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Ohio State 82, Purdue 74: Did The Buckeyes Punch Their Ticket To March Madness? · Buckeyes TomOrrow Morning

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to Buckuys tomorrow morning. From Monday, March second, I'm
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  Speaker 1: your host, tom Or the ball State game in one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and eighty seven days, the game against Michigan in
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  Speaker 1: I had a whole show planned for today talking about
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  Speaker 1: the rest of the Ohio State buck guys and how
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  Speaker 1: they did at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't know, maybe we'll get to that at some point.
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  Speaker 1: But foolish me, I did not think about the fact
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  Speaker 1: that it was Jake Diebler and the Ohio State men's
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  Speaker 1: basketball team taking on their favorite opponent in the whole
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  Speaker 1: wide world, the Purdue Boilermakers. Purdue came into the Shot
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  Speaker 1: and Stein Center ranked number eight, and for the third
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  Speaker 1: time in a row, Ja Gabler has only played Perdue
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  Speaker 1: three times, he beat a ranked Purdue team once again.
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  Speaker 1: I'm joined by Tony Gerderman of Buckehuddle dot com. Tony
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  Speaker 1: the title of this show is going to be something
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  Speaker 1: about did Ohio State just punch its ticket to the
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  Speaker 1: Big Dance? My guess is the nswer is probably not yet.
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  Speaker 1: But boy, oh boy, was this a game that they
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  Speaker 1: really needed to make a maybe maybe geld at least
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  Speaker 1: get on the right side of the bubble.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. First, i'd also maybe suggest something like can you
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  Speaker 2: get used to it? In the title? Yeah, to to
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  Speaker 2: borrow a phrase.
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  Speaker 1: To borrow a phrase that has been used, yes, yes,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah it is. That was That was a that
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  Speaker 1: was a game that it looked I mean, Ohio State
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  Speaker 1: jumped out to a sixteen point lead in the second
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  Speaker 1: half and you went, Okay, well they've got this one.
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  Speaker 1: And then it got a little interesting for a while,
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  Speaker 1: but Purdue never really got it down to you know,
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  Speaker 1: a possession or two was able to sort of hang on.
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  Speaker 1: That was That was I think a really solid win
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  Speaker 1: for them. And you look at the you know, you
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  Speaker 1: look at the resume. Recently, the last five games they've
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  Speaker 1: played against teams that are sort of projected be in
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  Speaker 1: the field. They lose to Virginia by six in a
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  Speaker 1: neutral court. That's a very respectable result. They beat Wisconsin
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  Speaker 1: by seventeen which sure, great check mark there. They lose
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  Speaker 1: at Michigan State by six, again a very respectable result.
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  Speaker 1: Then they just absolutely just get obliterated at Iowa, lose
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  Speaker 1: by seventeen there. But then you bounce right back and
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  Speaker 1: you beat Purdue by eight points. This is a resume
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  Speaker 1: the last few weeks that feels like they certainly look
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  Speaker 1: like they belong on the court with all these other
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  Speaker 1: teams that belong in the NCAA Tournament.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I kind of feel like the committee watches this
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  Speaker 2: game and is like, gosh, it's about time, because we've
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  Speaker 2: seen throughout the course of the season going way back
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  Speaker 2: where Ohio State loses by one to number twelve North
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  Speaker 2: Carolina lose is by three to Nebraska, who I think
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  Speaker 2: was sixteen or the number ten Nebraska, And so they
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  Speaker 2: have these close losses repeatedly against teams that are in
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  Speaker 2: the tournament and well into the tournament. Now Virginia game,
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  Speaker 2: if they had won that one and then they win
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  Speaker 2: this one, we're probably already talking about the Buckeyes being in.
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  Speaker 2: So this feels like it's just like a long time coming,
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  Speaker 2: and now they can be talked about without just you know,
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  Speaker 2: we've seen them as the last four in on a
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  Speaker 2: couple of bracketologies in the past week or two, and
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  Speaker 2: it's like, well, what have they done? And so now
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  Speaker 2: they've finally done something to answer like, well, what have
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  Speaker 2: they done? Well? They beat a top ten team and
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  Speaker 2: they did it emphatically and they were able to hold on.
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  Speaker 2: Some may wonder, well, would that have happened, say the
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  Speaker 2: game was closer at the end, would they have held on?
