freshmen, 2 JUCO, 1 D1 transfer, and 1 walk on. However, one of those new players is 7'0" BJ Mullens, the nation's top recruit. (reports are that he is no Grego Oden). Also, they have William Buford, who was the leader on Toledo Libbey's championship team last season and Ohio's Mr. Basketball.

Mullens only played 7 minutes against Delaware State, while Buford was tied for leading scorer with 13 points.

They are inexperienced at point guard, but were expected to be strong on the wings.

The Bucks always play strong defense. One of their bigger weaknesses is that they have to play 6-5 David Lighty at power forward, a problem in the Big 10, but less against us.

I look forward to seeing how our guys do. They will have to execute really well on the offensive side to get enough points to compete, and hope OSU isn't hot on their end.