Friday, March 9, 2007

Ohio State-Michigan Outlook

After meeting less than a week ago in Ann Arbor, the Buckeyes face the Wolverines again, this time in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament. Michigan's entire season is riding on this game, as they need a win to even have a shot at getting at at-large bid. Ohio State, on the other hand, has most likely already clinched a #1 seed and as we have seen a few times late in this season, teams that don't have much to play for can be susceptible to an upset (Florida, UCLA, North Carolina). With all that being said though, after how badly Ohio State played last time, if Michigan can't win with OSU playing like that and the game being in Ann Arbor, I just can't see them beating the Buckeyes on a neutral court. I think that OSU will play much better than it did last time, especially having 4 days off in between games, and will beat Michigan fairly handily, keeping alive the streak of not losing to Michigan in football or basketball since February 29, 2004.

Prediction: Ohio State 67, Michigan 55

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