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  Speaker 2: Don't to worry about that. They were double digits through
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  Speaker 2: most of the game, outplayed perdue, shot well, showed what
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  Speaker 2: their offense can do, and grab the rebounds that they
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  Speaker 2: needed to grab, and just really kept Purdue at arm's
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  Speaker 2: length the entire time, which I think is commendable.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and they had a good weekend overall. They're now
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  Speaker 1: ten and eight in conference, which which is solid. They
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  Speaker 1: should finish with a winning record in conference. And had
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  Speaker 1: a good weekend overall. Wisconsin, who is one of their
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  Speaker 1: better recent wins. Wisconsin won. They Iowa lost a game
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  Speaker 1: that they lost at Penn State, which is not a
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  Speaker 1: quality loss in the year of our Lord at twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six. Ucla, who's also kind of around them in
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  Speaker 1: the standings, also lost, So you got some help this weekend,
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  Speaker 1: so the sort of a positive weekend overall for Ohio State.
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  Speaker 1: Now the question is what's next. And what's next is
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  Speaker 1: you have to go to Penn State, which you may
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  Speaker 1: remember thirty seconds ago when I said Penn State just
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  Speaker 1: beat Iowa. So that is not necessarily as much of
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  Speaker 1: a gimmea as you would have thought. That's a Wednesday
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  Speaker 1: night game on the road. And then they finish at
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  Speaker 1: home against Indiana, and boy, you know, the Shottenstein Center
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  Speaker 1: was nice and loud on Sunday afternoon for that game
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  Speaker 1: against Purdue, and there were a bunch of Purdue fans
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  Speaker 1: there to sort of help with that. But boy, next
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  Speaker 1: Saturday against Indiana, if they handle their business at Penn
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  Speaker 1: State next Saturday at home against Indiana, that is maybe
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  Speaker 1: a win and you're in kind of NCAA tournament game.
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  Speaker 1: It's also sort of a traditional Ohio State basketball rival.
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  Speaker 1: That should be another really good atmosphere at the Shot,
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  Speaker 1: which after this past game, Jake Diebler talked about how
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  Speaker 1: great that atmosphere was and how much that helped them.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you're going to be You saw the
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  Speaker 2: team the buck guys on Sunday kind of fighting for
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  Speaker 2: their lives, right, And I think you'll see that same
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  Speaker 2: thing next week, and then also the crowd will be
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  Speaker 2: into it as well. Although you mentioned Penn State, and
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  Speaker 2: over the years, Penn State has had this weird power
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  Speaker 2: over Ohio State oddly as well. You know, I'm not
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  Speaker 2: trying to throw that out there. I just we've seen
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  Speaker 2: stranger things. But you can't look past Penn State for
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  Speaker 2: that home game, and so you just need to finish
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  Speaker 2: strong and let everything fall into place. And Iowa after
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  Speaker 2: this inexplicable loss to Penn State, probably because they are
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  Speaker 2: looking ahead at their final two games, which are against
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  Speaker 2: Nebraska and Michigan, the top two teams in the conference.
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  Speaker 2: So that shows you don't look ahead when you're heading
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  Speaker 2: when you when you're getting ready to play Penn State,
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  Speaker 2: because they can bite you in the butt. And and
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  Speaker 2: if Iowa does fall in their last two games, if
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State wins their last two games, U C. L
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  Speaker 2: A also I believe has Nebraska on the schedule. There's
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  Speaker 2: you're talking about. Ohio State is in a situation, a
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  Speaker 2: favorable situation to move into the seventh place in the
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  Speaker 2: Big Ten and the top eight places get to double
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  Speaker 2: buy so I think if if that happens, I don't
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  Speaker 2: you know, I don't want to say how do you
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  Speaker 2: deny them? Because you know I'm not that crazy, But again,
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  Speaker 2: it would be a very favorable situation. And then then
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  Speaker 2: you start asking, well are they even in Dayton?
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  Speaker 1: You know? By that point, yeah, you could get yourself
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  Speaker 1: to the point where you are no longer the first
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  Speaker 1: four in, and then if you win one in the
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  Speaker 1: Big Ten Tournament, you're comfortably in. And if you lose
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  Speaker 1: one for in the Big ten Tournament, lose your first
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  Speaker 1: one in the Big ten Tournament, where you know, you
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  Speaker 1: brought this point up on our message board. You know,
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  Speaker 1: would you benefit from playing a twelves you know, a
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  Speaker 1: twelve seed or a fifteen seed or whoever you might
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  Speaker 1: get in that first round your first game in the
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  Speaker 1: Big ten Tournament. You might, But you know that's at
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  Speaker 1: this point. I don't think Ohio State basketball fans are
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  Speaker 1: looking any gift horses in their mouths whatsoever. This is
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  Speaker 1: a win you take, and you take the next two
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  Speaker 1: if you can get them, and you're very happy for that.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, I think if you're happy for anyone, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Jake Diebler, but man, oh, man, Bruce Thornton, who has
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  Speaker 1: just been a just a fantastic player, a fantastic teammate,
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  Speaker 1: a fantastic everything for four years for Ohio State, creeping
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  Speaker 1: up close to the top of that all time career
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  Speaker 1: scoring list, then has hot and I saw put something
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  Speaker 1: out that he is hoping that Bruce Thornton breaks that record.
