Big Ten & ACC Quarter Finals

If you want indepth season long college basketball coverage, the I am sure there are better blogs for you to be reading. I am a casual College Basketball fan. I will watch a game if there is nothing better on television, or during the Conference and NCAA tourneys. It seems to me the pressure of punch out games makes the matchups more interesting. For the most part, the teams I follow are the team I watched as a kid (Boston College) and the school I went to (Ohio State). So, that said, this is how those teams did in their respective Tournament Quarterfinals. First, the Big Ten Tournament and Ohio State:

The #1 Ranked Buckeyes won rather handily today in their first game in the Big Ten Tourney. Led by gigantic freshman phenom Greg Oden's 22pts and 8 rebounds, they beat the useless bastards from the University of Michigan, 72-62. While I may actually be okay with them half-assing a game and savign strength for the tourney, on they continue. A big Ten Tourney Title, to go with the regular season one, would be a great capper on a good season, even if they don't win the NCAA Tournament.

Now in the ACC Tourney Quarterfinals, a slightly different story:

The #32 Ranked Boston College Eagles survived a plucky Miami team who had no business beating Maryland yesterday, to win 74-71 in overtime. They survived a slow start, thanks in most part to Tyrese Rices's career high 32pts (including a game tying free as regulation ran out), to hold off the Hurricanes. For all that hard work, it earned them a game against UNC in the Semifinals tomorrow.

So there it is, my second basketball post this year, but probably not the last this month. Enjoy.

TomC