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  Speaker 1: You also have to be hoping for Bruce Thorton. You know,
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  Speaker 1: he got a you know, a fantastic moment at the
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  Speaker 1: shot at court Storm and they're singing Carmen Ohio on
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  Speaker 1: the court and all that kind of stuff. That's a
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  Speaker 1: great moment for Bruce Thorton. But man, you know we're
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  Speaker 1: in partial media, we get it. But also Bruce Thorton's
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  Speaker 1: a real easy guy to root for, and you would
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  Speaker 1: love to see him get a chance to play in
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  Speaker 1: the dance.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, he could have left several times throughout his Ohio
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  Speaker 2: State career and entered the portal and been somebody else's
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  Speaker 2: leader and guaranteed a shot are guaranteed. I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: the tournament. And for him to be basically maybe on
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  Speaker 2: senior Day clinching that spot in a week, I think
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  Speaker 2: you you don't want to see four years go by
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  Speaker 2: without getting into the tournament. And he's been so solid
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  Speaker 2: over his four years four year starter has been the
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  Speaker 2: leader of the team the entire way, has been a
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  Speaker 2: guy that has come up clutched so many times, but
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  Speaker 2: as also just consistent and reliable and over four years.
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  Speaker 2: How do you you know that's unheard of in college
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  Speaker 2: basketball any more, basically to be around for four years
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  Speaker 2: and just be consistent and reliable. So I think, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's that'll be. Yeah, everybody wants to see him in
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  Speaker 2: a tournament. I think Matt Painter, Purdue coach, said that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Bruce Thornton is everything that's right about college basketball,
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  Speaker 2: and it's like, well, he's everything that's right about regular
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  Speaker 2: season basketball. Let's see what the postseason basketball can look
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  Speaker 2: like for him, just to give him a chance to
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  Speaker 2: get in there and see how it goes, and yeah,
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  Speaker 2: we will see. Boy, it would be I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: travesty or a tragedy, Travis m mockery if he went
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  Speaker 2: for four years at Ohio State and didn't make the
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  Speaker 2: NCAA tournament all the time. How about this one? What
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  Speaker 2: about see Miami of Ohio loses in the MAC right
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  Speaker 2: loses in the MAC Tournament and it's Ohio State versus
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  Speaker 2: Miami in Dayton in one of those play in games.
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  Speaker 2: Would that Would that do anything for you?
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  Speaker 1: I can give you twenty minutes on how angry it
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  Speaker 1: will make me if the Miami RedHawks are in the
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  Speaker 1: first four, even if they do lose at some point
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  Speaker 1: because they're undefeated. Like, I don't care what Bruce Pearl says.
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  Speaker 1: You have to you have to put them in. You
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  Speaker 1: have to put them in comfortably. They have to be
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  Speaker 1: in the actual tournament. The actual tournament starts on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone knows this. You play in Dayton, great, that's fine.
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  Speaker 1: The Miami RedHawks have earned a spot in the in
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  Speaker 1: the actual tournament that starts on Thursday. You need to
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  Speaker 1: put them in the tournament that starts on actually Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see if Ohio State plays in the first four,
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  Speaker 1: in which case the tournament definitely starts on Tuesday. But
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  Speaker 1: we'll see. That's several games from now. But yeah, the
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  Speaker 1: Miami RedHawks do not belong there. Ohio State. They'll find
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  Speaker 1: out whether they belong there or not, or whether they
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  Speaker 1: belong on the breck side of the bubble or the
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  Speaker 1: wrong side of the bubble that'll be determined over the
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  Speaker 1: next two regular season games, and then whatever comes after that.
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  Speaker 1: We'll be talking about all that stuff, probably more than
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  Speaker 1: we expected here on the Buckeye Sport Morning podcast and
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  Speaker 1: of course at buckey Huddle dot com, where we had
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  Speaker 1: a very active and lively game thread for that one,
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  Speaker 1: talking about the Buckeyes their win over Purdue, what it
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  Speaker 1: would mean for the rest of the season, and much
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  Speaker 1: much more. We talk a little football there as well.
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  Speaker 1: Spring football just over a week away, going to be
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  Speaker 1: a busy March. It is, in fact March. This is March,
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  Speaker 1: and this is Buckeye Buckeyehuddle dot com and YouTube dot
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  Speaker 1: you guys all for joining us. Have a great day.
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  Speaker 1: We'll talk to you tomorrow.